you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we re at a crucial moment in the high-stakes debt ceiling talks. we re waiting for details on a phone call that just wrapped up in the last hour between president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy. negotiations are down to one final sticking point, safety net for social programs. leaders may have as little as eight days to prevent the u.s. from defaulting on its debt. many experts predict economic disaster if that happens. manu raju is up on capitol hill. manu, i was hoping since you were there in front of the cameras for us today that that meant i think this is probably our strongest indicator, that you were on capitol hill for us. president and kevin mccarthy spoke. at this point if the speaker were to come out and touk alk t reporters, that would be a good sign. you tell us. reporter: that s right, jim. the speaker said today he would be the one to make the announcement that there is a deal. well, he
crosshairs. ssia unleashes the largest wave of drone attacks on ukraine s capital on the eve of the city s founding anniversary. what s in a name? tonight we ll focus on the struggle of some in the asian community and their efforts to take back their cultural identity. murky mystery. what s turning this part of a venice canal bright green? and later, condolence call. as the nation pauses to remember our fallen, we ll tell you how one woman helped change army protocol, bringing dignity and comfort to families. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from washington with jericka duncan. good evening and thanks for joining us on this sunday. after days of negotiations and late-night conversations to increase the country s $31.4 trillion debt limit, tonight there appears to be a bipartisan relief. the president and republican leadership now have a tentative agreement to head off a potential default on government loans. however, there s still many hurdles in the way as
former president acknowledging he held on to a pentagon document about a potential attack on iran. also the vote that almost did not happen, just hours after it squeaked onto the house floor. and rattling russia. a closer look at the shadowy effort that s getting high-profile results, bringing the war in ukraine onto russian soil. prosecutors investigating the former president s handling of classified material have in their possession a recording from the summer of 2021, in which the former president is telling people around him in a meeting at his resort in bedminster that he has held on to a classified pentagon document about a potential attack on iran. cnn is reporting, this undercuts his argument that he declassified everything. and on the tape, as he spoke, it sounds like he was waving a piece of paper around, raising the question, was he holding the classified document in question. which goes to what kaitlan collins asked him at the town hall earlier this month.
including the uk, don t know where they ll be able to watch the matches. the british government, along with those in france, germany, italy and spain, have released a statement urging fifa and broadcasters to settle the matter, for the good of the women s game. jose mourinho has taken another swipe at his old club tottenham, ahead of the europa league final later. his side roma take on sevilla and mourinho was eager to point out he s won all five european finals he s been involved in. he says he just needs to be given the time to succeed. in roma, they didn t sack me before the final, in tottenham they sack me before the final at wembley. roma gave me the chance to win the final, and at tottenham i had no chance. england captain ben stokes says the only way he won t take a full part in the ashes this summer is if he can t walk . he s had problems with a persistent knee injury, and only played two games for chennai super kings in the indian premier league because of issues
as he hailed what he called productive talks with his political rivals. this as the clock ticks towards a deadline to avoid missing a payment on the us government s loans. the government is set to hit its borrowing limit of $31.4 trillion next week, raising fears it could run out of money to pay its bills without a deal to increase the debt ceiling . joining me now is danni hewson, head of financial analysis at aj bell. do you think investors are happy to take president biden at his word that no matter how difficult these negotiations get, no matter how much they go down to the wire he will somehow ensure there is no default? i think investors are increasingly nervous as we get further down to the wire and we have seen markets lose about 2% this week as that clock counts down. at the moment i think investors do assume that politicians will not want to tank the us economy. there is some kind of agreement will be reached before it reaches a point of defaulting on debt becaus