week of diplomacy. the ukrainian president expected to arrive at the g 7 summit soon and made a push to secure more military aid for his country s fight against russia. and biden in japan says he s not worried as he con fronts a crisis at home. debt ceiling talks stalling out even as the talks settle down with less than two weeks before the government could run out of money to pay its bills. plus, my conversation with the european president as day two of the g 7 summit gets underway. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. welcome. world leaders at the g 7 summit in japan are tackling china s growing global influence and russia s war on ukraine. while a topic not officially on the agenda also looms large. allies keep asking u.s. president joe biden about the debt crisis back home. talks are stalled, and the white house accuses republicans of pushing the country to the brink of defaulting on it debts. meantime, as ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is
testimony for house, ways means committee. good morning everybody friday, dana has the day off. jacui, welcome back to new york. jacqui: i am jacqui heinrich. veteran tax crimes investigator claiming cover up by the justice department using political interference. shaply saying he was so concerned the way federal prosecutors were handling this case he felt obligated to go pubic. when i saw the egregiousness no longer became a choice. it was something i don t want to do but have to do. jacqui: live at the justice department. david? reporter: gary shaply behind closed doors, members house side. shap ly has been with the irs 1 years as an investigator. he was essentially told the slow walk the investigation. he is still irs employee. we know via various sources that is the hunter biden tax investigation that began in 2018 coming up on half a decade. he joined the probe in 2020. he is going to meet with staff members if they are still in town before the holiday weekend. h
in-person meeting with g7 leaders as the u.s. plans to announce more military aid to the country worth hundreds of millions of dollars. on again, off again as talks to extend the united states debt ceiling start and stop, the hope of a deal happening this weekend becomes dimmer. and syrian president bashar al assad welcomed at the arab league summit after a 12-year suspension. i ll talk to an expert on how he s being received. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy touched down in hiroshima, japan, just moments ago to take part in the g7 summit. it s the latest stop on his whirlwind diplomatic tour to boost support ahead of his country s expected counteroffensive against russian forces. cnn white house reporter kevin liptak joins me now live from hiroshima, japan. well, arguably the guest of honor has touched down. what kind of reception will he get? reporter: yeah, we did see him land here
the party s first black presidential nominee. he has already made history as the first african-american elected to both is the house and senate. he promises voters the american dream is still real. i believe that america can do for anyone what she has done for me. restore hope, create opportunities and protect the america relive. creating opportunities and protecting america. to me you focus on financial literature in education and making sure the american dream is alive and well for the next generation of americans. to me it s about winning over americans to my brand of conse conservatism. dana: ron desantis is expected to announce that could be a grueling battle with president trump. bill: senator scott is about to make his announcement. good morning, mark. good morning. senator tim scott will launch his campaign from charleston southern university here in the gymnasium in two hours. he won t be in the state very long. he is heading to iowa and new hampshire, the
putin should he step outside russia and now apparently china. speaking of china, what to make of its peace efforts in ukraine? the white house saying not much. some republicans on capitol hill are saying not much more. but they re talking about the billions of dollars we ve been forking over to ukraine and many have had enough. you name it, we are on it. with mike tobin and kyiv on what ukrainians are saying about this and aishah hasnie on capitol hill on the fight over the cost of all of this. welcome, everybody. glad to have you. i m neil cavuto. let s get to it in kyiv, ukraine with reaction to the fast-moving developments and mike tobin. mike? well, neil, day two of xi s visit to moscow is pledging strategic support between russia and china. new public comments have stopped short of china saying that they will supply russia with weapons. the very visual of the chinese president showing up in moscow is a visual that creates the notion that china is breaking down russia s