good morning, everyone, and welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. i m vick for blackwell. good to have you along. the summer travel season kicks off. millions of people are heading to their destinations for memorial day weekend. we ll have the latest on what to expectation at the airport and what to know if you re hitting the road. and lawmakers inching closer to a possible debt ceiling deal. could today be the day they reach an agreement to avoid default? we will have the latest on the negotiations. take back what is ours. those are the words from the chief of ukraine s armed forces in a new video posted online. is the counteroffensive we ve been talking about for some time now imminent? we re in ukraine with the latest. frightening moments onboard a flight after a passenger opened a door in the air. how does that even happen? we re going to show you the terrifying moments ahead. let me tell you, if that could happen i would probably just pass out. if
they have a deal. now they need the votes. the republican-led house is expected vote this week on the new debt deal as the treasury secretary warns that the united states is going to default on the debt one week from today. huge explosions in kyiv as russia launches a rare daytime attack on the capitol. we have the assessments of the damage. and now, it is memorial day in honor of the soldiers who have died in service to the nation. and this is the tomb of the unknown soldier. the president and first lady will participate in a wreath laying ceremony. we will bring that to you are right here on cnn news central. the clock is ticking, but there are real signs of progress. a breakthrough in the negotiations over the debt ceiling over the weekend, and deal among the leaders, but will the other lawmakers follow their lead? one week from today, the united states could default on the debt which is unprecedented as we have talked about so much. president biden and house speak
welcome to cnn this morning. good to be with you. here s what we re watching this morning. lawmakers finally reach a tentative debt ceiling deal, but of course the fight is not over. now president biden and house speaker mccarthy have to try to get the members onboard from their representative parties. can they get it to the president s desk by june 5. the texas house of representatives votes to im beac impeach ken paxton. the latest on the action and what happens next. look at this. remarkable new images of the sun. we have never seen the sun this way. powerful telescope captures photos of the sun s surface. we will talk about how they could help scientists studying the sun and the solar system. and a groove of bipartisan lawmakers in washington comes together to mark memorial day. we will show you how they are paying tribute to the fallen. beginning with that race in washington to crack the legislation to raise the nation s debt ceiling and avoid this historic d
vote stands with just hours to go. there s new cnn reporting on a new candidate set to enter the race for the white house. why former new jersey governor chris christie says now is his time and what we re learning about his plans. also, it s a bird. it s a plane or is it? a ufo, so many questions today. nasa is set to unveil what a nine-month long investigation uncovered. this is cnn news central. new this morning, one is in, one is out. it s getting to the point where they are naming names in terms of the vote for the debt ceiling. democratic congresswoman debbie dingle says she will vote in favor of the deal. this came moments after congresswoman, pramila jayapal, the chair of the house progressive caucus said she would not vote for it. count her as a no as democrats are meeting behind closed doors before the house is set to vote on a bill. it needs a simple majority to pass, 218, if everyone is present. the division right now, 222 republicans and 213 democrats. rep
was it retaliation? moscow say it was hit by a drone attack hours after kyiv was rocked by another wave of russian strikes. ukraine s message to russia now don t blame us. and another debt deal is about to hit another major hurdle that could sink the bill. we go to capitol hill to see where it stands. and gunfire erupts near a popular florida beach. at least nine people injured including a 1-year-old child. this is cnn news central. this morning, newly released video shows the mass shooting on a packed boardwalk on a beach near florida. it led to nine people being shot on a beach north of miami, and a different video shows a different area of the beach showing people running after the shots went off. carl suarez is going to join us from hollywood. give us the latest. john, good morning. so we are expecting another update from the hollywood police around 11:30 this morning to provide us with more information about exactly what happened out here. we know that the aut