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
carcasses. correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight. good evening, peter. reporter: on this memorial day, president biden is expressing confidence that there won t be a debt default while also trying to express condolences to the families of fallen american service members. president biden: to those who gave our lives so our nation might live. reporter: hours after a solemn wreathlaying, president biden defended a debt deal that awaits congressional approval. president biden: i m confident with the conversation. i feel really good about it. reporter: the headlines, suspended the debt limit until 2025 and limiting federal spending. this will do as it increases defense. if you take non-defense with veterans out, it goes below the level of 2022. reporter: chip roy does not like the deal and sitting on the rules committee where the bill goes next. a reminder that brings big negotiations to build a coalition that it was explicit both that nothing would pass wa
coverage and casey stegall at dw international airport but first we send it off to christine coleman in santa monica, california, with a rough assignment on the beach. how was it working out there, christina? hi, bill, millions of americans across this great nation honoring the brave men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our country. take a look at this video. a wreath-laying ceremony for the uss intrepid and located on the hudson river in new york city and more than 50,000 served on board the ship during its surface. to me, it is sacred ground. the cemetery because so many people are buried at sea. here on the west coast, the national cemetery with 12 annual memorial day ceremony. the cemetery 15 miles north of downtown san diego and more than 30,000 veterans laid to rest there. i m very thankful everybody comes out and supports these whether they know those folks are see the fruits of the sacrifice that they have made for this country. in the midwest s
those were officials say they are taking quote enhance measures to protect swimmers. the parks appointment is reporting lack of lifeguards will submit be protected? arthel: box news coverage. charles watson at men s airport meteorologist adam klotz for the fox weather forecast for you. but first, cb cotton his life would ve near city areas most popular beaches, rockaway beach in queens. cb, 75 and sunny kind of looks. yes it kind of worked as a great assignment more moral that we up to be awesome. we ve been talking a lot to the beachgoers out here they re excited about the summer season. a great thing about the weekend is lifeguards are officially back on duty. i guess reassurance of extra level of protection have another set of eyes looking out for them when they re out here on the beach or out here in the water. speaking of being in the water we been talking shark sightings all throughout the day. we know there were at least six shark attacks last summer. obviously tha
bill: arthel good to be with you as well. thank you for joining us on this memorial day weekend which also means of course the nations beaches artificially open coast-to-coast. many of them already pack that you can see. people on the east coast in particular got to be on the lookout for sharks after multiple recent sightings. arthel: we have live team covered cb cotton is at rockaway beach in new york. but first we ll go to charles watson. he is live on the busiest airports in our country. hartsfield jackson there in atlanta. charles i see a lot of people behind you what is happening there? or so yes a lot of people. the great american getaway is certainly in full effect. we are expecting big crowds this weekend. we are certainly seeing them at hartsfield jackson international airport as waves and waves of people both the tsa checkpoint to try to make it to their flight so they can get to their holiday destinations. aaa said they are expecting a lot of people as i mentioned