we re only ten days out from a potential u.s. default, and there is still no deal on the debt ceiling. that s only step one. keep in mind it still has to clear congress quickly. another critical meeting between the president and house speaker just hours away. we re going to take you live to the white house and capitol hill. also ahead, the naacp issues a travel advisory for florida, accusing the state of being openly hostile towards african americans. details on the driving force behind that warning and how governor ron desantis is responding just ahead. and instead of walking across the stage to get her diploma, a transgender teen opts out of commencement after the school said she had to wear pants. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. the federal government is running out of money and d.c. is running out of time to get america s accounts in order. later this afternoon president biden and speaker mc
it s the top of the hour on cnn news room. it s good to have you. i m victor blackwell. president biden just upkdated congress on what his administration sees as the biggest national security threat facing the country. in his new national security strategy, vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine is not the top political challenge according to biden. that distinction goes to china. russia was however at the heart of a key global meeting. there was a meeting with 50 other defense ministers on how to boost ukraine s air defense systems. ukraine is facing a third day of intensified air assault from russia which was condemned by the defense ministers for continuing to target civilian facilities. cnn s kaitlan collins is at the white house. kaitlan, you re up first. let s begin with the president and his just released national security strategy. why is china above russia here? reporter: yeah, it might surprise some people given of course, russia s ongoing invasion of ukraine, but b
and no one knows exactly what he plans to do, but the committee has been filling in critical gaps of what was happening and perhaps, more notably what was not happening. during those 187 minutes on january 6th when they argue then president donald trump was derelict in his duties. cnn s tom foreman has been going through all of the evidence and all of the testimony. tom, what stands out to you? what stands out is how much trump was alone. this hearing laid out new and clearer detailses about how he urged supporters to converge on the capitol and even as it went out of control for hours, he refused to call off the attack. did he know about the violence? witnesses say absolutely it started minutes after he finished speaking. virtually everyone on the staff was aware of it, concerned about it, and one witness after another say the president went to this dining room next to the oval office based on this graphic video exhibit where he sat all afternoon watching fox news, which w
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facing murder charges that could send him to death row. when it was time for bryan kohberger to enter a plea, neither he nor his attorney would do it. instead his attorney rose and said, your honor, we are standing silent. areva martin is a legal affairs commentator. areva, this was a very interesting moment. walk us through what happened, what this means. what we saw is we saw bryan kohberger enter the courtroom to enter a plea. rather than enter a not guilty plea, he refused to have anything to say. his lawyer stood up and said, your honor, he is remaining silent. by his silence essentially that is a not guilty plea and the judge essentially entered the plea on his behalf. we ve seen some pretty erratic behavior from kohberger since he was arrested for these four murders. we know that he s had some previous emotional issues, some mental health issues. his friends said that he had