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
it is all happening now. airports across the country are seeing the busiest memorial day weekend in year, and so when will you get to your holiday destination? also, 86-year-old pope francis is canceling all of the meetings today due to a fever. what we know about the condition with a report straight from rome ahead. a passenger opens up a emergency door mid flight, and the emergency landing that followed. it is all captured on video. this is cnn news central . so, at this moment, jessica watkins is in a washington, d.c., federal court where a judge is set to sentence her as a member of the oath keepers and her role in the riot. this is after yesterday the leader of the oath keepers was sentenced to 18 years, matt rhodes. now, we know that the judge found that it was the case for stewart rhodes and cal meggs who were convicted of seditious conspiracy, and the judge found that their crimes amounted to seditious conspiracy. today, the kelly did not get convicted of th
white house bid official, and the challenge now is to take on trump without making the base turn against him. these stories ahead on cnn news central. so, this just in. we got word that negotiators are meeting right now. this is ahead of the crucial meeting this afternoon between president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy. june 1st is now 10 days away, and this is the day that treasury secretary janet yellen says is a hard deadline that is ahead of the economic disaster that going to affect millions of americans like medicare and medicaid benefits and military salaries and other benefits at real risk. and now, many at capitol hill hounding their representatives, and that is the last we heard from house speaker kevin mccarthy. look, there is no agreement on anything. we have all said the peace on where we r and we are trying to find common ground to get this done. so right to manu raja on capitol hill. i understand that the staff level negotiators and members are
any minute now, republican senator tim scott will announce his bid for the republican nomination. the elephant in that room that you are looking at right now, those are live pictures, and what is he going to say about frontrunner donald trump. docked and ready to open the hatch. we are taking you live to international space station where the paying customers are making history. this is cnn news central. so, any moment now, republican senator tim scott is going to take the stage in his hometown in south carolina and formally kick off the presidential campaign. these are the live pictures of the event, and that is the room right there, and he has racked up some impressive endorsements, but he is entering field that most polls are showing that is dominated by former president donald trump. and we have eva kim there this morning in charleston, south carolina. what are you expecting to see? well, faith and optimism is central to his campaign pitch, and he is going to be le
one hour from now, president biden is again going to host the top four members of congress and for potential june default date, and no closer to the deal to have catastrophic outcome, and speaker mccarthy is going to tie the debt ceiling to spending cuts and work requirements and biden is going to call for the debt creeling to be dealing with the condition, and if you are going with what the two sides are saying for the two hours, the forecast gloomy, and arlette seanez is at the white house. at some point, someone has to give up something, and can we find out what the potential concessions are today? well, brianna, in about an hour, we should get a glimpse of where the concessions are headed as the white house is going to be hosting kevin mccarthy and other congressional leader here at the white house. heading into the meeting, the expectations are low that they will come out with a concrete agreement with a default. and you heard house speaker kevin mccarthy who said toda