coming from the russian propaganda and prigozhin is always in that camp, john. this is where the ukrainians say they shot down the hypersonic missiles and then the russians say they are shooting down the american-made hypersonic missiles. we will have to wait and see. kate? this is the second time that the officials are to meet on the debt ceiling. and janet yellen is saying in a letter to kevin mccarthy that time is running out for june 1st. and the staff has describeded ongoing staff levels as prod productive, but kevin mccarthy is pouring cold water on that. arlette seanez is there at the white house. what are you hearing could happen there today? well, the expectations that today s meeting is going to lead to any grand deal are low at
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
guinea and he does not want to postpone, and top issues for ukraine and china, and they are all to be discussed at the g7 summit, and the white house can be president anywhere and they expect the ongoing talks on the staff level to continue while president biden is gone. so at this moment, no exact change before he is to leave for the summit. arlette seanez at the white house. jim? ukraine is saying that they are making gains in bakhmut as we are getting video showing dramatic gains in a city that is largely destroyed. have a look.
this morning a fresh look at the southern border. this was el paso, and you can see it right there. wow. i mean, relatively sparse, really sparse, very calm. this is what the white house had hoped for. especially when there were scenes like this just one week ago. migrants lining up before the expiration of title 42, and the homeland security alejandro mayorkas warns that it is too early to know if the migrant surge has peaked. and that is after wrangling maneuvers of the governor of texas sending a busload of migrants to the vice president of the united states. so we have teams at the border and the white house. we begin at the white house as arlette seanez is there, and what are you hearing from the people in the building behind you, arlette, of what they are seeing? president biden is saying that the situation at the border is going better than expected
speaker mcconnell and speaker kevin mccarthy. the stock market could plunge, and borrowing costs for consumers and businesses would soar, and overall, it would be a complete mess. arlette seanez, the meeting is in a few hours and any sign that anyone is making any movement? well, john, the white house is insisting that president biden is going to hold firm to the position he wants a clean debt ceiling bill to pass, and they have said it is not a series of negotiations they will not negotiate on, and aides on both sides don t believe there is going to be any major breakthroughs, and on where each side stands. president biden wants a clean debt ceiling increase or suspension with no conditions attached. but then on the republican side, house speaker kevin mccarthy is still push for his plan which passed the house which would increase the debt ceiling by