of course, you are sitting in iowa and you have republicans flocking in fast and furious to try to win iowa and get ready for the caucus as biden is trying to seize the national stage here. it is hard to imagine either side getting a lot of credit from the country for what is happening this week. it s a significant development. for the president, for doing what he said he would do, work with republicans and for speaker mccarthy as well. he has been underestimated throughout the first part of this year. the white house never thought he would be able to keep his republicans unified. that is what happened. i can tell you, being out here for several days talking to voters on both sides, there s not a lot of applause for washington. there s not a lot of credit for averting a crisis from happening. there is no doubt president biden despite if he doesn t on a friday night, how we consume the news now and everything that is chopped up and shared, this will get into the bloodstream
no room for error. house speaker kevin mccarthy is facing his biggest test yet as lawmakers return to capitol hill. and a key committee with hardline republicans could tank the deal in the next couple of hours on the debt ceiling. can republican leadership with the deal they need for final passage and could this cost kevin mccarthy for his job as speaker. moscow attacked eight drones. two people were injured. ukraine denied any, quote, direct, involvement as its own capital kyiv continues to be hit with a wave of attacks overnight. plus, fleeing in panic and fear. nine people shot near hollywood beach in florida. victims ranging in age from 65 to just 1-year-old. the search now under way for a suspect. we re following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in, right here to cnn news central. there s a republican revolt brewing in congress right now, just a couple hours before president biden and speaker mccarthy s debt deal faces a crucial house co
classified documents case. evidence that paints a potentially damning portrait of efforts by the expresident in the expresident s push to retrieve important and sensitive security documents from that washington post report, quote, two of donald trump s employees moved boxes of papers the day before fbi agents and a prosecutor visited the former president s florida home to retrieve classified documents in response to a subpoena. timing that investigators have come to view as suspicious, and an indication of possible obstruction. according to people familiar with the matter. trump and his aides allegedly carried out a dress rehearsal for moving sensitive papers, even before his office received the may 2022 subpoena. that is according to people familiar with the matter who spoke anonymously to describe a sensitive ongoing investigation. the washington post has new details on a question that has loomed over the entire investigation. what did donald trump do with his trove of
high stakes debt talks. just moments ago we learned that president biden has agreed to meet with house speaker kevin mccarthy tomorrow in the nation s capital. and staff level talks between the two sides will resume in a few hours. the two men agreeing to a one-on-one meeting after what mccarthy called a productive phone call today with the president as he threw home from the g7 aboard air force one. and before departing japan, biden painted a grim picture telling reporters that he cannot guarantee the u.s. will not default in 11 years when the u.s. government runs out of money and is unable to pay its bills. we ve got team coverage of these new developments. phil mattingly is in japan at the g7. but let s begin with melmelanien capitol hill. reporter: and speaker mccarthy is signaling this could be a much needed reset for these talks after a weekend of stalled negotiations and rejected offers. they connected on the phone today. and speaker mccarthy said that they talked ab
sunday. live picture from the kennedy space center in florida where in just 90 minutes from now four passengers will lift off on a private mission to the international space station. the crew on board the axiom 2 mission includes the first woman to command a private space flight and the first saudi arabian woman to travel to space. much more on this historic mission later on this hour. first, we continue to cover the fast-changing developments in the high stakes talks to avoid a looming debt crisis. just a short time ago president biden and speaker of the house kevin mccarthy agreed to meet for another round of negotiations on raising the debt limit. and staff level talks between the two sides will resume in the next few hours. the two men agreeing to a one-on-one meeting after what mccarthy called a productive phone call today with the president, as the president flew home from the g7. so before departing, biden painted a grim picture of the talks telling reporters while the