you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in atlanta. four, three, two, one. engine s full power. and liftoff. falcon 9, go axiom. [ applause ] together we expand this is a beautiful sight if you just missed it, right now four private astronauts are on the way to the international space station. the axiom 2 mission blasted off from the kennedy space center just minutes ago. we ll go there live in just a few minutes to wrap up some really remarkable developments on the space coast. but on the meantime, here in atlanta and in washington, negotiations are resuming to confront the looming debt crisis. the talks will be at the staff level for the moment but they will set the stage for a high-stakes meeting between the president and kevin mccarthy. they spoke today and this new glimmer of optimism, if we could believe it, comes as the prospect of a quick compromise appears increasingly bleak. are you at all optimistic about what we could accomplish today. could we g
you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in atlanta. we re less than 40 minutes to the launch of axiom two. it s the second mission to the international space station. on board is a former space station commander who has spent more time in space than any other american along with a pilot and two mission specialists from saudi arabia. we ll bring you that launch live in about a half an hour. and negotiations will resume over the debt crisis. they will set the stakge for a high-stakes meeting tomorrow. the president is flying home from the g-7 summit in japan. here s what mccarthy had to say about that conversation. i believe it was a productive phone call. and so at the end of the phone call, what we need to do is, we re going to have patrick mchenry get back together with he s going to ask his team, get back together. so we can walk them through literally what we ve been talking about. i think some of the challenges here they might not completely understand h
i mean, it s a little bit comical. everybody who s ever met me can tell you i love all people, i love all cultures. you can tell by my past and all of my travels and adventures around the world. i was actually planning a road trip through africa when this happened. penny also opens up about the death of jordan neely saying, quote, i m deeply saddened by the loss of life. it s tragic what happened to him. hopefully, we can change the system that so desperately failed us. joe, i think i want to start with you here. okay. you have some experience traveling through the city. yes. as do many new yorkers who have been on the subway. your thoughts on this, on what neely has said or on what penny has said about the death of neely. penny s words are important, obviously, but it s the witnesses. those words are even more important. his lawyer is saying, and you re going to see video around this as well, that time and again during whole incident neely wasn t trying to kill a
you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in atlanta. we begin this hour with high stakes negotiations starting back up on the nation s looming debt crisis. just minutes ago talks resumed on the staff level in washington. but they will set the stage for a top level meeting tomorrow. president biden is expected to sit down with republican house speaker kevin mccarthy. the two men spoke by phone today as the president was flying back home from the g7 summit in japan. this new glimmer of optimism is a quick compromise appears increasingly bleak. the u.s. could run out of money to pay debts as early as june 1st. experts say that would be disastrous for the u.s. and the global economy. let s go the to white house and arlette saenz. what this what are they saying over there? the president returned to washington much the same when he left it, without any clear resolution in sight to avert a national default on the debts as early as 11 days from now. now, one thing that t
i m so happy to have sara sidner by my side today. kaitlan is off. five things to know for this tuesday, may 23rd. happening overnight, a u haul crashing into a security barrier near the white house. the driver arrested, facing charges of threatening to kill, kidnap or inflict harm on a president, vice president or family member. secret service says that crash may have been intentional. just nine days to go and still no deal in sight. president biden and speaker mccarthy saying they had a productive meeting, but still don t have a deal on the debt ceiling as janet yellen issues a sobering economic look. also new this morning, a stark warning for all parents, for all of us really, the u.s. surgeon general is now labeling social media a profound risk of harm for children. and the denver nuggets make franchise history, sweeping the los angeles lakers and advancing to the nba finals for the first time ever. lebron james is now reportedly considering retirement. and out of