joni ernst of iowa, republican senator. the state is the first in the nation for the republicans nominating process. nearly all the party s candidates campaigned at the event which just wrapped up. donald trump was a prominent no-show. jeff zeleny joins us from des moines. for candidates this was a prime opportunity to mingle with a crowd of politically plugged in caucus-goers. what was the reaction, though, to trump not being there? was that a an oversight on his part, did he miss an opportunity there? what did you hear from folks? reporter: we ll see. i mean, certainly republican voters here, some 900 or so, were sitting for several hours watching all the speeches at the roast and ride. we talked to joni ernst and she said she did extend an invitation to donald trump a few months ago. she said it was her sense he does not like to attend multicandidate events. translation, he does not like to be in the same room at the same time as his rivals. that s why he decided not
welcome to cnn this morning. good to be with you. here s what we re watching this morning. lawmakers finally reach a tentative debt ceiling deal, but of course the fight is not over. now president biden and house speaker mccarthy have to try to get the members onboard from their representative parties. can they get it to the president s desk by june 5. the texas house of representatives votes to im beac impeach ken paxton. the latest on the action and what happens next. look at this. remarkable new images of the sun. we have never seen the sun this way. powerful telescope captures photos of the sun s surface. we will talk about how they could help scientists studying the sun and the solar system. and a groove of bipartisan lawmakers in washington comes together to mark memorial day. we will show you how they are paying tribute to the fallen. beginning with that race in washington to crack the legislation to raise the nation s debt ceiling and avoid this historic d
congressmen, they are ready to blow up this entire deal despite being just days from default. this deal fails, fails completely. and that s why these members and others will be absolutely opposed to the deal and we will do everything in our power to stop it and end it now. tomorrow s bill is a bunch of fake news and fake talking points that will do nothing to reign in out of control federal spending. in good conscious should support this. not one republican should vote for this deal. it is a bad deal. not only are republicans becoming deeply divided on this but there are even thefts to oust mccarthy as speaker because of the deal he made with biden. joining me now is texas congressman chip roy and by ronned donald both members of the freedom caucus both against the deal. welcome both. starting with you congressman chip roy, what is the realistic alternative to this? because i understand we wouldn t formally default we could pay the interest on our debt but our debt
as they say on the market shows, worry some. but on a more fundamental level there are also danger signs. when young people are told by their leaders that work is a scam, and that stealing things from other people is a human right, how do you think your economy s going to look in 10 years? how about your civilization? the answer depends in part on how much idleness and theft you put up with. any society that cannot declare unequivalently and with confidence that stealing is wrong has no future. when you let the mob loot, you are doomed. this is why we used to shoot looters. not because we hated them, it wasn t personal. but in order to defend the foundation of all that we have which is private property secured by law. without that, we would be living in savagery and chaos. in chicago, they already are. this is what america s second largest city looked like this weekend. [screaming and yelling]. oh, my god! tucker: there s no point to that. nobody s benning. what you re se
it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m pamela brown, and we begin the hour with a travel nightmare. thousands of flights have been canceled or delayed across the country today. the hardest hit, southwest airlines, which has scrapped more than 60% of its flights. take a look here. these are some of the long lines of southwest passengers in raleigh, atlanta, and denver airports. in a statement to cnn, southwest airlines said it is, quote, experiencing disruptions across our network as a result of the winter storm s lingering effects on the totality of our operations. carlos suarez is on the southwest side of the terminal. what are you seeing? what are you hearing from passengers? reporter: well, pamela, i m hearing a great deal of frustration from a good number of passengers who are stranded, and are flying southwest airlines or at least they were hoping to today. the airport here in atlanta has seen well over 200 canceled flights and a majority of those flights have