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
deadlocked. 11 days left on the clock and debt ceiling negotiators are moving farther apart. much of what they ve already proposed is, quite frankly, unacceptable. is the risk of default only growing? i ll speak exclusively to republican senator bill cassidy in moments. and show of unity, president biden gives ukraine fighters a sky-high advantage. we have ukraine s back. after scrapping part of his world trip for debt ceiling talks is the u.s. on shaky ground on the world stage? national security adviser jake sullivan joins me exclusively from japan, plus go time. president trump readies himself for his biggest gop challenger yet. it s easy to be a front-runner. as the republican field expand, will any of them crack trump s hold on the party? hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is careening toward the edge of an economic cliff with 11 days until the moment the u.s. government could run out of money to pay its bills accord
witnesses ttrial date now set and the timing in the middle of the presidential campaign. the furious talks at the white house and on the hill. president biden, house speaker kevin mccarthy over the debt ceiling. mccarthy saying publicly we will finish this by june 1st, but privately saying we re nowhere near a deal. so mary bruce tonight on what s really playing out behind the scenes we re tracking the potential for severe storms tonight and heading right into memorial day so ginger zee is here to time this out. the disturbing new report any accusing hundreds of clergy in the catholic church in illinois of sexually abusing nearly 2,000 children the war in ukraine tonight and the rare assault inside russia by anti-putin russians. and tonight, the claim that u.s. equipment is now showing up on russia s side of the border. how the pentagon is now responding here in the u.s. the alarming scene at the southern border video showing a 4-year-old being dropped over the border
zelenskyy meet in front of the cameras at the g7 summit as the u.s. announces hundreds of millions of dollars in new aid. voters are going to polls in the parliamentary election in greece, but a clear winner may not emerge. president biden hopes to talk with house speaker kevin mccarthy this morning as the clock ticks down to extend the debt limit. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. g7 leaders meeting in hiroshima, japan, are wrapping up one of their most consequential summits in recent memory. the war in ukraine dominated much of this year s agenda, and ukraine s president was there to make his case in person. for the first time since the war began, an agreement was finally reached among the u.s. and its allies to begin supplying ukraine with advanced fighter jets. u.s. president joe biden soon returns to washington to deal with the debt ceiling crisis in congress, but he and ukraine s president did meet within the past couple of hours, t
friday and chris christie is said to be on the verge. this is in addition to already declared challengers nikki haley, asa hutchinson, and viv ecoramaswami. he will decide before june. meanwhile, names being floated for a so-called unity ticket, the idea from the bipartisan group no labels, include democratic senator joe manchin, independent senator kyrsten sinema, and republican larry rolling hogan, the former maryland governor. trump s biggest obstacle still seems to be his own legal entanglements. among them his recent self-incriminating remarks on cnn regarding jack smith s case about the withheld mar-a-lago documents and the investigation into interference in the 2020 election by fulton county, georgia, d.a. fondy willis who signaled a decision from her could be coming in early august. so into this fray finally steps ron desantis. joining me to discuss is gary fineout. he writes for florida playbook for politico. previously worked in the associated press. nice to s