is making waves even before he s expected to jump in the presidential race. desantis today signed a bill to defund diversity bill at florida colleges, a clear response to critical race theory being taught in classrooms. he s also changing florida law to allow himself to campaign while serving as governor and to reduce transparency over state spending and travel. desantis is stepping off his turf, sending migrants to states run by democrats. and praising the marine veteran now charged in the subway chokehold death. he also barnstormed betrayal in iowa this weekend when the 45th president cancelled a rally there over weather concerns. donald trump is taking notice and taking aim at desantis. and desantis is indirectly firing back. we must reject the culture of losing that has infected our party in recent years. if we focus the election on the past or on other side issues, then i think the democrats are going to beat us again. trump was asked for his response in a new interv
before that 12 week period. this afternoon the state senate overrode his veto, so now we are waiting to hear from the house where there is all could hinge on a single vote. cnn s dianne gallagher is in raleigh for us tonight. so, where does the effort to override the governor s veto stand now? well, anderson, as we speak at this moment, the north carolina state house s currently debating over this bill, senate bill 20, and whether or not they will override that veto. a little bit earlier today, after about an hour of debate in the senate, they chose and passed that veto override on a party line, 30 to 20 vote. that was the first part of this two part process. now, this is when it gets a little bit tricky here. because it is a numbers game. so in order to override the veto in the house, after this particular debate that is happening right now, they need to have three fifths of the voting and present members there. now if all republicans and all democrats are, they re republi
good morning to you. welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, may 14th. i m victor blackwell. happy mother s day to you. thank you. happy mother s day s to everyone. i m amara walker. thank you for joining us this morning. here s what we are watching for you. moving along. hard to tell. president biden and republican leaders are expected to meet this week as they rush to avoid an unprecedented debt default. the warning coming from the white house as that crucial june 1st date inches closer. ukraine s president says the country s counteroffensive against russia will begin soon as he meets with countries supplying billions of dollars in aid. what that looks like on the battlefield and the report that zelenskyy could be planning attacks inside russia. gone through a fiscal crisis, a pandemic, and a horrific tragedy that could shatter any community, but did not here. four university of idaho students fatally stabbed in their off campus apartments six months ag
ukraine says its open attacks are taking a toll on russia s war machine and a major counteroffensive could begin at any moment. a dire warning as the ceo of an artificial intelligence company testifies on capitol hill. quote, if this technology depose wrong, it can go quite wrong. we know ai is going to change the world, but how, how quickly, how much, no one quite knows. with the u.s. on the brink of defaulting on its debt, lawmakers are digging in at the white house. those talks in just two hours. we are following those major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. amid a barrage of missile and drone attacks in kyiv overnight, russia is making a major claim that it targeted and destroyed one of these, an american-made patriot air missile defense system. a u.s. official tells cnn it was likely damaged but not destroyed. ukraine is not commenting, but it says that its air defenses worked against the large-scale attack, intercepting
surge. fewer and fewer asylum seekers are trying to cross in, but the officials warn that it may not last. what is maybe a telling setback for russia with four military aircraft down over russian territory, and what it is saying about the ukrainian capabilities. a florida teacher is showing a disney movie to her students, and now she is under investigation by the state. these stories and more are coming into cnn news central. the intense surge of migrants at the u.s./mexican border at the end of the covid era title 42 has not happened. the secretary of homeland security warned of the surge, but the surge was in the days before title 42 ended when the crossings were topping 10,000 a day, and now just over 4,000. what has not slowed down is the bitter politics surrounding immigration. the texas governor did it again, sending migrants to be dropped off out of vice president s kamala harris s home. we go to pablo sandoval who is live outside of the vice president presiden