the whole campaign and not have to answer tough questions, well, then we may be in danger of seeing a democrat sweep in 2024. steve: all right. good morning, everybody. it s 6:00 here in new york city and we start this wednesday morning with the race for the white house. the republican presidential primary heating up with former president donald trump expected to arrive in iowa today. ainsley: yeah. that s right. his visit to the hawkeye state comes just a day after florida s governor ron desantis kicked off his great american comeback tour. brian: right. here we go. lucas tomlinson joins us now to set the table. lucas? good morning, steve, ainsley and brian. first visit to iowa as a presidential candidate. florida governor ron desantis vowed to fix the border once and for all. i m frustrated on things like the border because i have been listening to these politicians talk about securing the border for years and years and years. i could tell you if i m president, th
memorial day weekend. jonathan hunt does live with what we are learning tonight at. good evening, teach you, teresa. breaking news, we just heard from officials they ve arrested five people all under the age o 18 on suspicion of felony assault with a deadly weapon. two marines curled in the fetal position trying to protec themselves from an onslaught by thousands of teenagers. out attacked that left official in the usually peaceful community in california horrified both by the violence and by the symbolism of it happening on the memorial day weekend. officials say the group of teenagers were setting up fireworks and generally causing a disturbance when the marines or off duty and not a uniform and they asked them to stop. the mayor believes the attack was likely did not know the men were marines and did not target them because of their military status. i think what you have here i a group of youths celebrating the school year in the beach area and getting a little out
unknown soldier as the country marks memorial day. a time to remember those who have fallen in service to the nation. take it or leave it, after leaders strike a deal to raise the debt ceiling. there are lawmakers unhappy on both sides. so do they have the votes. and the wheels are off. terrifying moments at the indy 500 as a tire goes flying toward the crowd. we will show you what it hit. this is cnn news central. they have a deal and now they need to get a the votes. the house is set to vote this week. president biden, kevin mccarthy, they reached the agreement over the weekend. the plan would suspend the debt limit for about a year and a half through january 1, 2025. important with that date, it pushes off this debate until after the election. but the road ahead is still quite unclear and could be quite bumpy. party leaders are now waging full-on campaigns to convince their members to back the legislation. if they cannot, the united states could default on its debt o
there s a game seven back in boston! good morning, everyone. i mean, the ultimate buzzer-beater there, when they didn t know for a moment, did they get it in, did they not. is it going to count? oh, it counted. and tonight the boston celtics will try to make the greatest comeback in nba playoff history if they beat the miami heat tonight, the celtics would be the first-ever team to win game seven after losing the first three games of the series. also this morning, we are about to get an update from officials in davenport, iowa, where a search and rescue operation is underway after a six-story apartment building partially collapsed. plus, president biden and speaker kevin mccarthy reaching a deal on the debt limit. now, though, they have to persuade lawmakers to pass it. we ll speak with the white house moments from now. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. we begin in davenport, iowa, this hour, where as rahel mentioned, any minute now, we are expecting to
commit to spending caps and may not be in the majority two years from now. nobody gets everything they want in negotiation. take 2 trillion in savings. ashley: lucas tomlinson has more from washington. good morning, lucas. lucas: good morning. salty language from nancy mace. clearing the rules committee passed by a single vote. in the house, 435 will be voting, needs 218 to pass. speaker mccarthy is confident it will. single democrat and 30 republicans say they are against the bill. here is what some who are against the bill are saying. send in one person to go into a room with another person and no cameras there and they come out and say up or down, take it or leave it, that is not a good process. this is about increasing credit card for prospective spending. this is smoke and mirrors, never talk about the interest on existing debt. forget everything else. 32 trillion, one trillion is 30 billion. lucas: there are those saying full speed ahead and want to see th