viewers in the united states an around the world. i m bianca nobilo. i m max foster. just ahead we both know we have a significant responsibility. here we are june 1 being the deadline. this is not how government should work. what i sense from the white house is a lack of urgency. it is a unit of overwhelming tli russian citizens who volunteered to fight for ukraine because they want to depose the putin regime. no one could have seen that he would be a two time mvp. a lot to think about, to be honest. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is tuesday, may 23rd, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where lawmakers are trying to avoid defaulting on the nation s debt. and they may be closer after kevin mccarthy and president biden met on monday. both leaders said progress was made despite lingering disagreements. we still have some disagreements but i think that we may be able to get where we have to go. we
first, the mar-a-lago classified document investigation. our reporting is that special counsel, jack smith, is going to be home stretch on that. then there s the hush money payments to stormy daniels. that case is set to begin in march of next year, right in the middle of primary season. then there s the georgia investigation into efforts by then president trump to overturn the 2020 election. but even with all of this, the deck is stacked in donald trump s favor for the gop primary. john avlon is here to explain. governor ron desantis plans to seize the gop spotlight tomorrow with a big announcement, it involves elon musk. kara swisher is gonna join our panel to share her thoughts. when is enough fame and money and success enough. lebron james playing the will he or won t he retire game. we ll see what happens going forward. i don t know. i don t know. i ve a lot to think about, to be honest. a lot to be thinking about, to be honest. just for me, personally, going forward w
standard, and i used to be deputy chief of the criminal division in the southern district of new york, i wouldn t have touched a guy like michael cohen, especially if he s a convicted perjurer. that s robert costello after testifying in manhattan yesterday, and he could be the last witness the grand jury hears from before voting on an indictment for the former president. we ll break down what s next in the case in just a moment. meanwhile, more members of the oath keepers are held accountable for the violence on january 6th. and also ahead, what we re learning about the first face-to-face meeting between chinese president xi jinping and russia s vladimir putin since the invasion began. began good morning, and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, march 21st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ve got a lot to get to. we ll begin this morning in new york city, and the manhattan district attorney s office ahead of a possible criminal indict
right wing ideology. those are our top stories this hour. now on bbc news, click. this week, metaverse marc tells real marc how it is. you had help from the likes of me the trimmer, younger looking virtual version of you that has helped with all of these stories on the telly. it s true. seven decades on, facial recognition recognises one holocaust survivor with a photo from her past. seven decades on, facial recognition reunited one holocaust survivor with a photo from her past. yeah, that is me, for sure. and spencer meets the robot doing improvised comedy. but unlike you humans, i can learn from my mistakes. ha ha ha. don t laugh this is serious stuff. whether we know it or not, whether we feel it or not, we are all connected. we are all made from the same stuff. and the testing ground here in london is a brief reminder of that. this collaboration between artists and scientists at king s college london is an illustration of how our physical and digital environments c
elon musk urging him to ensure that human rights remain central to the management of the platform following the recent staff sackings. in about twenty minutes time we ll be hearing from the liberal democrat leader sir ed davey, but for now, bbc news click investigates the latest developments being made in the so called metaverse immersive, connected virtual worlds, where people can live, work and play. this week, metaverse marc tells real marc how it is. you had help from the likes of me the trimmer, younger looking virtual version of you that has helped with all of these stories on the telly. it s true. seven decades on, facial recognition reunites one holocaust survivor with a photo from her past. yeah, that is me, for sure. and spencer meets the robot doing improvised comedy. but unlike you humans, i can learn from my mistakes. ha ha ha. don t laugh this is serious stuff. whether we know it or not, whether we feel it or not, we are all connected. we re all made f