that cia director william burns made a secret trip to ukraine to brief president volodymyr zelenskyy and share u.s. intelligence on russia s next moves in the war. actor and producer alec baldwin now faces criminal charges in the fatal shooting of a crew member on the set of the film rust. our legal experts are weighing the evidence and whether the involuntary manslaughter charges will stick. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with the partisan showdown over raising the debt ceiling and fears of an unprecedented default by the united states. our chief congressional correspondent manu raju explains where this critical fight stands tonight. reporter: tonight congress and the white house engaged in a risky standoff as the u.s. reaches its $31.4 trillion borrowing limit. the white house and congressional democrats say no negotiations to raise the debt ceiling and no conditions
set. this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan. the battle over the nation s debt ceiling is upon us. the united states just hit its borrowing limit of $31.4 trillion. and that means that the treasury department must now begin to use a series of what is called extraordinary measures to avoid default. extraordinary measures that are no longer so extraordinary since they have been they ve had to be used so often. this is a completely avoidable problem that falls entirely on congress to raise the debt limit. something that republicans with right now refusing to do without cutting spending to the actual bills that have come due, by the way. democrats say that is not on the table. if the u.s. defaults, it will cause absolute chaos in the global economy. christine romans is standing by for us with this. kind of saw this one coming, christine. but we have hit the moment. what happens now. so, kate, the clock starts now. once the u.s
germany s chancellor saying they don t want to make such a bold move alone and calling on others including the u.s. to do the same. and this is the strategy we have, that we are strategically interlocked, together with our friends and partners, that we are never doing something just by ourselves but together with others, especially the united states. reporter: that german resistance straining the nato alliance when they have acted largely in unison for the past year of this war and frustrating ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. translator: do not hesitate. there is no need to compare. if you say i will give tanks if someone else also give tanks or i am powerful in europe but i will help if someone else outside of europe also helps. it seems to me that this is not a very correct strategy. reporter: ukraine s defense ministry putting out a lighthearted video appeal. the american m-1 abrams tanks, u.s. officials say, is too heavy, too complicated, too hard to m
i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. investigators in monterey park, california searching for a motive after a gunman killed ten people and wounded ten more at a dance hall. the gunman later took his own life after a standoff with officers officers. before it ended, he did try to target a second dance hall. he was stopped by a bystanders, brandon tsay, who managed to wrestle the gun away from him. my first thoughts was i m going to die here. this was it. when i got the courage, i lunged at him with both of my hands and grabbed the weapon, and we had a struggle. we struggled into the lobby trying to get this gun away from each other. he was hitting me across the face, bashing the back of my head. i was trying to use my elbows to separate the gun away from him creating some distance. brandon tsay confronted the gunman. don lemon is on the scene in monterey park, california. don, you re witnessing so much hurt there, i imagine. what are you learning this morning. repor
also tonight the biden white house is sticking to the script as its new strategy for dealing with the classified documents crisis takes shape. we ll have the latest on what s happening behind the scenes amid growing pressure on the president. and prosecutors reveal chilling new evidence as the massachusetts man is form formally charged with murdering his missing wife. our experts will break down the case and all the disturbing new details. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. tonight ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is calling the helicopter crash near kyiv is a tragedy, and he s suggesting that every death in his country is a result of the ongoing war. cnn s chief international correspondent clarissa ward has more from kyiv on this disaster and the investigation that is now under way. reporter: a quiet kyiv suburb turned into an inferno. the sounds of screaming can be heard. min