sorry about that. we ve got so many people here that i think we are kind of melting the servers. desantis hoping to take the fight to former president trump by hopscotching states this week. remembering tina turner, with that unforgettable voice and dance moves who overcame years of domestic abuse to top the charts in an inspiring comeback, entertaining generations of fans. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. there s fallout from the debt limit brinksmanship. ratings of the three big ratings companies has put congress and the white house on notice that it could downgrade the u.s. credit if a payment is missed. a credit rating grades the nation s credit worthiness, a mesh of its ability to pay its debt in full and on time. right now, they rate the u.s. with its highest aaa status. they are warning and triggering alarm bells on wall street and concern on main street. 71% of voters are either very or somewhat concerned about possible default. without explaining
my buddy phil is here. good morning. good morning. thank you for letting me come back. i wasn t sure after yesterday. you re such a pleasure. you make these mornings great. did you get some sleep? i did. little bit. thanks for having me. we have a lot going on today. five things to know for this tuesday, may 9th, 2023. vladimir putin speaking from red square claiming the, quote, real war is being waged on russia during a scaled back victory day ceremony, the speech comes hours after russia launched several cruise missiles at kyiv. also the gunman behind the texas mall shooting had a very disturbing online history, full of posts about nazis and mass shooters. police say he killed eight people, ranging in age from 3 years old to 37. and happening today, president biden hosting a high-stakes meeting with congressional leaders to discuss the debt limit. country is at risk of default if a deal isn t reached by early june. e. jean carroll s rape trial against donald t
leaders at the white house to address the looming debt ceiling deadline as financial calamity moves one day closer to reality. in manhattan, nine jurors are deliberating in a trial against president trump brought by e. jean carroll. a 6-year-old boy wounded in a mass shooting. the only member of his family to survive. both his parents and 3-year-old brother slain while two young sisters, aging 8 and 11, are also killed. their mother in critical condition. just two of the families, some of the victims in the latest mass shooting involving an ar-15-style rifle. i will speak with gun safety advocate fred guttenberg whose daughter jamie died in 2018 in parkland. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. president biden will hold speaker mccarthy, leaders schumer and mcconnell and hakeem jeffriess for a meeting on the debt ceiling. it s not expected to produce any major breakthroughs with the nation weeks away from falling off a fiscal cliff. can they find a way
hadn t seen. you re a student of the law. you know that lawyers are not supposed to disclose their conversation with their clients. even after they re dead. that s what stephen jones the attorney did. i think it was a questionable decision on his part. it was a tremendous boom to me as a journalist to get behind the scenes in many the investigation. plus, i got all the material that federal government turned over to the defense as part of their investigation. so i have the federal government as well. how nice to see you both. how nice to see you, jeffrey toobin. congratulations. thank you. book after book. not sure how you do it. well it s a phenomenal write. thank you. be sure to pick up his book. we ll speak to one of the authors of the clarence thomas report. that will be later this hour. right now, our coverage continues as cnn this morning continues right now. russia is accusing the united states of being behind that drone attack on the kremlin.
weeks from now. we ll discuss the really dire implications for the u.s. economy if that happens with the former treasury secretary larry summers. also tonight, a huge dust storm causes multiple deaths and dozens of car wrecks in a massive interstate pileup. we re tracking this weather disaster in illinois. and an intensifying man hunt in texas after a gunman killed five neighbors including a 9-year-old little boy. authorities pleading for the public s help as this armed and very dangerous suspect has been on the loose since friday. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. and let s get straight to the breaking news. trashy secretary janet yellen s very very blunt warning about the u.s. debt limit. cnn is covering the story from every angle. our correspondents are standing by over at the white house on capitol hill, and in the nation s financial cente