so they have a deal, but do they have the votes? right now the race to get party holdouts onboard with the debt ceiling agreement, that potentially catastrophic default just days away. we ll have the latest. plus, what caused part of an apartment building to collapse? rescue dogs are now scanning for any sign of survivors in davenport, iowa, as the city s fire chief says the building is structurally up snsound posing threat to his teams. we ll follow those and more stories coming in right here to cnn news central. so some good news over the weekend. president biden and speaker mccarthy face another heavy lift after hammering out a deal in principle to raise the nation s debt ceiling. they have to get their parties to support it. based on early reaction, it may not be entirely easy. the house vote is expected on wednesday. hard liners from both sides are signaling they at least will not support the agreement. so here s part of what s in it. it suspends the debt ceiling thr
united states is outfront on who she thinks is behind the attacks inside russia. plus, governor ron desantis about to hold his first major event in iowa as a presidential candidate. he s going all in for evangel voters. can he peel them away from trump this time? and calls for a boycott against chick-fil-a. conservative revolt over a dei executive. let s go outfront. good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, land, air, and sea. ukraine bracing for an all-out assault from putin, including potentially devastating attacks by russian submarines. this is according to a military spokesperson and our fred pleitgen who is in kyiv where he says they are preparing for what could be a major retaliation by putin. and we re going to check in with fred in just a moment. because that fear is coming after at least eight drones targeted wealthy moscow neighborhoods overnight, an area where putin himself has an estate. this is the first time since the beginning of the invas
this to the republican party. especially the ultra conservative members, who have been making a lot of noise about it. his political reputation is potentially on the line, he needs to show he can make a deal but also satisfy the members of his party who are unsure about the deal. inaudible question. lots of lawmakers on the hill have lots of lawmakers on the hill have used this as an opportunity to give their opinions about which way they think opinions about which way they think the opinions about which way they think the deal should go. you have peeple think the deal should go. you have people like think the deal should go. wm. have people like emanuel cleaver who is a democrat, he said enough people on both sides don t want the default, so he is optimistic it will go through. he was asked by my colleague, what would you say to people watching around the world who are curious to know why is the debt ceiling becoming such a big issue in america? we know a country li
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. in washington, the clock is ticking and the push is on. president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are racing to sell a tentative debt ceiling agreement to their respective parties. minutes ago, the president confirmed that he spoke with mccarthy by phone. they finalized the last of the details and said the deal now moves to the full congress for its approval. if they reject it or can t iron out their differences before june 5th, the u.s. could default on its debt, a scenario many experts say would be disastrous. not just for the u.s. economy, but for the global economy as well. and that threat still looms ominously over the capitol at this hour. up on capitol hill, lawmakers from both parties have their reservations. so passage is not guaranteed and all of this is unfolding as that fiscal deadline gets ever closer. cnn s priscilla alvarez is over at the why for us. eva mcken is live on set. let s begin a
make sense of this with our viewers. thanks mehdi. here we go. tonight, on a two hour edition of the mehdi hassan show, breaking details of the debt limit deal. we will hear from democratic congressman greg azar, who just got briefed by the white house on intubated with two experts. then special counsel jack smith manhattan the alvin bragg put out new potentially damning evidence against, who else, donald day trump in their respective cases. and setting the record straight on one henry a kissinger. the former secretary of state marks his 100th birthday, we will look back at his dark and very bloody legacy. good evening, i am many hassan. we have breaking news tonight, we have what they are calling a deal. just a short time ago, president biden spoke about that debt limit in principle, reaches we can do in his administration and the republican leadership in the house. we ve got good news, we just spoke with speaker mccarthy, and we have reached a bipartisan budget agre