the world. i am rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom. the clock is ticking down. the stakes are high. and there is still no debt limit deal. but oh away from a default. mounting legal problems for donald trump. new civil, criminal and business troubles and the week is just beginning. plus, a group of anti-putin russian fighters who support ukraine, are claiming credit for an attack inside of russia. good to have you with, us a much anticipated meeting between u.s. president joe biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy has come and gone. still, no deal on raising the u.s. debt ceiling. both the president and mccarthy said monday s talks were productive. but it does nothing for a looming default which could happen in just a matter of days. mccarthy was adamant that i need to strike a deal this week in order to avoid the june 1st deadline. when the u.s. could potentially default on its debt. u.s. treasury secretary janet yellen has been a constant reminder of the urgency
we start with the israel gaza war, and the qatari television network aljazeera has said one of its cameramen has been killed in gaza as the result of an israeli strike. aljazeera said that samer abu daqqa was wounded either by shrapnel or in a drone strike on a school in khan yunis, in central gaza. he bled to death when rescue workers failed to reach the school. this comes as hundreds of people gathered in tel aviv on friday night to call for the israeli government to secure the release of the remaining hostages held by hamas. the israeli military has admitted it killed three israeli hostages in gaza city, after they were mistakenly identified as a threat. the israeli defense forces have expressed deep remorse over the incident, which is now under investigation. from jerusalem, here s our correspondent, lucy williamson. israel s army is in gaza to kill hamas fighters and bring hostages home. clear targets obliterated in the chaos of conflict. three of those shot dead in th
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
ahead. possible indictment of a former president trump. wall street journal is today reporting this, that special counsel jack smith has all but finished obtaining his evidence into whether donald trump mishandled evidence at the mar-a-lago. and some of the trump close associates are bracing for his indictment. they say that clashes within the trump legal team have led to the departure of a delawyer. and the wall street journal goes on to report that jack smith appears to be tying up loose ends saying in recent weeks prosecutors working for smith have completed interviews with nearly every employee at trump s florida home from top aides to maintenance staff. they have pressed witnesses on questions that appear to hone in on specific elements that they need to show to include a crime. and questions aimed at undermining potential defenses that trump could raise reports are that the special counsel as assembled evidence and much of that appears to obliterate many ofhe argume
headlines. heat. florida governor ron desantis is now set to officially announce that he is running for president. cnn learned that the florida governor is going to make the announcement tonight during an interview with elon musk on twitter. his wife, casey desantis released this video of him getting ready to walk on a stage as a dramatic voiceover speaks in the background. do i have the courage? it is worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it. every single time. desantis has widely been seen as former donald trump s leading challenger for the republican nomination. there are questions on what this launch will look like. the poll numbers have been slipping after shaky performances leading up to this launch. trump has been relentlessly attacking him for months now. and we re now learning that trump and his allies have been preparing for this moment with a coordinated plan to try to up end desantis campaign launch. there is a social media blitz and appearing in