the full faith of the credit of united states is in the balance. there is no bipartisan deal to be made solely on the partisan terms. it seems as though he wants default more than he wants a deal. i will never give up. he claims the troops are pulling out of ukraine on may 25th. they claim to have captured bakmut. that is a incredible step to take. the country which is bigger than we are cannot occupy us k. not win in this war. south carolina s tim scott now has his sights set on the white house. i m looking forward to optimistic positive leadership as anchored in conservative principles. you re not going to get a nomination by going around donald trump. you have to confront him head on. three, two, one and liftoff. the mission is on its way to the international space station. as i look into space, i can t help but think this is just the beginning of a great journey for all of us. dream big. fairytale story. he gets better. get there. yes! magi
watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom. these images coming to us just moments ago. germany s chancellor welcoming ukraine s president zelenskyy after they get another multi-billion dollar aid package from berlin. they aren t seeing the migrant numbers feared. talks break the debt ceiling stalemate, the latest effort to keep america from defaulting. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is in berlin meeting with german officials. these are live images coming to us from berlin and these meetings come on the heels of the biggest batch of military aid to ukraine. meanwhile, zelenskyy is indicating ukraine will soon start taking first important steps for its expected co counteroffensive soon. inside ukraine russian artillery is pummelling targets across the country. this is video of a drone strike across the western part o
that no agreement has been reached. both men had met earlier this morning and before the talk said sounded a note of optimism. they have just ten days left to reach a deal to increase the government borrowing limit or trigger a default. from new york. even before president default. from new york. even before president biden - default. from new york. even before president biden with i before president biden with house speaker kevin mccarthy negotiations were once again around the table trying to strike a deal to avoid a default. sources say the white house is now offering to keep spending flat from this year to next. while republicans, they say they want to increase defence spending while cutting everything else by up to 22%. treasury secretary janet yellen confirmed over the weekend that june one is the hard deadline when the government can no longer pay its bills. and the deadline for a deal may actually be sooner in order for it to pass the house and senate in time. there
thank you alex! have a great show. thank you. well this is the breaking news that i m holding in my hands. this is a letter from donald trump s attorneys to attorney general merrick garland. the letter to the attorney general says, we represent donald j trump, 45th president of the united states in the investigation currently being conducted by the special counsel s office. they go on to propaganda rise about hunter biden which acquires makes no sense. and then they say what the letter is about in the final sentence of there s a very short letter. we request a meeting at your earliest convenience to discuss the ongoing injustice that is being perpetrated by your special counsel and his prosecutors. thank you for your attention to this matter. so there it is tonight, the trump lawyers asking merrick garland, attorney general of the united states for a meeting about special counsel jack smith s criminal investigations of donald trump which of course includes the documents
good morning. it is saturday, may 13th, 2023, of course, that is the year we are in. i m amara walker. thank you for the reminder. sometimes we need it. ikt victor blackwell in the cnn newsroom. we begin with the escalating violence between israelis and palestinians in gaza. the israeli defense forces, they ve launched a series of attacks today. the idf attacked islamic jihad sites in the gaza strip, they say. these deadly strikes on palestinian targets have been ongoing since tuesday. palestinian officials say at least 33 people have been killed so far including militants and civilians and an israeli medical service says a rocket hit a residential building there this week. one person was killed, five were hurt. cnn s ben wedeman is live in southern israel, near gaza, hi there, ben, what s the latest. what s going on there on the ground? reporter: what we ve seen throughout the day here is there have been occasional volleys of rockets being fired out of gaza, and mor