i m paula reid in washington. jim acosta has the day off. we are following several developing stories on this busy afternoon. the u.s. takes another step closer to running out of money to pay its debts. despite a deadline as close as 12 days away, the high-stakes negotiations between the white house and republicans have broken down. and it s not clear when they will resume. meanwhile, president biden will cut short his asia trip to address the looming debt crisis, but before heading home tomorrow from the g7 summit in japan biden will meet with ukraine s president. president zelenskyy is making a dramatic appearance at the gathering to ask world leaders for more help in the war against russia. zelenskyy s plea comes as russia claims a major victory in ukraine. today the head of the mercenary wagner group says his fighters captured bakhmut after months of brutal fighting. ukraine says it still holds a small portion of the city. cnn s phil mattingly is at the g7 summit in hiros
that s my line. we have got some headlines for you. let s begin here. big news this morning. ukraine s president volodymr zelenskyy heading in person the g7 summit in japan to meet face to face with president biden and other world leaders. also, that accused pentagon leaker is going appear in court in a few hours and former and current defense officials are expressing alarm that the young airman kept his job even after he was reported multiple times to commanders for mishandling class fight intelligence. disney delivered a huge $1 billion employee to ron desantis florida right before he is expected to announce a run for president. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. and we have been tracking developments really all morning out of japan this morning where white house now says president biden left dinner early with world leaders at the g7 summit to get an update on what is happening back in washington on the debt limit talks. the crisis in d.c. oversh
take these cuts off the table. remember i said it no, i m serious. remember what i said, i said so you re not going to cut it, huh? no, i said okay, we ve got a deal. i sure hope that s true. president joe biden hits the road following a strong state of the union address keeping republicans in the spotlight for proposed cuts to social security and medicare. plus speaker kevin mccarthy spent parts of biden s speech trying to calm down rowdy members of his own party. we ll show you what he had to say about their outbursts. and house republicans got to air their grievances against twitter. we ll have the big moments from yesterday s contentious oversight hearing. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, february 9th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. president joe biden is continuing his populous push following his state of the union address taking his message to the swing state of wisconsin yesterday. the president spoke t
declassified video shows the dangerous mid-air encounter with russian jets. i ll ask state department spokesperson ned price about this potential flashpoint in worsening relations with moscow. also tonight, a cnn exclusive. dozens of mar-a-lago staffers have been subpoenaed in the investigation of former president trump s handling of classified documents. stand by for details on why their testimony could be crucial. a vulnerable u.s. bank just secured a $30 billion rescue from a group of 11 big banks here in the u.s. this comes after treasury secretary janet yellen tried to reassure congress and the nation that america s banking system is sound. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this hour, pieces of a downed u.s. drone may now be in the hands of russia. two days after aggressive moves by kremlin warplanes over the black sea, critical moments of that encounter captured on video newly r
against russia. i ll discuss vladimir putin next moves as he rallies his people for a second year of this war and cozies up to china and a new report that ivanka and gerald kushner has been subpoenas. will former president trump try to prevent them from testifying. and nearly three weeks after the toxic train wreck in ohio, national safety officials are getting ready to release a preliminary report and transportation secretary pete buttigieg is heading to the area tomorrow as more residents are clearly sick, scared, and frustrated. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. president biden is due back here on u.s. soil in just a few hours. closing one of his most significant moments on the world stage so far. cnn s chief white house correspondent phil mattingly is joining us live from poland right now. phil, the president underscored his unit against russia s war in ukraine once again today.