World. Ahead on cnn newsroom, crisis averted. Biden set to sign off on a deal to raise the federal borrowing limit. Heartbreak in india. Search efforts now underway after one of the deadliest Train Crashes in the countrys history. Plus, new video shows the moments before an iowa Apartment Building came crashing down. Live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. The Debt Limit Crisis in washington is over for now, and perhaps no one is more relieved than u. S. President joe biden. In his words, crisis averted. The stakes were enormous, the threat of failure hung over the country for weeks as the white house and Republican Leaders seemed locked in stalemate. But the hard work finally paid off late thursday when the u. S. Senate voted to suspend the debt ceiling and avoid catastrophic default. In his First Oval Office address on friday night, the president summed up his view of the make or break moment in u. S. History. Passing this Budget Agreement was critical. The stakes could not have
Fairgrounds. Well have speeches and behind us the former vicepresident of the United States. Mike pence is the only one riding in the event with senator joni ernst. Pence is going to announce hes running for president in iowa next week according to sources familiar with the matter. A number of different bikes and got a couple of supporters here talking to us. Theyre going to be several, several candidates speaking later today at the Iowa Fairgrounds. Youll have Florida Governor ron desantis, former u. N. Ambassador nikki haley, others like and weve got all the bikes lined up with Senators Ernst who will be riding and pence walked up and switched out for a leather vest. Theyll move on from here, a day of barbecue and speeches up there. This has been a pretty busy week and several candidates have been here and desantis kicked off his campaign here. Former President Donald Trump was here, held a rally and had that town hall with sean hannity and theyve been going at each other, only inten
As it drifted toward restricted air face, emitting a sonic boom that prompted 911 calls from d. C. To maryland. The pilot unresponsive as the jets reportedly repeatedly tried to make contact. At least four now confirmed dead. What went wrong. An nbc news exclusive. The grand jury Hearing Evidence about former president trumps handling of classified documents is meeting again this week. Is that investigation nearing its conclusion . Also ahead, a big week in the 2024 race, three more republicans set to enter the alreadycrowded field. This after gop hopefuls roared into iowa for the traditional roast and ride, everyone, that, but donald trump. I dont know. Were not big trump fans. A lot of bluster. Some good ideas but a lot of bluster. Im a republican. Later, yet another close call with a chinese war machine. The encounter with an american destroyer thats ratcheting up tensions between the u. S. And china. Well begin with the new details out of virginia, no survivors from that crashed ce
philadelphia leaders are asking everyone for patients as they work through the traffic nightmare there crediting divine intervention that the situation is not a mass casualty event. right now both lanes of i-95 are closed in northeast philadelphia as crews work at the side of the bridge collapsed, it s the truck carrying gasoline that caught fire under thedg happening before 630 this morning causing the northbound overpass to collapse. now about 10 miles of i-95 north and southbound lane are closed. officials warning other streets near the bridge could also be closed as cleanup continues. i-95 is one of the country s oldest and most travel routes firefighters arriving to the scenes this morning by portions of northbound lanes reduced to rubble, pennsylvania governor josh schapiro saying one vehicle is trapped as of this evening and crews are trying to identify if anyone was caught in that vehicle and in the fire in the collapse, the city public transit leaders are asking em
server room at trump s mar-a-lago, the same servers storing the security surveillance video from trump s resort. this as mr. trump s lawyers meet with justice department officials today. then, come on in, the water s fine. the 2024 race set to grow by three more candidates as governor nikki haley lands her sharpest blow yet on the republican front runners. plus military fighter jets going super sonic when a private plane doesn t respond while flying near the nation s capitol. investigators are trying to figure out what went so horribly wrong. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper, apologies for my voice. we start today with the law and justice lead and serious questions as to whether donald trump could face his first federal indictment ever. today, lawyers for the former president met with justice department officials here in washington for 90 minutes, a possible sign that special counsel jack smith s investigation into how trump handled classified documents and whet