while answering questions about the negotiations. we ll have those comments for you in just a moment. and they come as president biden is busy with world leaders at the g7 summit in japan. we ll recap yesterday s events and preview what s ahead including a new round of sanctions for russia aimed at closing loopholes that moscow has been using to security previous attempts to hold it accountable for the invasion of ukraine. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, may 19th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning on capitol hill where it appears that at least some progress is being made on the debt ceiling. house speaker kevin mccarthy shifted to optimism yesterday on the negotiations saying a deal could now be made in time in order to avoid a default. i just believe where we were a week ago and where we are today is a much better place because we have the right people in the room discussing it in a very profes
this hour, we see ukraine high on the agenda. volodymyr zelenskyy is set to join in person, seeking commitments from the world s wealthiest democracies. also, the u.s. is now signaling that it will not block allies from sending f-16 jets to ukraine. we will look at how that could change the battlefield, and tens of thousands of israelis marched through jerusalem s old city for mostly peaceful but tense flag parade. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. leaders of the g7 nations are meeting at this hour in hiroshima, japan russian invasion of ukraine, of course, high on the agenda. and now we are learning they will be welcoming a special guest, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. the uk and european union have already announced new sanctions targeting russia s diamond trade. and in a key development, sources tell cnn the u.s. will not stand in the way of allies setting f-16 fighter jets to ukraine, something kyiv has been requesting for mon
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