counts. elena treen, cnn, washington. while congress wrangles in washington, a key player, republican congressman kevin mccarthy, is in israel on his first trip abroad as speaker of the house. he met sunday with his israeli counterpart, and in the next couple of hours, mccarthy is expected to lay a wreath at the holocaust museum. then he s set to address the israeli parliament, or knesset, the first house speaker to do so since 1998. earlier on sunday, mccarthy stopped at the western wall, a sacred place of prayer for the jewish people. french workers are expected to protest in the coming hours as the world marks may day. they ve staged strikes and mass demonstrations for months against an increase in the retirement age. but now it is law, and labor unions are not yet ready to give up the fight. cnn paris correspondent melissa bell reports.
the house speaker are locked in an ongoing standoff over raising the debt limit. cnn s elena treen is following these developments for us, elena walk us through what can be expected this week. well good afternoon, fred. this is a very consequential week for house speaker kevin mccarthy. it s also a huge test of his leadership capabilities. the speaker has teed up a vote for a bill to raise the debt limit by 1.5 trillion. now, that vote will not be easy given republicans slim majority in the house and the divisions within the party. here s what speaker kevin mccarthy had to say about it this morning. we do have a very small majority, only five seats one of the smallest we ve ever had. but i cannot imagine someone in our conference that would want to go along with biden s reckless spending. we will hold a vote this week and we will pass and we will send it to the senate. despite the confidence, fred. the key question is whether mccarthy can
deal that would raise the debt limit for one year, as well as include budget savings worth roughly three trying to $4 trillion over the next 10 years , according to sources familiar with the proposal. now, house speaker kevin mccarthy says that he wants to put this on the floor at some point in may, which is no easy feat, given that republicans have largely been divided on how to approach these debt limit talks, and they have a very slim majority in the house, but the broader strategy from kevin mccarthy here is to try to get all republicans on the same page and then use that to force the biden administration back to the negotiating table as well as argue that any sort of deal that they reach must include strings attached. another big problem, though underlying all of this is that president biden and kevin mccarthy have not held negotiations on the debt limit for several weeks now. they last met in early february, and currently there s not another meeting on the books. we ll see if tha
attached. another big problem, though underlying all of this is that president biden and kevin mccarthy have not held negotiations on the debt limit for several weeks now. they last met in early february, and currently there s not another meeting on the books. we ll see if that changes with this latest proposal. elena treen, cnn washington. the us navy says it conducted a routine transit through the taiwan strait on sunday. officials say the warship kept to an area beyond any coastal states territory. keeping within international law comes nearly a week after china wrapped up three days of military drills around taiwan. china s military acknowledged the transit of the u. s ships, saying the us quote hyped up its operation. the ship was being monitored the entire time, according to chinese officials. united states, south korea and japan are set to conduct a missile defense exercise of the korean peninsula. the drill, which is scheduled for monday, is in response to north korea s nuclear
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