it s eight in the morning in singapore, and 3am in baghdad which has been struck by a us drone attack which killed a senior leader of an armed pro iran group. three people were killed in the attack, including a commander of the group that us officials say was behind recent attacks on us bases in iraq and syria. this was the scene in baghdad earlier tonight. angry crowds surrounded the burnt out vehicle chanting america is the biggest devil . our senior international correspondent orla guerin is in baghdad for us tonight she tried to get close to the scene of this attack. this was a high profile strike inside the capital. it happened at 930 at night to local time there were distinct explosions that were audible from our hotel we reached the scene very quickly. an angry crowd had gathered around the charred wreckage of the car which had been hit we know a drone strike a powerful pro iranian official. with the attack in jordan that killed three service personnel. they were
congressman byron donald. plus, the gut wrenching words of the a witness who watched as a gas station owner in south carolina chased down a 14-year-old and shot him in the back, quote, everyone s getting trigger happy. the shooter says he thought the teenager was shoplifting. he wasn t. now the gas station owner is facing charges, his store is in ruins after being vandalized by protesters and another community is in mourning. we begin with one of those rare days on capitol hill where high political drama and debate collide with the critical job of governing, in this case trying to keep the u.s. economy from going off the cliff, and no one knows exactly how it s going to play out. not only could tonight s vote seal the fate of the debt limit agreement between president biden and speaker mccarthy, it may also be a defining moment for mccarthy himself. he s been engaged in open warfare with far right republicans of the freedom caucus arguing over whether the legislation is a
president s debt ceiling deal with speaker mccarthy facing its first major legislative test inside a crucial house company that has several conservative opponents of the agreement. threats from a group of republican lawmakers on capitol hill put a catastrophic default back in play. there s no new taxes, no new government programs. would i want to cut more? yes. i was able to work at 15% of the budget. i m not sure what else they want to do. i think we have to look at where the victories are. this hour, ron desantis kicking off his first presidential campaign trip in iowa with hopes of making a splash at the caucuses there in 2024. plus, kremlin officials say ukraine is responsible for new drone strikes on residential areas in moscow. vladimir putin s relentless bombardment of kyiv fires up another wave of deadly aerial attacks. today in pittsburgh, the trial gets under way for the gunman charged with the 2018 shooting deaths of 11 worshipers at the tree of life synago
japan for the g-7 summit, he says the meetings will bring peace closer, live to heiroshim in a few moments. president joe biden believes the country will not default on its debt but the two sides stopped talking late friday night. we ll have more. and later, florida governor ron desantis takes a swipe at his potential rival for the white house, donald trump, saying it would be easy to be the front runner. announcer: live in cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with paula neeson. volodymyr se lensy is now in japan where he will be meeting with world leaders at the g-7 summit. he arrived a short time ago, you see him there, tweeting he ll be having important meetings and that, quote, peace will become closer today. he s there to boost support ahead of ukraine s expected counteroffensive. now, ahead of his visit u.s. president joe biden agreed to support efforts to train ukrainian pilots on f-16 fighter jets and several allies have, in fact, expressed interest in transferri
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