a critical day for the u.s. economy and maybe for house speaker kevin mccarthy s career. what could be the decisive vote on the controversial deal to raise the debt ceiling is just hours away. florida governor ron desantis taking on donald trump directly for really the first time since becoming a presidential candidate. hitting the campaign trail in iowa and vowing to fight back against the former president. also happening dailtoday, historic meeting on ufos, nasa set to unveil what a nine month long investigation uncovered. this is c cnn news central. so this really is the day that could make or break the deal to avoid a catastrophic u.s. default. it is also the day that could make or break the speakership of kevin mccarthy. the house will vote on the debt ceiling. the rules committee did narrowly vote in favor of advancing the bill to the house floor, but there was severe pushback from some conservatives. the bill now needs a simple majority to pass or 218 if eve
other vessel s allowed to and that is the point they make as they sail through the taiwan strait. jim. this is far from the first encounter between the u.s. and china. there was one in the air just two weeks ago, could you tell us about that? of course. you re exactly right. this is ands in the why u.s. views it as a pattern of more aggressive behavior, in two areas in the taiwan strait and the south china sea. a couple of weeks ago, an rc-135 flying in international air space over the south china sea when a chinese fighter jet cut in front of the nose. very close at this speed and until the video you could see that it is wake turbulence shakes and rattles the u.s. aircraft. so again, the pentagon saying it will bring this up to the proper diplomatic channels to address this or at least try to address this with the chinese. and that is what is important here. is to try to get some sort of
that the u.s. plane shakes a little bit and u.s. officials say that was turbulence caused by this close call. natasha bertran is tracking all this for us. what else are you hearing from u.s. officials about all this now? reporter: yeah, u.s. officials are strongly condemning what they have described as a really risky and unnecessarily aggressive move by the chinese to intercept this american spy plane, and rc 135 arrive vet joint reconnaissance aircraft which is an come ducting a mission when the chinese fighter jet cut directly in front of the nose.come ductig a mission when the chinese fighter jet cut directly in front of the nose. it was manned and it caused turbulence from the wake of that chinese fighter jet. so the u.s. is saying this was dangerous and this comes at a time of heightened tensions between the u.s. and china. and this is the second time at least in just a couple months that china has done something