good friday morning, everybody. i am erica hill with rahel solomon. poppy harlow is off today. nice to be friday. isn t it? we are here for that. five things to know for this friday. june 2nd, the debt ceiling bill on its way to president biden s desk and once signed the threat of a u.s. default is off the table until after the 2024 election. also, new questions this morning about that partial building collapse in davenport, iowa. just days before the wall came crashing down an engineering firm said, quote, bricks appear ready to fall imminently. you can see the gap in the new pictures. three people are still missing. the former president now responding to reporting that they have him on tape. the denver nuggets one step closer to making franchise history after beating the miami heat, they are up taking the first game in the nba finals. an eighth grader crowned the new national spelling bee champ. we will put him to the test when he joins us live on cnn this morni
fredricka whitfield. we ve got a lot to get to, including as the political season ramps up, the biden white house is continuing with focus on the president s opponents on the crisis at the southern border. former president donald trump s harsh rhetoric and the new contentious law and migrant arrests have reignited the interest of immigrants in the potential election, and elevating the fight over immigration policy to new heights. and now house speaker mike johnson is calling for biden to take executive action to secure the border. so joining me to discuss is kevin liptak at the white house. thanks for being back with us. what is the administration doing to help the situation at the southern border? reporter: they are urgently looking for solutions here. and the phrase that you hear from officials is breaking point, as they re describing what s happening on the southern border, and the numbers really do reflect that. in recent days more than 10,000 migrants unlawfully crosse
hello, everybody, welcome to inside politics, i m john king in washington. up first, some important breaking and exclusive new cnn reporting about the special counsel investigation, and that audio recording of the former president donald trump. sources now telling cnn that trump attorneys turned over material in mid-march, two and a half months ago, in mid-march, connected to a classified military document. the one prosecutors hear mr. trump describe on that audio recording now in their possession. that tape prompting a fresh subpoena from special counsel jack smith s investigators for any and all documents relate to general mark milley, the joint chiefs chair, or iran, sources telling cnn there s also a big unknown, whether that document in question, an iran attack plan, was ever actually returned to the government. let s break down this important reporting. it s beginning with the team behind it. cnn s kaitlan collins joins us from new york. paula reid is here with me in wa
disaster averted? after weeks of negotiations, we have come to an agreement in principle. the president and the speaker make a deal to raise the debt ceiling. but the hardest part may lie ahead. convincing think parties to vote for it. plus, game on. he s been attacking me by moving left, so this is a different guy than 2016. ron desantis jumps into the 2024 race and levels his toughest attacks yet on donald trump. but will it be enough? rob desanctimonious and his poll numbers are dropping like a rock. and target in the cross-hairs. the retail giant is the latest battlefield for conservatives hoping to roll back lgbtq rights. welcome to inside politics sunday . i m abby phillip. they have a deal to raise the debt ceiling and avoid a economic catastrophe. it took weeks of negotiations, no one on either side though is thrilled. but here is what we know about the deal this morning. it raises the debt ceiling for two years, it caps federal spending, also
federal prosecutors. the lead starts right now. breaking on cnn this minute. a meeting recorded. sources tell cnn donald trump not only knew he kept classified documents, but talked about them in a meeting captured on tape. what sources say they discussed and the significance of what was said. we have the breaking reporting right now. this hour the debt limit deal put together a growing list of house republicans and democrats coming out saying they plan to vote no. i ll speak with one of them coming up. bullet through a prayer book, a survivor who hid in a closs set. the stark new details in the trial of the tree of life mass shooting suspect. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. a new piece of evidence that undercuts donald trump s defense in the classified documents investigation. federal prosecutors obtained an audio recording of a summer 2021 meeting where the former president acknowledges he held on to a classified pentagon document about a potential attack ag