negotiators in washington. we ll have the key sticking points as the clock ticks down to a potentially catastrophic default. and later, nine lives. these so-called ghost cats were driven to the brink of ex tecs tinks, but are pouncing back. protects your way of life. yes, sir, it does. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from chicago with adriana diaz. good evening. all eyes are on capitol hill tonight as the deadline for a possible government default closes in. both president joe biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy insist a deal is close. more on that in a minute. we begin this memorial day weekend at the national mall. thousands are turning out at the poppy wall of honor. the red flowers symbolizes bloodshed and lives lost in service since world war i. there are more than 645,000 flowers lining the wall this year. and as always, many of us are on the move for the holiday weekend. whether by ground or air, travelers are feeling the impact of the economy bo
united states and all around the are learning more about the victims and the gunman in the mass shooting in allen, texas, including possible ties he may have had to the far right. a tragedy as well in brownsville. what we know about a car crash that killed eight outside a migrant center near the mexican border. plus, deadly ethnic clashes in northeastern india. we re live in new delhi with a look at what s fueling that violence. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for joining us. we begin in allen, texas, where residents are mourning the eight people killed in a mass shooting on saturday. many have been honoring the victims by placing flowers on this makeshift memorial. it was set up at the outlet mall where the gunman fired on crowds of shoppers. the victims were also remembered at this church vigil on sunday. several people there delivered remarks, including the mayor-elect who called for prayers and expressed condolences for ev
russia. ukraine says at least 16,000 children have been forced to live in russia. the icc president said contents of warrants are routinely kept secret to protect the victims, but today an exception was made. nevertheless the judges of the chamber with this case decided to make the existence public to ensure justice and prevent the commission of future crimes. the kremlin calls the warrant outrageous and unacceptable. the chief of staff for ukrainian president zelenskyy said this is just the beginning. just hours before putin s warrant was issued china s ministry announced its president xi jinping will go to russia to see putin on monday as part of a three-day visit. u.s. intelligence has asesd china is considering giving russia lethal military supplies for its war in ukraine. cnn s chief international correspondent clarissa ward is there and spoke with the prosecutor of the international criminal court. what have you learned? reporter: i think everybody here feels that
that damage. reporter: the newly declassified footage appears to directly concept rah dictate russia s claim that the aircraft did not make physical contact. there was no collision. the problem is that we didn t contact to this drone. the russians have been just flat out lying. flat out lying about their account. reporter: the u.s. has not yet determined whether the pilots intended to directly hit the drone, forcing the u.s. military to crash the drone into the black sea some 80 nautical miles from land. we know that the intercept was intentional. we know that the aggressive behavior was intentional. we also know it was very unprofessional and very unsafe. the actual contact of the fixed wing russian fighter with our uav, the physical contact of those two, not sure yet. reporter: but cnn is learning that the russian pilots did not go rogue. u.s. officials familiar with the intelligence say the pilots were ordered to harass the drone by senior officials in russia s
early with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. this isn t a question of vindication. it is not a question, as i stated before, about revenge this is a my position is that, at the end of the day, donald trump needs to be held accountable for his dirty deeds if, in fact, that s the way that the facts play out that was donald trump s former fixer after wrapping up his testimony to a manhattan grand jury by the way, former fixer who went to jail, actually got convicted and went to jail for being part of this scheme that donald trump is now being investigated for. michael cohen spent two days on the stand answering questions about the hush money given to stormy daniels, the porn star. now, we re learning that she is talking to prosecutors also ahead, we ll dig into the new reporting out of georgia on another phone call the former president made to an election official there in the aftermath of the 2020 election. it s like the end of the hunt