the battle for the nation s soul is not over yet. those words from president joe biden as he officially tells america he wants four more years to finish the job. the mission statement he just laid out and his message to those he called maga extremists. prosecutors call them donald trump s army. five members of the proud boys on trial accused of assembling and leading the mob on january 6. that trial is now coming to an end. will a jury soon find them guilty? just as the u.s. was getting in position to rescue americans trapped in sudan, reports of a ceasefire breach. what this means for the thousands of u.s. citizens in that war-torn nation. all this and more on cnn news central. let s finish the job. president biden making it official as he makes his 2024 case to america. after two years in the oval office, months of speculation and a lifetime of politics, he officially now wants four more years. when i ran for president four years ago, i said we were in a battl
united states and around the world. i m christine romans. house republicans say they have done their part to avert a national and global financial crisis by passing a bill to lift the debt ceiling. yeas are 217 and nays 215. the bill is passed. the republicans hope the bill they pass odd wednesday to include the deep federal spending cuts they want. speaker kevin mccarthy addressed mr. biden directly in remarks a short time later. you said at the very beginning we had to show you a plan even though the democrats have shown no plan. not only did we show you a plan we are the only ones to pass a plan, so i think it s up to you now whether the economy goes in any trouble, it s you. because the republicans raised the debt limit and you have not. cnn s phil mattingly reports on the prospect for republicans to get what they want. reporter: for weeks, house republican speaker kevin mccarthy made clear he knew the legislation republicans were trying to get through the hou
and can you see the countdown at the top of your screen. look at the vice president and her husband will be there to speak. this is the first time a woman and a person of color has gone to the moon. steve: that is ultimately the goal. this particular flight though will be unmanned. they will have three test mannequins strapped in to figure out what radiation effects and everything else. you will see it live if it goes off on our show. it s all about the heat shield, they say because it s a test flight. the idea is to make sure that the heat shield can protect the people inside and they really won t know that until it comes back. brian: yeah, i mean, you got to you are going to watch two rockets disengaged and then ultimately just be the orion craft that will go into the moon s orbit, whip around a few times and then come back octobe. so that s a 42-day mission. and we ll probably cover all 42 days. steve: you know what, brian, you are probably right. we will mention i
reconnected to the electricity grid. president zelenskyy says the danger isn t over yet. announcer: live, from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuberbrunhuber. we re getting our clearest look yet into the u.s. justice depa department s investigation into classified documents. a redacted version of the after daft the fbi submitted details what federal investigators expected to find, improperly taken classified national security materials as well as evidence of obstruction. in a court filing friday, donald trump s legal team said the redacted affidavit, quote, raises more questions than answers and underscores why a so called special master is needed to review the evidence taken during the search. jessica schneider has more on the key take aways from the unsealed document. reporter: startling new details about the hundreds of pages of documents former president trump kept at mar-a-lago for months as the national archives tried to get them back. the top
Kayla tausche at the white house. And this is cnn its friday, may 3, right now on cnn this morning, secret tapes, extortion claims, and one blatant lie. Its all in a days work in one day at Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial President Biden paving the way for thousands of dreamers to receive obamacare benefits. And a massive tornado strikes Central Texas with damage and some injuries reported ahead. Well have the latest details and the forecast as more severe storms could be on the way 6 00 a. M. Here in washington. Heres a live look at New York City and some man look at that beautiful sunrise. Love it. Great way to start the weekend. Good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its great To Be With You sex lies and donald trump on audio tape as the first ever criminal trial of a former president continued for another sorted day, the jury appearing to hanging on every word as that they heard a call between trump and his then lawyer, Michael Cohen that cohen had secretly recorded heres the tape n