leaders of the world s wealthiest democracies sent a message to russia and china during the second day of the g7 summit. ukraine president volodymyr zelenskyy is among the non-member leaders invited to the summit. he is boosting support for his country in the war with russia. zelenskyy is expected to address some leaders tomorrow, but today he held sit-downs with some leaders. providing military aid to ukraine was one of the items for the g7 leaders, but the leaders of japan, germany, italy, united kingdom and the u.s. issued statements on china to help end the war in ukraine and establish sustainable economic relations. ongoing negotiations over the debt ceiling have been a subject of interest at the gathering. during a meeting with australia s prime minister, president biden was asked about the talks and said negotiations are progressing as he expected. we have team coverage. jasmine wright is live in washington. nic robertson is standing by in ukraine. let s start with
you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in atlanta. four, three, two, one. engine s full power. and liftoff. falcon 9, go axiom. [ applause ] together we expand this is a beautiful sight if you just missed it, right now four private astronauts are on the way to the international space station. the axiom 2 mission blasted off from the kennedy space center just minutes ago. we ll go there live in just a few minutes to wrap up some really remarkable developments on the space coast. but on the meantime, here in atlanta and in washington, negotiations are resuming to confront the looming debt crisis. the talks will be at the staff level for the moment but they will set the stage for a high-stakes meeting between the president and kevin mccarthy. they spoke today and this new glimmer of optimism, if we could believe it, comes as the prospect of a quick compromise appears increasingly bleak. are you at all optimistic about what we could accomplish today. could we g
it is 8:00. i m amara walker. i m victor black well. if our theme is learning about one another, what s the thing we need to know about you that we don t know. i can t stand milk. we were just having this conversation. i don t know that many adults that hate milk as much as i do. i won t put it in my coffee. if someone puts cow milk in my coffee, i will taste it and smell it and spit it out. do not bring amara milk. it tastes like animal by-products. do you like milk? i like yogurt. but i m saying milk in its regular form. what we re watching today. volodymyr zelenskyy arrives at the g7 summit to boost support as russia escalates the war. he s expected to meet with president biden, who faces challenges of his own. dead lock on a debt limit deal. can an agreement be made before time and the money run out? signs of possible survival. colombian officials race to find four children they say may have survived a plane crash in the amazon, but could they still be i a
morning. president biden is headed back to washington after wrapping up a consequential g7 summit. the president says he has a call scheduled with house speaker kevin mccarthy once his meetings conclude in japan. debt ceiling talks appear to stall with negotiators on both sides saying they were unsure when they would meet again. republicans have called for a deep spending cuts in exchange for support to raise the nation bore heing limit. the president said that many of republicans demands are unacceptable. president biden held his first face-to-face with ukrainian president zelenskyy since they met in kyiv in february. during the sitdown, president biden announced a new $370 million $75 million security assistance package to ukraine. team coverage from around the globe. sam kiley is live in kirstjen nielsen. we begin with phil mattingly in hiroshima. we heard president biden speak, a big chunk of about the latest on the debt ceiling and doesn t seem like there is much
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