and i m max foster. just ahead negotiations still ongoing, still unresolved. stewart rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison on thursday. have a good day. next. memorial day weekend is just the start of what will be a busy summer travel season that we re expecting. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, may 26, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where they are moving closer to a day to pay the government s bill. it would reportedly raise the debt ceiling but cap spending levels for two years. and manu raju reports that nothing is final until it is final. reporter: negotiations between the speaker and his top allies and the white house still ongoing, still unresolved, even as the u.s. is considering prospects of the first ever debt default as soon as next week and amid warnings that the u.s. credit rating could be downgraded if the national down limit which now stands at $31.4 trillion
technology that ukraine had. they can cause a great deal of damage. they frustrate ukraine at a time when it is trying to fight on the frontlines. and the concern is that iran could provide more than just drones. this relationship between moscow and tehran is deepening. the cooperation is becoming more and more important as russia turns to iran for help to replenish its arsenal of course on those front lines oig. iran sees an opportunity here to rebalance, if you will, its relationship with moscow. experts tell us. and the key thing to remember, the caspian sea, look at that map, u.s. doesn t have a footprint there. may toe do nato doesn t have a footprint there. so difficult to stop this atth if at all. thank you, salma. still ahead, only two candidates seem to be a viable challenge to president biden. how are they faring, we ll look at the latest cnn polling. plus a letter to laundrie