gaza but acknowledge some collateral. and plus vladimir putin s parade celebrating victory day moments ago in moscow as his troops struggle to defeat ukraine. and just hours from now in washington, joe biden and kevin mccarthy face-to-face, can they strike a debt limit deal before america defaults. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with fears of dangerous escalation in the middle east. israel says that the operation was aimed at eliminating kingpin terrorists. three islamic jihad commanders were killed, palestinian medical official said at least 13 died in those strikes including four women and four children. hadas gold is live in front of an iron dome battery in southern israel. what are the two sides saying about the airstrikes? reporter: yeah, i m in front of these iron dome batteries and all expectations that these types of batteries which are all around southern israel will be used in the coming hours a
both sides are very far apart. is there a pathway to a compromise that you see here? not imminently. i think that we re still a long way away from getting anything done. there is not going to be a deal today. we can be sure of that. they may pledge to work harder, or that we can t default, but in terms of anything even faintly resembling a deal, it won t come today. so what could they do? could they kick the can to the end of the fiscal year, could we bring back the idea of minuting a trillion dollar coin, the 14th amendment, what are the possibilities or are they just gimmicks? i think in the last three or four days process spects have improved for one of these gym