ceiling drama. the white house and lawmakers rushing to reach a deal on the u.s. debt limit. but the clock is ticking. with just nine days before the government could run out of money to pay its bills. the final days of an american fighting in ukraine. cnn pieces together the details of a u.s. veteran s death in bakhmut, revealing a new perspective on the war s longest battle. plus, a plot to kill the queen? the fbi releases new documents detailing a potential assassination threat against queen elizabeth ii. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with laila harrak. welcome. the white house and republicans are closing in on a deal to raise the debt ceiling and avert a financial catastrophe. a live look for you there on capitol hill. and negotiators have been furiously working on capitol hill, and we re told an agreement could be reached as soon as today. any deal would then have to be passed by congress, which is far from a sure thing. they do have a li
we do have some showers. you can see the extent of the cloud across the country, some of the heavy showers working in across western scotland and northern ireland and across wales at the moment whereas across eastern scotland and central and eastern scotland and central and eastern england not much in the way of sunshine. most of that rain tending to come through quite light and patchy but nevertheless are not off through the afternoon. temperatures are lower than at the week but closer to average at this time of year. overnight cloud and rain becoming restricted to southern areas later in the night wears for scotland and northern ireland and northern england were looking at a cold night with a widespread frost. temperatures between zero and minus three celsius. tomorrow any cloud and rain across the south should move away quickly through the morning. high pressure building on and for a time that brings sunny skies to northern ireland and scotland and a good part of england a
world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. president biden s ability to help democratic candidates is being tested tonight with just 19 days to go before the high stakes midterm election. cnn national politics reporter, eva, has our midterm countdown. democratic senate nominee, john fetterman, getting a boost tonight. john, thank you very much for running. president biden visiting battleground pennsylvania. appearing alongside the state s lieutenant governor to tout the administration s signature infrastructure law. this law is about more than rebuilding our infrastructure. it s about rebuilding the middle class. something john knows a lot about and talks a lot about. and to fund raise for the democrat who is running in one of the most competitive races in the country against mehmet oz. with the clock ticking toward election day, some campaigns taking a sharper approach like in georgia. for you, herschel walker wants to ban abortion. after weeks
reveal potential plots to harm britain s queen elizabeth ii during trips to the united states. one document in particular provides details of a potential assassination threat against the late queen during a visit to san francisco 40 years ago. cnn s scott mclean has more. reporter: at that time in 1983 the irish republican army, the i.r.a., was in the midst of a three-decades-long terror campaign to try to get northern ireland reunited with the republic of ireland. and in the united states newly released documents show that the fbi was on high alert for anyone who may have been sympathetic to that cause, especially around royal visits to the u.s. one memo in particular describes a caller who said that a patron at a well-known irish republican bar in san francisco who said that his daughter had been killed by a rubber bullet in northern ireland, quote, claimed that he was going to attempt to harm queen elizabeth and would do this either by dropping some
anderson is the oldest bowler to hold top spot since australian clarrie grimmett in 1936. anderson returned match figures of 7 54 in the first test win in new zealand earlier this week to end australia captain pat cummins four year reign at the top. the england seamer has has 682 test wickets, third on the all time list behind sri lanka spinner muttiah muralitharan and late australia great shane warne. the second test starts in wellington on friday. there are concerns that closure of leisure centres, gyms and pools because of the ongoing energy price crisis, will increase the risks of drownings and harm britain s long term olympic medal prospects. that s according to double olympic swimming champion rebecca adlington. she has joined 200 sports organisations and athletes in signing a letter which has been sent to the prime minister today. it contains a stark warning that government plans to cut the sector s funding support in april will leave grass routes