good evening everyone. i m john king. welcome to cnn tonight. debt ceiling drama. we are closer to a deal but not there yet. the fact that janet yellen essentially gave them four more days means, well, we have a ways to go. even if they make a deal tomorrow morning can they get it done in time? plus can a trump-like candidate beat donald trump? that is the question as ron desantis gets his campaign in high gear. the florida governor not shy at all about taking on the former president, ripping him on the border of all things, calling him a big spender, and blasting his covid policies. i don t know what happened to donald trump. this is a different guy today than when he was running in 2015 and 2016. i think the direction that he is going with his campaign is the wrong direction. no other republican in the trump era has been able to walk that tight rope. the question is can ron desantis? and here is a sobering thought this memorial day weekend. whenever you go in the wate
companies. and we re exactly two weeks away from the day the u.s. is expected to run out of money to pay its debts. negotiations are under way in d.c. despite president biden being half a world away in japan. plus, new details about the man who authorities say is behind one of the biggest intelligence leaks in years. court documents are revealing the suspect may have been mishandling classified information months before the leak. new attacks in ukraine. with officials saying russia launched an unprecedented barrage of missiles across the country overnight. we ll talk to ukraine s former president about what appears to be a rise in russian assaults. and more crackdowns on lgbtq rights. texas on the verge of becoming the biggest state of the nation to ban gender transition treatment for children. we begin this very busy hour with breaking news from the nation s highest court. just in the last hour, the supreme court ruled the social media giant twitter is not liable f
my producer said it is a trump day. there say big trump town hall. questions from kaitlan and new hampshire voters. we have a lot ahead before that. phil is to know. he has been ordered to pay her five damages. i said he is relaunching the show on twitter. elon musk says no deal has been made and carlson is still technically under contract with fox. meet the new top dog. this year s best in show honors go to buddy holly. also one of the best movies. that is the name of the dog? no, i m not. cnn this morning starts right now. since you put me up to it, what is the name of the dog? we have the pronunciation. i printed it. which you printed. i appreciate it. i m going to go dog. winning dog. we ll go with buddy holly. [ speaking nonenglish ] look at that. all right. we ll get to that in main. we start out very serious, very consequential news. donald trump lashing out at the jury that found he sexually abused and defamed e. jean carroll. he was still posting
how that helped the doj issue charges. and an israeli air strike took out three top military commanders and ten civilians. a live report from southern israel. also, inside two texas tragedies. the latest on the investigation into the fatal suv crash outside a migrant facility in brownsville that left eight dead. and the painful new stories behind the lives lost at a texas outlet mall over the weekend. the lone survivor of one family just turned 6 years old. our nbc reporters are following all of the latest. we start with maggie vespa in allen, texas. we just learned there s going to be an update from the texas department of public safety in about an hour. i want to focus on the victims. all so young. 3 to 37. so much life they had still to live. froms what more can you tell us about them? reporter: yeah, chris, that news conference expected to focus on the mechanics of the investigation but what people here care about is the people they lost including those three chil
heard the name george santos. oh, we do know him now, though. a wild scene today as the republican congressman caught in lie after lie is arrested and charged on 13 criminal counts. will george santos, aka anthony devulder stay in congress, go on his own or will he be pushed out? plus, taking the stage, donald trump now hours away from facing questions at a cnn town hall one day after a jury found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation. and following the money. republicans flagging what they call shady deals as they lay out their case against president biden s family, including son hunter. is there evidence behind these allegations? welcome to the lead. we start with our politics lead, and a defiant congressman george santos saying he has no plans to resign despite facie ing 13 criminal charges. santos pleaded not guilty in a new york courtroom this afternoon before facing the news media where he insisted he is innocent. this is the beginning of the ability for