administration officials, they ve made clear their position is the same as it has always been. the president wants a clean debt ceiling increase. there have been no negotiations on anything but a clean debt ceiling increase. republicans are in a very different place right now. the difference between right now and yesterday where those two positions stand is they have about a month to figure this out. the president has international travel, how they figure something out is still very much an open question. to remind people, this is money that has already been spent. this is not future spending. it has already been manu, does this new deadline one month from today change anything when it comes to negotiations? we haven t seen any real willingness to give on either side so far. not at the moment, jake, of course this letter just came out, but even kevin mccarthy, the speaker saying earlier today in israel that they will not do what the white house has been demanding for th
like washington, jefferson, lincoln. well, guess what. latinos have been here every step of the way. [upbeat latin-tinged music] in fact, latinx heroes have fought in every war for the united states for centuries. this goes all the way back to the revolutionary war. american forces got major financial contributions from cuba, and they also got help from the spanish forces led by a young venezuelan commander named francisco de miranda. and then during the civil war, more than 20,000 hispanics served. almost half of them were mexican-american, and that was only 13 years after the mexican-american war. now where s the monument for that? huh? huh? huh? now, today, nearly 20% of the u.s. population is latin, and our numbers are growing. our voting power is growing too, and about one in ten votes are being cast by latinos, and yet we still make up less than 2% of our elected officials, but the good news is, we do have some prominent figures, like alexandria ocasio-cortez, veronica
greg: because it s the only late night show in america. i ll take it. i don t care. so today senior intel officials testified on capitol hill on worldwide threats. among the topics, china, russia, iran, artificial intelligence, and also geraldo removing his shirt in front of children. a.i. is now in the same discussion as some of our biggest, most dangerous adversaries, so you think we would put someone serious in charge of it, right? someone with gravitas and a piercing bo electricity, someone who could ensure everything is under control. so who would we pick? what do you want to know? greg: it makes sense. every time i hear the words artificial intelligence, i think of her. but it s true, kamala has been tapped as the administration s point person on a.i. apparently to see if artificial intelligence is no match for her natural stupidity. by the way, how is she going to help by sleeping with r-2-d-2? terrible. greg: maybe it s a genius move to have our most innanhu
the world. i m rosemary church, just ahead on cnn newsroom. hollywood writers are headed to the picket line, thousands set to go on strike, a move that will bring productions to a grinding halt, and sent shockwaves through the industry. a dire warning from america s treasury secretary saying the country only has about a month to pay its bills, or risk an economic catastrophe. plus, a former u.s. marine killed on the front lines of the war in ukraine, fighting in one of the war s bloodiest battles. we will hear from his mother about what compelled him to join the fight. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. and we begin with the breaking news from hollywood, where television and film writers are now on strike. a move that will very likely shut down most tv and film productions in the u.s. for the foreseeable future. the strike was announced hours ago after the rioters killed and studios failed to reach an agreement islands before a midnight deadlin
plus, a bold attack inside russia. a freight train carrying crucial supplies blown off its tracks. americans are lonely and isolated. it is now a full-blown health crisis. that s what the surgeon general is saying as he opens up about his own struggles. out front out of cash? janet yellen issuing a stark warning that the united states will run out of money as early as june 1st. in a statement she writes, after reviewing recent federal tax receipts we ll be unable to satisfy all the government s obligations by early june and potentially as early as june 1st if congress does not raise the debt limit before that time. the white house and congress couldn t be further away from a deal. the white house wants to raise the debt limit with no strings attached. republicans in the house say they ll only do it if deep spending cuts are attached. there are only eight days between what the house and senate will be in session at the same time this month. if congress doesn t act, yelle