situation room. happening now, president biden and house speaker mccarthy are scrambling big time to sell their debt limit deal to lawmakers. their agreement could avoid a catastrophic default if congressional leaders can find the votes and push the bill across the finish line before it s too late. only a few days left. in ukraine, a rare daytime missile barrage shakes the capital city of kyiv. the russian attack apparently repelled by air defenses as ukrainian forces hit. they re nearly ready to launch their highly anticipated counteroffensive. we re keeping our eyes to the roads and the skyways on one of the busiest travel days of the year. what you can expect if you re heading to the airport or hitting the road on this memorial day. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, this is a situation room special report. our top story this evening, the debt limit deal between president biden and speaker mccarthy is about to be pu
against russia this weekend. they are expected to hear in person from president zelenskyy after his appearance today at the arab league summit. we do have truth on our side. we are pushing the occupiers out of our land. the president is monitoring debt ceiling negotiations back home. the white house tries to ward off defections from progressive lawmakers angry about potential cuts in entitlement programs. this hour, disney striking back against ron desantis just days before his expected presidential campaign announcement. they scrapped plans to relocate 2,000 jobs to florida for a billion dollar new development. desantis is expected to announce next week. he told major donors, trump cannot beat biden as he makes a push to post a large campaign war chest the day he announces. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. republican debt ceiling negotiators say they are pressing pause on the talks at a critical stage in the process. in the last hour, a lead neg
hopes for a deal or fuel new fears that the u.s. could actually default for the first time in its history. ak kwused murderer bryan kohberger face-to-face with the parents of the students he s accused of stabbing to death. shocking new details in the case coming up. we start with the supercharged republican race. south carolina senator tim scott becoming the latest candidate to test the party s appetite for someone who isn t donald trump, officially launching his presidential campaign just a couple hours ago. that puts the official number of major candidates at six, but there s the potential for many more, with ron desantis set to announce in the coming days and others like mike pence and chris christie reportedly ready to jump in, the field could hit double digits within weeks. today belonged to senator scott, the only black republican in the u.s. senate. speaking in his hometown of north charleston and spreading a message he plans to spread early and often, already buyi
i m ari melber in for nicolle and i ll anchor for the next three hours right now with a lot of news breaking out of new york as the d.a. alvin bragg moves forward with two witnesses who faced this grand jury today, robert costello a legal adviser to that key witness we all know about, michael cohen. he s testified today at the request of trump s legal team. under new york law a person who is expected to be indicted which in this case may or may not be donald trump but in an abundance of fairness, that individual can request a witness appear for them before this grand jury finishes its work. so that s part of what we re following on this big breaking news day. today cohen also on hand, this weekend he said he would be back today to address what costello says making him the rebuttal witness and this, today, is his third appearance before the grand jury. so, that alone makes all of this a major day and probe that is quite near deciding whether or not to indict donald trump. so,
good evening, everyone. i m alison camerata, and this is cnn tonight an unprecedented moment in u. s history. former president donald trump indicted by a grand jury in new york. it s the first time that a current or former u. s president has faced criminal charges. the indictment is under seal tonight , but more information will be announced in the coming days. sources tell cnn that the former president is facing more than 30 counts related to business fraud , defiant donald trump, issuing an angry statement tonight calling this political persecution. let s turn right away to cnn correspondent kara scannell and cnn s senior crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz keira. what happens next? well alison next. we expect that on tuesday, the former president is expected to come here to new york to go into the courthouse behind me and be arraigned on these charges. now that day, we will also expect to have the indictment unsealed. then we will learn the specifics . what are the