Americans were moved from tehrans Notorious Eivin Prison to a hotel guarded by iranian officials earlier today. Cnns Christiane Amanpour was first to break the story. She also spoke with one of the Iranian American detainees in an unprecedented interview from the prison back in march. She joins us now. Christiane, Siamak Namazi took a huge risk talking to you, but it does seem his message has been heard. Reporter well, lets hope so because he was desperate. And youre absolutely right. He told me desperate times, you know, mean you have to take desperate measures. And it was an extraordinary thing for somebody to be able to take a phone call out of eivin. He had been in nearly eight years, so he had some privileges like the ability to use a phone. But never had this been allowed to the press, and he didnt get permission. He just did it. But it just goes to show how desperate they were and how they absolutely wanted to get their message in front and center of the Biden Administration to
done for descendants of slaves. reporter: after two years of deliberations, california reparations task force sent to final report to the state capitol for the state legislature and governor to decide how the state should handle reparations. many expected it to call for a concrete dollar amount, the task force is leaving that challenge to the legislature and it provides over 115 recommendations spanning from cash payments to policy reforms to a formal apology to eligible residents designated as descendants of slaves. critics call this effort fiscally irresponsible noting how california is facing a $31.5 billion deficit. reparations is the extraction of money from people who were never slave owners to be given to people who were never slaves. we will never see reparations paid in california. again, it s illegal. it s unconstitutional. it violates the equal protection clause. reporter: progressive governor gavin newsom signed legislation creating the first in the nation
it is saturday, may 27th, i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. good to have you. you re in the cnn newsroom. we begin with debt ceiling negotiations getting down to the wire, as the white house and gop lawmakers are racing against the clock to try to prevent a first-ever u.s. default. congress now has fewer than nine days to pass a deal after treasury secretary janet yellen warned yesterday that the country could hit the debt ceiling by june 5th. sources say negotiators are hoping to announce an agreement as soon as today. but major sticking points remain. on everything from spending caps to work requirements. earlier, i spoke with congresswoman debbie ding whole called for an ent to the back and forth. we cannot be cutting a deal for conservatives, far right conservatives, that are never going to vote for this bill. we need to do something so that we stop this drama, this kabookie dance of going down to the wire on our debt ceiling. cnn is live on the hill this
the midwest. details on the new danger. nuclear warning. in.cuaons d worries ovai i charl d ata i ukrain both sides step up attacks ahead of the looming ukrainian counteroffensive. coronation celebration. the party goes on in britain. and, later, high-wire act. 73-year-old tightrope walker defies age and gravity for a new generation. when you plant that concept in kids, it might change their life. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thanks for joining us on this sunday. it s been another violent weekend in america. the worst of it in two texas communities. we begin in the dallas suburb of allen where a gunman killed at least eight people saturday, some of them children. cbs station ktvt identifies the gunman as 33-year-old mauricio garcia. he was staying at a nearby hotel and later killed at the scene. today to honor the victims, president biden ordered flags flown at half-staff at federal buildings. he den
dereliction of duty and my opinion secretary mayorkas should be removed, resign or be impeached. there is no plan democrats have in place, they are sitting on rhetoric with noac. ashley: doug luzader live from washington with the details. good morning. doug: good morning, this is the week we ve been praying for and will find out if the worst case scenarios will play out at the border and whether the biden administration is prepared for this, what we ve been seeing is large groups of immigrants and that number may swell thursday when covid era asylum restrictions of lifted. mayorkas has repeatedly despite images and what we re seeing issue the border is secure and he s ready for this. we ve been preparing for this for more than a year and a half, you are correct. it is a regional challenge and it requires a regional response, which is why we re working with countries to the south. we need immigration reform. everything that the department of homeland security is doing an