we are following all the developments in the house where lawmakers are on track to vote on a bill to raise the nation s debt limit. a key vote in this race to avoid default is just over two hours away and we re on it. u.s./china tensions soaring. a chinese fighter jet gets so close to a u.s. spy plane it causes turbulence. the pentagon is calling it an unnecessarily aggressive maneuver in international airspace. we ll have more on this close call ahead. and nasa tracking ufos. the space agency holding its first-ever public meeting on unidentified aerial phenomenon. the truth is out there. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. heading to the house floor with no time to lose. soon the house will hold a critical vote on president biden and speaker kevin mccarthy s debt ceiling deal, with the nation barreling toward june 5th, the day the treasury department says it will no longer bow able to pay its bills.
plus, clock ticking. the economic impact we are already seeing as the president and house speaker try to avoid a historic default with just days to go. and former president trump set to appear via video today in the manhattan hush money probe. but is he already facing more trouble in another case? this is a fake story and you don t want to give it credibility. one thing you i have no idea who the hell she s a whack job. e. jean carroll seeking more damages after those comments made during a town hall. ahead, the legal peril piling up for trump. we re going to begin with the breaking news in washington. a driver is under arrest and a nazi flag seized after a u-haul truck crashed into the white house security barriers. a law enforcement official tells nbc news that the suspect made threatening statements about the white house. joining us now, nbc s ryan nobles and jim cavanaugh, retired atf special agent in charge. ryan, what exactly happened, what are you learn
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fbi agents stripped of their security clearances now the star witnesses for republicans on capitol hill, and this is in connection to january 6th, but republicans say it is the weaponization of government. 2024 gop field could soon have a new candidate, and we are told it is florida governor ron desantis is ready to enter the race, and when he plans to make it official. and now, the governor of montana is trying to ban tiktok on all devices throughout the state. can he do that? this is cnn news central. all right. this morning two fbi agents who were stripped of their security clearances have been testifying on capitol hill. they took a break, and now they are back into the room again ready to keep on with the proceedings. the agents are the star witnesses in this republican-led hearings and they are there to prove how the fbi and justice department are working against conservatives, and the republicans called this the weaponization of government, and remember, they
the league and political battles over abortion. one of the nation s pose conservative courts weighing it as state legislatures in north and south carolina take new action to ban the procedure. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get right to cnn s exclusive reporting on new evidence in the trump classified documents investigation. cnn special correspondent jamie gangel broke the story for us, jamie, tell us what you re learning. reporter: wolf, cnn has obtained this letter from the national archives to president trump informing him that the archives is getting ready to hand over 16 new presidential records to special council. thises is far as we know we have not seen the records yet but the evidence . it suggests that trump had first-hand knowledge that you just do not declassify material with a wave of a hand. there is a rigorous process. as we have heard multiple times, trump an