tonight, television takes a look at itself. what s on the idiot box? it s only an idiot box if an idiot is watching. at this period of time will be looked upon as the platinum age. our obligation is to entertain. if we ve left something to think about, so much the better. television should not be just entertainment. charges were leveled at the commercial television networks. congress has no right to interfere in the media. excuse me! we have the responsibility to give the audience what it tuned in to see. the years of the 60s which end in a few hours have a bad reputation that is not entirely justified. some things got worse, obviously. but tv and other news coverage is better, not worse. we simply developed more demanding standards. when i think of tv, i think of the 70s. what is this world coming to? the american public was hungry for more. more was allowed that hadn t been before. it was the last decade where it was a campfire televisi
a barrage of missiles raining down on ukrainian cities, and russian says they took out major munitions, but ukraine says they took out most of them. a drought fueled by climate change is drying up the colorado river. leaving game. umpires are walking off of the diamond not because of the players, but because of their parents. the shortage of umpires. all of this coming up on cnn news central. president biden has wrapped up the first day of his big trip to japan. this morning he met with japan s prime minister before the g7 summit kicks off tomorrow. the main focus is on the support to ukraine and uniting the allies against the china s influence, but he decided to cut the trip short to head back to washington to deal with domestic matters concerning the debt ceiling. we go to mark who is following president, and now, how are the other leaders viewing this issue of the debt crisis and the president at home? kate, this debt ceiling distraction is one that the president
the conversation back to the possibility of financial disaster. after days of optimism, negotiators stopped talking all but leliminating the hopes of a deal by this weekend. and a mission for missiles and money, ukraine s volodymyr zelenskyy is headed to japan where he will ask the richest democracies to deliver more weapons at a crucial moment. plus mess with the mouse, misout on millions. ron desantis feud with disney drops plans with a billion dollar complex in orlando. that haas the governor insists that donald trump is damaged goods and he alone can beat joe biden in 2024. we begin with important news just into cnn. the debt limit talks on capitol hill hitting a snag. this morning the top republican negotiator walking out of a meeting saying the white house stance is unreasonable. one congressman says talks for now are on pause. that just a few hours after president biden was briefed by his top negotiators. the president leaving a g7 leaders dinner in japan early fo
what are you going to do tomorrow? can t top that. you can. bring it. see you tomorrow. cnn news central is now. that music. new reaction this morning after the town hall with former president trump. what democrats and republicans are saying and how this might shift the race for 2024 in surprising directions. key economic data just into cnn showing inflation is cooling. weekly jobless claims have ticked up to the highest levels since october 2021. title 42 ends today so what happens next as thousands of migrants are said to be waiting just across the southern border. we re following these stories and more. this is cnn news central. okay. so what now? this morning we are getting fresh reaction to former president donald trump and his appearance on a cnn town hall last night. president biden wrote, quote, it s simple folks, do you want four more years of that? a super pac backing florida governor ron desantis put out a statement called it, quote, an hour o
fergtsorget bracing for a s it s already here. we re live on the border with thousands of migrants where they are gathering, desperate to cross into the u.s. three years later, the covid public health emergency officially ends today. what this means for testing, treatments, and crucially, are we better prepared for the next one? plus, did former president trump just open himself up to even more legal jeopardy? why his comments at a cnn town hall are raising new questions. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. we start at the border where the dhs secretary just said, it is about to get a whole lot worse. they re just hours now until the end of title 42. that is the public health rule that the u.s. used nearly 3 million times to immediately expel undocumented people to help control covid. ahead of this policy change, resources at the border communities have been strained, trying to respond to the arr