and i m max foster. just ahead briefing after briefing, phone call after phone call, all behind the scenes letting democrats know that they need their support for once in a long, long time washington is actually going to spend less money. stop passing the buck to subsequent generations to clean up your mess. d.c. has imposed its will on us for far too long. it is time we impose our will on washington, d.c. [ sirens ] this was expected. north korea had said that it was going to try to put a military satellite into space. it does kind of change the dynamics in terms of how we perceive north korea as a t threat. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, may 31, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. on capitol hill where the u.s. house is set to vote on a critical bill. while many seem confident that they will get the votes, the house speaker will be busy trying to wrangle last minute support. kevin mccarthy say
trump also on tape undermining his own defense. so, is it a smoking gun for prosecutors or not? the former white house lawyer for trump ty cobb will be outfront. plus, a new message from the head of the russian private army, the wagner group. we are learning new details about just how paranoid putin has become about other russians. we ve got that for you this hour. plus, a court clearing the way for a manson family member to be granted parole. will the manson follower now in her 70s go free? let s go outfront. and good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, trump on tape. federal prosecutors now have trump s own words as key evidence in its classified documents investigation. according to sources, trump is heard on tape acknowledging that he held onto a classified document about plans for a potential attack in iran. so that is significant in and of itself, admitting that he held onto that. and then, secondarily admitting there are limits to his actual abilit
you with us, it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and a lot of news to cover this hour including a major house vote on the debt deal set to happen today, right now kevin mccarthy is trying to hold back a republican revolt. dozens of gop members have come out against this bill. progressive democrats aren t happy either. the whip of the progressive caucus will join us live. and breaking 2024 news this morning, a familiar name is getting ready to enter the race, chris christie hoping to be a disrupter to the trump desantis dynamic. plus, a dangerous moment high in the sky when a chinese pilot flies just a few hundred feet away from a u.s. surveillance plane. tensions between the two nations threatening to boil over. and later, at least five people are still unaccounted for after that iowa apartment building collapsed with two of them thought to be buried beneath the rubble. with we re all heartbroken. we re all confused. we re all looking for answe
they can help you get started with your idea. call now 800-710-0020. well, good evening, everyone. i m laura coats, and this is cnn tonight. we re talking about $30 billion, the amount it took to rescue the latest bank now in trouble. several contributed billions each to keep first republic afloat, which tells you just how seriously they cake all of this. what about every day americans bearing the brunt of say interest rates going up. is the little guy getting ignored through all of this? plus, it is the video you cannot look away from. this footage of a russian fighter jet forcing down an american drone over the black sea. what is going on in the new battlegrounds in the skies? and are confrontations like this more likely now with unmanned objects? also, banks failing, the market in turmoil, drones forced out of the sky and now this, everyone. seaweed. a massive blob of seaweed thousands of miles long, if that s even possible, over ten million tons of it floating around
florida. algae blooms threatening the east and west coasts and what they are doing to prepare. and taking to the streets protests and clashes with police in france as the president moves to raise the retirement age. this is what we are watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan and a milestone and potential troubling statement on a developing partnership of russia and china. xi jinping is traveling to moscow to meet with putin, and this is first trip since the launch of the war in ukraine. this is coming after cnn has learned that u.s. has intelligence that china is considering providing lethal aid to russia, and the u.n. has said that would kcross a red line. and turkey has said that their country would start the process to ratify finland s nato membership, and that is a significant move. nato requires the unanimous approval of its 30 members to start this move. let s start with will ripley on this trip that xi is planning for his trip to russia?