good morning, everyone. we begin this hour with breaking news overnight. last-minute changes to house speaker kevin mccarthy s debt limit bill. the rules committee worked through the night, ajudge at 5:20 this morning as mccarthy scrambles for republican support ahead of today s possible vote. breaking news just in. ukrainian president zelenskyy has just had a conversation with chinese president xi jinping. that s notable. they had not spoken since before russia invaded ukraine. also, a multi-state manhunt underway this hour for four inmates who escaped from a mississippi jail. one them accused of killing a man and stealing his truck after breaking out of prison. where that investigation is this morning. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. we begin on the u.s. economy and breaking news. house speaker kevin mccarthy reversing course and making big changes to his debt limit plan in the early morning hours as he scrambles to try to get enough republican vot
right now, a high stakes meeting behind closed doors adds congress clashes over trillions of dollars. house speaker kevin mccarthy wants to force president biden to the negotiating table. the big problem, his own party might not be on board with his plan to hold a vote today. the clock is tick to go cut a deal. rolling out the red carpet. the nuclear threat when president biden is preparing for a state visit with south korea s president this morning. we will bring you those important moments ahead. an urgent manhunt across multiple states after four detainees escape a mississippi jail, one of them suspected of shooting and killing a man right after he got out. the latest from police coming up on cnn news central. we begin on capitol hill where right now republican house leadership is meeting behind closed doors discussing a big course reversal in their one-year plan to raise the debt limit by $1.5 trillion while making deep spending cuts. speaker kevin mccarthy and
cnn this morning continues right now. deep uncertainty on capitol hill over kevin mccarthy s plan to lock down the votes to get this passed. when you maxed out your credit cards, it s a pretty good time to evaluate your spending habits. no one in this country can afford the risk of default which is why republicans should take it off the table. e. jean carroll expected to take the stand today. they say donald trump raped carroll in a dressing room. trump s lawyers say she schemed. and two other women will testify who allege that trump forced himself on them can also take the stand. mastermind of the 2021 suicide bombing at kabul airport has been killed by the taliban. the white house hasn t said when he was killed or how. the chairman of the house foreign relations committee said, quote, any time a terrorist is taken off of the board is a good day. but this does not diminish the biden administration s call pablt. culpability. incompetence, that s how
mariucci video predict what another four years could look like. teacher s union boss randi weingarten expected to get grilled on capitol hill with. a new report out on the response to covid calling it collective national incompetence. many of the schools could have been opened earlier. [applause] high drive center field. it is out of here! this game is over! here we go back this is the moment tonight is the night we ll fight until it s over so we put our hands up like the ceiling can t hold us like the ceiling can t hold us can we go back this is the moment. ainsley: lots of people already on the streets in hot atlanta down there in georgia. it s 58 degrees. feels like it s 56. going to get up into the 60 s. not too bad. 63, going to rain around noon. take your umbrella. actually, 60% chance of chance of rain around noon. steve: right now is probably a pretty good time to go to work. ainsley: beat the traffic. steve: it s a beautiful town but t
r.f.k. jr. would like to see debates, but joe says no. hiding biden again teachers union boss, randi weingarten expecting to get grilled. teachers should have been back to work as soon as possible. aaron rodgers bids fare well to green bay. we are all excited to add someone of his character and ability.ndability.and ability. brian: that is billy joel singing uptown girl and it is appropriate. billy joel would have named it longer island, the indians would have or native americans, whatever we re calling them now. this was not written about christie mcpherson, it was written about elle mcpherson. ainsley: i was at a concert and christie brinkley was there on the front row and they shined the spotlight on her. she was in front of the stage on the end on the corner. and i love christie brinkley, as a child, i thought she was see gorgeous, still is. brian: whatever moisturizer she is using is working. ainsley: there are some ladies you want to know who the