ashley: i m ashley strohmier, in for carley shimkus. it is going down with elon musk on twitter. todd: what does this all mean? the republican primary bench keeps getting deeper and deeper. the governor is the latest candidate to turn his hat in the ring, on the heels of south carolina s tim scott. ashley: lucas tomlinson has more. lucas: president biden approval ratings continue to suffer, the highly anticipated official announcement from florida governor ron desantis coming tonight on twitter. here is elon musk with a preview. i ll be interviewing ron desantis and he has quite an announcement to make. and for the first time something like this is happening on social media and with realtime questions and answers, not scripted. lucas: florida s first lady showing a reminiscent of the movie the greatest showman. you can see brighter future, our best days lay ahead of us. is it worth the fight? do i have the courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been
welcome to our viewers in the you united states and around the world. there are signs of movement in the negotiations to raise the debt ceiling. two sources tell cnn that white house and republican negotiators are moving closer to a deal. we ve been talking to the white house all day. we re going back and forth. it is not easy. we want to make sure this is an agreement worthy of the american people and it takes a while to make it happen. jasmine wright is live for us this friday morning in washington. so do we know what the outstanding issues are the democrats and republicans are still far apart on? sounds like they are talking about a two year deal here with spending caps and raising the debt creeling for two years. is that the parameter? reporter: i think those are kind of where negotiations are heading. but in terms of how far apart they are, i think it depends on who you ask. but reality is that there is no deal in principle yet. there are a series of outstanding is
and i m max foster. just ahead negotiations still ongoing, still unresolved. stewart rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison on thursday. have a good day. next. memorial day weekend is just the start of what will be a busy summer travel season that we re expecting. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, may 26, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where they are moving closer to a day to pay the government s bill. it would reportedly raise the debt ceiling but cap spending levels for two years. and manu raju reports that nothing is final until it is final. reporter: negotiations between the speaker and his top allies and the white house still ongoing, still unresolved, even as the u.s. is considering prospects of the first ever debt default as soon as next week and amid warnings that the u.s. credit rating could be downgraded if the national down limit which now stands at $31.4 trillion
bill: arthel good to be with you as well. thank you for joining us on this memorial day weekend which also means of course the nations beaches artificially open coast-to-coast. many of them already pack that you can see. people on the east coast in particular got to be on the lookout for sharks after multiple recent sightings. arthel: we have live team covered cb cotton is at rockaway beach in new york. but first we ll go to charles watson. he is live on the busiest airports in our country. hartsfield jackson there in atlanta. charles i see a lot of people behind you what is happening there? or so yes a lot of people. the great american getaway is certainly in full effect. we are expecting big crowds this weekend. we are certainly seeing them at hartsfield jackson international airport as waves and waves of people both the tsa checkpoint to try to make it to their flight so they can get to their holiday destinations. aaa said they are expecting a lot of people as i mentioned
extreme maga republican effort to default on our debt, crash the economy. i m worried about the consequences of us not coming to terms and raising the debt ceiling. at this point, it s economic terrorism. my communications to them are, stand firm. there s no reason not to. stand firm. you have a white house that is not serious. republicans want to drive us over the cliff of default. it s idiotic for anybody to consider anything other than what we had. we will ride it out. neil: does that sound like progress? we ll see. both sides far apart as lawmakers race to cut a deal we re told a week away. this as fitch, the big ratings agency warns that a credit down grade could be in the cards and maybe soon regardless of how this works out. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. so much to get to. let s get to it with chad pergram on capitol hill on where things stand right now. hi, chad. good afternoon. the move by fitch and the ratings arm of morning start caught the att