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
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hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you. for sharing your day with us. 2024 revs up ron desantis aligned super pac answers what you might call a sticky add by asking why donald trump is now spending his time attacking other republicans . this week, the florida governor heads here to washington to capitol hill that after a donor defects from his campaign in waiting, plus class field trip tries to turn up the pressure on alvin bragg. house judiciary republicans hold a hearing in manhattan d a s backyard to call him soft on crime and yes to deflect attention from brags prosecution of the former president and a delay on the eve of a billion dollar trial, or fox and dominion, perhaps headed for a settlement, or will it s anchors, some of whom bread, blatant lies on the air have to take the witness stand. but up first for us congress is back today, and lawmakers returned to a very long to do list this morning. the house speaker kevin mccarthy, u
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