testimony to special counsel jack smith as his probe into january 6th zooms ahead. exclusive reporting from nbc news s julia ainsley says this, quote, about half a dozen secret service agents have testified before the grand jury that will decide whether or not to indict former president donald trump for his alleged role in the january 6th 2021 riot at the capitol, and efforts to interfere in the peaceful transfer of the presidency. that s according to two sources familiar with their testimony. roughly five or six acts have appeared in compliance with subpoenas they received. while it s unclear what testimony they provided, we do know that trump s secret service agents are very much in a position to corroborate some of the most stunning testimony of the star witness of the january 6th select committee. the meadows aide who pulled back the curtain on the inner workings and private conversations of the trump-directed coup plot. we are talking about cassidy hutchinson. hear is s
still holds part of the burned out city of bakhmut. but how much of it and for how long? and senator tim scott getting into the race for president today with florida s ron desantis not far behind. good morning, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. this monday. president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are set to meet again today as they try to strike a deal to lift the debt ceiling. only ten days in june 1st. that s the earliest estimated date the government might not be able to pay all of its bills. mccarthy spoke to the president sunday by phone from air force one as he flew home from japan. i believe it was a productive phone call. and so at the end of the phone call, what we agreed to do is we re going to have patrick mchenry get back together withese going to ask his team, get back together. so, we can walk them through literally what we ve been talking about. i think some of the challenges they may not comp
world, you are watching cnn newsroom and i am rosemary church, just ahead, the clock is ticking for the u.s. to raise the debt ceiling or risk a default. and in the hours ahead, another key meeting between joe biden and kevin mccarthy is on the agenda. leaders of the g7 summit say that they want to bring peace to ukraine as president zelenskyy disputes moscow s claim that russian fighters control bakhmut. is but a resounding victory, greece fails to secure a majority in parliamentary elections, serving the country up for another round of voting soon. live from the cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us, with the g7 summit now behind him, he was president joe biden back in washington to face his most pressing issue right now. the impasse over the u.s. debt ceiling, in the coming hours, president biden will meet yet again, with house speaker kevin mccarthy to try to strike a deal on raising the countries borrowing limit. mccarthy s
tactics are not justified, and there s no reason to make the justices, their families and their neighbors miserable. the justices are trapped inside their homes with their kids as the activists shout up a storm night if after night. here s what it looked like outside brett kavanaugh s suburban maryland home. [inaudible conversations] hands off our bodies! pro-life is a lie! howard: this is part of a disturbing trend of protesters going after and in some cases harassing officials they disagree with. i know some democratic politicians have had to endure such conduct, and there s been past violence against abortion clinics as well as against pro-life offices. but the ends justified the means mentality doesn t excuse any of these episodes. two wrongs don t make a right. look, peaceful protests are embedded in america s dna. go demonstrate in front of the supreme court, the white house, your local downtown. but going to justices houses is nothing short of an attempt at in
former intelligence officials told me they were watching, igor just articulated, will russians kill russians. the answer on saturday was no. but that is it feels like a break glass moment should that come to pass. well, i mean, vladimir putin specifically said that in his speech today, in his angry speech, a little while ago. he specifically said they wanted us to fight with each other. he acknowledged that that was actually the goal here. you re right. i mean, igor s right. this is not a good choice between vladimir putin and prigozhin. but for ukrainians there is some hope in the idea that that there s a crack in the russian regime and you are seeing that in a moment where ukrainians both have and needed motivation in the spring counteroffensive. it does seem to be energizing them. when you see the messages being put out on telegram from the leaders in ukraine, from zelenskyy, the speeches that they are giving. they are capitalizing on this