plus, clock ticking. the economic impact we are already seeing as the president and house speaker try to avoid a historic default with just days to go. and former president trump set to appear via video today in the manhattan hush money probe. but is he already facing more trouble in another case? this is a fake story and you don t want to give it credibility. one thing you i have no idea who the hell she s a whack job. e. jean carroll seeking more damages after those comments made during a town hall. ahead, the legal peril piling up for trump. we re going to begin with the breaking news in washington. a driver is under arrest and a nazi flag seized after a u-haul truck crashed into the white house security barriers. a law enforcement official tells nbc news that the suspect made threatening statements about the white house. joining us now, nbc s ryan nobles and jim cavanaugh, retired atf special agent in charge. ryan, what exactly happened, what are you learn
the world. i am rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom. the clock is ticking down. the stakes are high. and there is still no debt limit deal. but oh away from a default. mounting legal problems for donald trump. new civil, criminal and business troubles and the week is just beginning. plus, a group of anti-putin russian fighters who support ukraine, are claiming credit for an attack inside of russia. good to have you with, us a much anticipated meeting between u.s. president joe biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy has come and gone. still, no deal on raising the u.s. debt ceiling. both the president and mccarthy said monday s talks were productive. but it does nothing for a looming default which could happen in just a matter of days. mccarthy was adamant that i need to strike a deal this week in order to avoid the june 1st deadline. when the u.s. could potentially default on its debt. u.s. treasury secretary janet yellen has been a constant reminder of the urgency
breaking news this hour on the 2024 race. the gop field is about to get more crowded. florida governor ron desantis set to announce his candidacy. we have new details on exactly how he plans to do it and with whom. plus a teenager now charged with threatening to kill or harm a president. the suspect set to make his first appearance in front of a judge. we ll take you live outside the courthouse. and texas lawmakers scheduled to vote today on a bill that would require the ten commandments be posted in every classroom in the state. it s all part of a national effort to insert religion into public life. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. well, the race to become the next republican presidential nominee is about to get more crowded, heated, and interesting. after months of speculation, we now know that florida governor ron desantis will announce his 2024 white house campaign on twitter with elon musk
viewers in the united states an around the world. i m bianca nobilo. i m max foster. just ahead we both know we have a significant responsibility. here we are june 1 being the deadline. this is not how government should work. what i sense from the white house is a lack of urgency. it is a unit of overwhelming tli russian citizens who volunteered to fight for ukraine because they want to depose the putin regime. no one could have seen that he would be a two time mvp. a lot to think about, to be honest. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is tuesday, may 23rd, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where lawmakers are trying to avoid defaulting on the nation s debt. and they may be closer after kevin mccarthy and president biden met on monday. both leaders said progress was made despite lingering disagreements. we still have some disagreements but i think that we may be able to get where we have to go. we
hopes for a deal or fuel new fears that the u.s. could actually default for the first time in its history. ak kwused murderer bryan kohberger face-to-face with the parents of the students he s accused of stabbing to death. shocking new details in the case coming up. we start with the supercharged republican race. south carolina senator tim scott becoming the latest candidate to test the party s appetite for someone who isn t donald trump, officially launching his presidential campaign just a couple hours ago. that puts the official number of major candidates at six, but there s the potential for many more, with ron desantis set to announce in the coming days and others like mike pence and chris christie reportedly ready to jump in, the field could hit double digits within weeks. today belonged to senator scott, the only black republican in the u.s. senate. speaking in his hometown of north charleston and spreading a message he plans to spread early and often, already buyi