11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m., pacific. we will talk to congresswoman, chair of the congressional hispanic congress, and why she says striking a deal on immigration with republicans could set a dangerous press department. the supreme court blocked a texas woman from getting an abortion. jack smith asking the supreme court to make a critical condition. overseas, humanitarian groups are saying the war is sending gaza into a apocalyptic free fall. and then making a plea to lawmakers to approve more aid to the fighting against russia. the meetings come after he spoke to all 100 senators this morning, urging them to reach a deal on more military aid. senate majority leader, chuck schumer, called it a very powerful meeting. president zelenskyy made it so clear how he needs help, and if he gets the help he can win the war, and he outlined, a, the kind of help he needs, and how it will help him win. even many of our republican colleagues talked about we are winning this war.
lot of these individual members looking across the aisle, looking up at the vote board, to see whether they can vote against it or have to vote for it. that being said, i think the white house is fairly confident that for as much time as we re talking about the criticisms from the left and from the right, that the center will hold. we see that again this morning with the problem solvers caucus in the house, representing more than 60 democrats and republicans together is endorsing this deal. now, the white house also, though, is keeping the pressure on. they are making dozens of one on one group calls, meetings, including the president himself, what is going to be interesting is that later today we ll see the president leave washington, he s scheduled to deliver the commencement address at the air force academy in colorado tomorrow morning. but i suspect a lot of members who are still on the fence may be getting a phone call from air force one, from colorado this evening, as the preside
since 9/11. john? it was an awful moment in this city. kara scannell, thank you so much for your reporting. kate? this morning a scary security breach is now under investigation. the secret service says that it is looking into how someone was able to get into the home of national security adviser jake sullivan in the middle of the night without his security detail even knowing. sullivan was 24/7 secret service protection yet that did nothing to stop the intruder from walking in late last month. cnn s jessica schneider is tracking the details on this. jess, what happened here? kate, this occurred at the end of april and that s when national security adviser jake sullivan encountered someone inside his home right here in washington in the overnight hours. now, a source is telling our evan perez that sullivan told investigators he did believe that the intruder was intoxicated, no threat was made and it does appear the intruder quickly left sullivan s home, but the concerning part ab
it s currently held by republican anthony dee esposito. the corner of washington signed a bill into law raising the penalty for drug possession in that state. it increases the current penalties from 90 to 180 days in jail for the first two convictions, plus a possible $1,000 fine. the new law also gives anyone charged with possession the option to enter a treatment program in exchange for the state dismissing the charge. this was a long fought compromise after a court battle ruled the state s felony drug possession rules were unconstitutional, raising concerns that all drug possession would then be decriminalized and legal. the majority of this new law goes into effect july 1st. and speaking of a court battle, taco bell is taking the phrase taco tuesday to court. you may have not known this, but that term has been trademarked by a smaller chain named taco
they re stopped there, john. our audience can see on this map here the areas in yellow on this map are areas of ukrainian counteroffensives just within the last few days and you can see they ve taken back not a lot of ground, but significant ground as nic was saying around the center of the city. to you and your team, stay safe. thank you very much. kate? president biden is about to leave washington for a five-day trip to japan for the g7 summit but the trip was just cut short as the white house has canceled planned stops in australia and papua new guinea so biden can get back to washington for the continued talks over the debt ceiling. after the latest meeting with top congressional leaders biden called it productive. house speaker kevin mccarthy called it a step in the right direction and there are just 15 dis left until june 1st which is the date that the treasury secretary has warned the united states could default on its debt if a deal is not reached. arlette saenz is at the w