including two police officers who gave their lives in the lie of duty here in new york city. wilbur mora and jason rivera, they were ambushed while responding to domestic violence violence call last january. rivera died that day. he left behind his childhood sweetheart and wife and did not live to see the birth of his child. the 27-year-old was shot in the head. he had a bullet lodged in his brain. he was on life support and died days later. house lawmakers also passed a new resolution on monday that memorialized police officers killed the line of duty and expressed condolences to their loved ones. while the house resolution was approved with near unanimous support, two progressive congresswoman voted against honoring those fallen officers. democratic squad members rashida tlaib and cori bush were the only two lawmakers to vote nay. i have the honor at the blue lives matter nyc gala to be present and help give out the archangel awards the families of those fallen officers. my
washington. penny is charged with the death of neely. alvin bragg needs the go-ahead from a grand jury before he can prosecute. neely made comments and his attorney describing something the grand jury will have to consider, penny s state of mind when he restrained neely. what was his mindset when he put jordan neely in a choke hold? well, the mindset is pretty simple. he was fearful for the safety of those passengers. so when he acted, his mindset was to keep his fellow passengers safe from attack. dana: nate foye is live with more. the vet says he would do the same thing again in similar circumstances and denies race played any role. he said i judge a person based on their character, i m not a white supremacist. he is charged with second degree manslaughter for this alteration on the subway you see here. he said he was on his way to the gym when he encountered jordan neely. his lawyers say he was protecting others after neely was threatening people on the train. he s
we are standing by for a big moment in space. a privately crewed spacecraft will dock with the international space station this hour, it s only the second time that has happened. and for the first time a woman is leading the mission. this is cnn news central. just a few hours from now high stakes talks on the debt crisis between president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy. they are set to resume in-person one-on-one. this morning it s not clear how close or how far they are from a deal. what is clear, they re almost out of time. in ten days the u.s. could default on its $31 trillion debt. if that takes place it s not exactly clear what happens, but it s definitely very bad. government bills could go unpaid, millions of americans would feel it. social security checks, medicare, veterans benefits and the salaries of thousands of federal and military employees, they are at all risk. republicans are demanding steep budget cuts with no increase in revenue. the president h
she ll be back later this week. we re lucky to have the brilliant and beautiful sarah sidener with us. let s get started. ten days left, that s it. the debt negotiations are deadlocked. the the president and house speaker set to meet soon. the republican 2024 feel is expanding. tim scott is about to announce his bid today. governor ron desantis is about to jump in later this week. and a cnn exclusive. paul whelan, the u.s. says is wrongfully imprisoned in russia, called cnn from behind bars. his message, he s confident the wheels are turning towards his release. a man accused murdering four university of idaho students will appear in court today. efface fours counts of murder and one count of burglary. and we have liftoff. a spacex rocket commanded by a woman is set to dock at the international space station this morning. it s only the second private mission ever. but nasa hopes this is just the beginning. cnn this morning starts right now. all right. here s where w
the crew just said happy hump day. happy hump day, everyone. sorry. sorry. let s get started with five things to know for this wednesday, may 17th. north carolina republicans overriding the governor s veto and ban ago borgsz after 12 weeks. this deciding vote cast by a former democratic a former democratic state representative who actually campaigned on abortion rights before switching parties last month. also in washington, the white house and house speaker kevin mccarthy are both tout something on the debt ceiling talks mccarthy is warning that they re both far apart as president biden is cutting down a trip abroad. and an illinois girl missing for suchl ye six years in north carolina. an employee at a store recognized the now 15-year-old and called the police. the gurirl is safe this morning and her mother was arrested. the secret service is investigating how an intruder made his way into jake sullivan s home despite being under 24/7 secret service protection. he w