our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. i m bianca nobilo. and i m max foster. just ahead on cnn newsroom we re having a wonderful time. everything is going well. nothing has been resolved in this negotiation. so let s stop the political games. let s get down. we only have 15 days to go. house has overridden the governor s veto and the bill becomes law. should we be worried about this for our elections? my worst fears are that we cause significant harm to the world. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, may 17th, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where the pressure of the debt standoff has the president offering his plans for the g7 summit. joe biden will cut his trip short in order to get back as the default line creeps closer. the u.s. has until june 1 to raise its borrowing limit. and the latest round of talks between the republicans and the white house resul
meanwhile the u.s. president is confidence confident negotiations will lprogress. jeremy diamond reports. reporter: president biden emerged from the negotiations saying that the discussions were productive and that they are making progress towards a deal that could avoid the u.s. potentially heading towards defaults. of course there has been some progress in these negotiations that have been held mostly at the staff level in the days leading up to the meeting. talk about a potential spending cap and other areas of potential agreement between democrats and republicans. but make no mistake, there are still huge gaps between the two sides and some major sticking points including for example on the notion of work requirements for some of the safety net programs. disagreement between the two sides on that. and amid some of this progress but also the major sticking points that remain, president biden canceling the second portion of his foreign trip. he is still schedule d to go to japan