new information about how trump will respond today. a typhoon packing wind gusts over 100 miles per hour and it is battering the island, a look at the devastation and the danger as the worst of it hits at this hour. a brain decoder or mind reader? a scientific breakthrough that is remarkable. scientists in texas on the brink of training artificial intelligence to read your mind. this is cnn news central. ron desantis is running for president. not a news flash, exactly. everything he s been doing the last weeks and months have helped position for that. his announcement with elon musk on twitter tonight will be a culmination of that. what is new is information about what the florida governor will say and how he intends to run against donald trump. also new, how his opponents are positioning themselves. this is a video commercial. out just moments ago from former south carolina governor nikki haley. in it, she paints desantis as an echo of trump. whatever i want he
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
is horrible here. shannon: will ask fema administrator dan criswell what is being done to help americans of the hardest hit areas? and we will talk with brian camp about his impact in his state and his offer to help his neighbors. we are ready to roll when they need us. plus we will get the latest on governor kemp s highly anticipated midterm a rematch against democrat stacy abrams. we have got brand-new poles with just weeks ago. then, rush it ramps up its rhetoric with its war on ukraine but russian president vladimir putin saying he will annex occupied territory in ukraine after referendums the west is called nothing but a sham. we will ask our sunday panel how pollutant escalation could impact prospects for peace. plus, a sitdown with fox and built who is been the only constant media presence on our southern border part he will discuss what he has seen firsthand and why he came to capitol hill to ask questions of our nation s leaders. and the people at the heart of co
are warned of life threatening floods. hello and welcome to bbc news. president biden has warned russia that it will not of four occupied regions of ukraine. it s the biggest seizure of territory in europe since the second world war. in a signing ceremony at the kremlin, mr putin declared that donetsk, luhansk, zaporizhzhia and kherson are now part of russia. in response, ukraine has formally applied to join nato. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. vladimir vladimirovich putin. what he was about to do had sparked international condemnation, but vladimir putin didn t care. in the kremlin, he announced the annexation of 15% of ukrainian land. in the audience, kremlin appointed officials from those territories occupied by russia. translation: iwant the kyiv authorities . and their real masters in the west to hear me, so that they remember this forever. people in luhansk and donetsk, kherson and zaporizhzhia are becoming our citizens, forever. defiant, unapologetic, russi
hello again, everyone. thank you for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin with a new update on the devastating toll hurricane ian has taken on florida. at least 64 people were killed across the state. as recovery efforts continue, the number is expected to rise. governor ron desantis at this hour giving a briefing on the storm response and recovery. hurricane ian slamming into florida as a category 4 storm, leveling entire communities. and today severe flooding is complicating rescue and recovery efforts. let s go back to boris sanchez anchoring from ft. myers, florida, for us. reporter: hey, fred. as you reported just a moment ago, the tragic news that the death toll has again climbed earlier today. it was sitting at 45 fatalities. now cnn has confirmed from state officials that it has reached 64 people killed as a result of hurricane ian. and those devastating, nearly category 5, storm force winds. obviously, this is a difficult time for so many across the stat