let s do it. cnn news central starts now. he shared photos of guns, targets, ammunition boxes and a tactical vest. this morning the disturbing social media posts from the gunman who murdered eight people at a texas mall. a pivotal meeting today, an attempt to keep the debt ceiling from crashing down. president biden is sitting down with top congressional leaders from both parties, but can they hammer out a deal before the u.s. goes into a catastrophic default? king pinning terrorist, that is who israel said it was targeting in an overnight military strike in gaza. now at least 13 people are dead. these major stories and many more all coming in to cnn news central. we begin with today s high stakes meeting amid a resolving the debt ceiling standoff. if there is no deal it could lead to financial disaster. in just a few hours president biden will meet at the white house with these four congressional leaders, house speaker kevin mccarthy, senate majority leader
of khartoum on saturday, as more than 500 deaths have been reported, though the true number of casualties is believed to be much higher. the united nations and african union are warning that the people of sudan are in dire need of a humanitarian truce. martin griffiths, the un s emergency relief coordinator, is being sent to sudan along with a special envoy to coordinate humanitarian operations. it s understood many of the aid agency s warehouses were looted by fighting military factions. thousands of people are evacuating on ships to the saudi arabian port city ofjeddah. our africa correspondent andrew harding has recently arrived injeddah, and gave us this update. as the fighting intensifies in khartoum, people are fleeing either north to egypt, but increasingly fleeing quite a long journey, people talking 16 30 hours to get to the coast, to get to port sudan and then hoping to get on these. well, there s a range, a flotilla, if you like, of warships, saudi arabian warships
disaster. a ceasefire has been extended for 72 hours but has failed to stop it clashes. the un secretary general is sending an envoy to sudan to co ordinate operations. fighting has entered iii week. extracts can link you to counter the capital despite the truce aimed at allowing civilians to flee. the army said it was attacking the city to flush out its paramilitary rivals rapid support services. more than 500 deaths have been reported with the true number of casualties much higher. millions more remain trapped in khartoum. the first aid flight has arrived in the country. the international committee of the red cross said a plane landed at port sudan with a tons of relief supplies including health kits for hospitals. joining me now to discuss the humanitarian side to this conflict is craig recommend, the chief of aid international. what is the current humanitarian situation there? the situation is grave indeed. we are very worried about the supply you just reference. we are w
excuse to escalate its brutal war on ukraine. a new warning from facebook owner meta this morning. how they say ai could target your cell phone. what you need to know to keep your device safe. new this morning what could be a major move in the classified documents probe involving president biden. the special counsel has now made contact with biden s former executive assistant. she just testified before a house committee. it s coming up right here on cnn news central. so there is breaking news out of russia this morning, and to be clear, these are claims from russia. there is new video circulating online that shows what russia claims is a drone attack on the kremlin. cnn has not been able to independently verify this video. russian state media claimed that two ukrainian drones were flown toward the kremlin overnight. russia says this was some kind of an attack on vladimir putin s life, an attempt, i should say. ukraine responded saying they have nothing to do with
batteries. bret: okay. greg: dagen mcdowell is here. i know because i can smell the craw fish in her purse. so as the country reels from a bizarre historic raid of a former president s house our current president leaves for vacation. let s hope he tries para sailing or face jumping or even more dangerous, takes the stairs at the hotel. but he curves a break for as you know he s done so much. first he put on his jacket. this after he slow danced with it for 15 minutes first. that was a crowning achievement of his presidency so far just eclipsing that time he made a solid boom boom in the press office bathroom. well, near the press office bathroom. sorry bret. after approximately four minutes of actual work where his hands were busier than a cnn producer on bring your daughter to workday, biden hops on a plane. he hops on a plane, and not just with dr. jill, you know, the noted the tv actress neurosurgeon who discovered a cure for hemorrhoids when joe accidentally sat on a