situation room. happening now, president biden and house speaker mccarthy are scrambling big time to sell their debt limit deal to lawmakers. their agreement could avoid a catastrophic default if congressional leaders can find the votes and push the bill across the finish line before it s too late. only a few days left. in ukraine, a rare daytime missile barrage shakes the capital city of kyiv. the russian attack apparently repelled by air defenses as ukrainian forces hit. they re nearly ready to launch their highly anticipated counteroffensive. we re keeping our eyes to the roads and the skyways on one of the busiest travel days of the year. what you can expect if you re heading to the airport or hitting the road on this memorial day. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, this is a situation room special report. our top story this evening, the debt limit deal between president biden and speaker mccarthy is about to be pu
this is gps, the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you live from new york. today on the program president biden finished a round of meetings with world leaders in japan as the debt ceiling drama continues back home in washington. we ll talk about all that plus ukraine s coming counter offensive and much more with the smart panel just back from kyiv. also, pakistan is on edge after its former prime minister imran khan was arrested and released last week. now he fears for his life, and he will join me for his side of the story. but first, here s my take. many of us had high hopes f turkey s general election believing that a flat-out victory for the opposition could mark a break with the worldwide trend toward in-liberal democracy, but perhaps we were all misguided and seduced by the lure of free elections and trusting ultimately in the will of the people. in fact, what happened in turkey
situation room. happening now, president biden and house speaker mccarthy are scrambling big time to sell their debt limit deal to lawmakers. their agreement could avoid a catastrophic default if congressional leaders can find the votes and push the bill across the finish line before it s too late. only a few days left. in ukraine, a rare daytime missile barrage shakes the capital city of kyiv. the russian attack apparently repelled by air defenses as ukrainian forces hit. they re nearly ready to launch their highly anticipated counteroffensive. we re keeping our eyes to the roads and the skyways on one of the busiest travel days of the year. what you can expect if you re heading to the airport or hitting the road on this memorial day. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, this is a situation room special report.
commitments of additional assistness of ukraine and in forecast the commitment of fighter aircraft can attack russian forces from outside the repons. i r to ask you because you re a republican, do you worry between donald trump and some of the things governor desantis has said, some of the things that josh hawley and people like that, that there is substantial republican opposition to supporting ukraine with the kind of fullness that the biden administration has done? yeah. i think there is a position, but it really matters that the leadership including speaker mccarthy are committed to continued assistance to ukraine. so you think that if donald trump goes on the campaign trail and becomes the nominee and says what he keeps saying which i ll just stop the fighting.
to washington to deal with the debt ceiling crisis. joining me again are kor ishaqi of the american enterprise institute and gideon on the council of foreign relations. republican, what do you think of the debt ceiling crisis and do you think it gets up? i am sympathetic to concerns by my fellow republicans about the level of government spending, but threatening to default on the nation s debt is bad governance. the right way to rein in spending is through the practice of passing authorization and appropriation bills, not threatening to default. do you think that my fear is kevin mccarthy s worries that he will not keep his job if he compromises. that s certainly a possibility. what did anyone talk about this in ukraine, gideon? no. they were concerned about their own future and less concerned about ours. i wish there was the same