more setbacks for russia as ukraine makes strides on the battlefield, possibly downing four russian jets, killing two russian commanders and gaining ground all as kyiv gdpeers up fr a counteroffensive. some service members stationed at north carolina s camp lejeune in the 70s and 80s were exposed to a chemical called tce and could lead to a massive lehigher risk of parkinson s disease. and aaa is warning of a blockbuster season. tens of millions on the roads and in the skies as well. we re following all of these stories all coming in here to cnn news central. we begin the hour with the war in ukraine. today ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy was in the united kingdom enlisting serious financial and military support from the british prime minister. he s been meeting with key nato leaders ahead of ukraine s counteroffensive. he says his country needs a little bit more time to prepare for that major assault. meantime back on the battlefield, russian troops are facin
yotam haim, alon shamriz and samer talalka were abducted on october 7 when hamas carried out its deadly attacks on israel. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has called the incident an unbearable tragedy . relatives of hostages taken by hamas have been protesting the accidental killings in tel aviv while also calling for a ceasefire and agreement for the release of those still held captive. more than 100 hostages remain in gaza. a federaljury has ordered former president donald trump s ex lawyer, rudy giuliani, to pay more than $1118 million, or £116 million, to two women over lies that they tampered with votes in the 2020 presidential election. a judge had already found mr giuliani liable of making defamatory claims about the georgia poll workers. mr giuliani told reporters outside the court, he has no regrets. we will have more on those stories in the next hour. we start with the us supreme court, which announced this week it will hear a case challenging the food and drugs
we fail to pay our bills. we re going to come together because there s no alternative. we have to do the right thing for the country. we have to move on. those were president biden s comments on the debt ceiling negotiations just before he took off for the g7 summit in japan. we ll have the very latest on the budget talks and the president s trip overseas. he has arrived. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, may 18th. i m jonathan lemire. because right now these are indeed live pictures from hiroshima, japan, where president biden is meeting with japanese prime minister kishida ahead of their bilateral meeting. g7 leaders are gathering there where they will likely focus on the war in ukraine and tensions in asia. the president, of course, had announced he was cutting short his planned trip to the pacific, no longer visiting papau new guinea or australia in order to get back on sunday to continue those debt ceiling negotiate asians. we ll bring you
tonight, the battle over abortion pill access back in court. what happened at the appeals ruling today, as more states pass restrictive legislation? and, house democrats make moves to spell congressman george santos, while republicans are sidestepping an actual vote. and both sides sounded more optimistic on a possible debt limit deal. we ll break down where things stand in the negotiations as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. today, a federal court heard arguments for and against access to the most commonly used abortion pill. it is the biggest legal battle over abortion since roe v. wade was overturned by the supreme court last summer. nbc s laura jarrett has the details on today s hearing. a federal appeals court appearing deeply skeptical today of arguments from the biden administration and manufacture, as they try to keep mifepristone available. i don t understand the steam. the fda can do no
did manage to agree on one thing during debt talks. they will now let other people do the negotiating. plus house has overridden the governor s veto and the bill becomes law. late night battle over abortion as lawmakers in north carolina override the governor. and even the boss behind chatgpt admits artificial in-at the time againstintelligence co dangerous unless regulated carefully. welcome to our viewers. ar i m christine romans. democrats and republicans are both starting to hear the clock ticking down toward government default if something is not done. junehe earliest estimated date that the government can t pay its bills. both parties were unable to point to clear progress on a deal to raise the debt ceiling other than to say that they have agreed on a process for getting there. nothing has been resolved in this negotiation. so the only thing that has changed is we finally have a format that has proven to work years in the past. a format. jeremy diamon