andrea mitchell is on assignment traveling with secretary blinken. right now, countdown to the caucuses. just one week today as the republican candidates for president make their final push in iowa. meanwhile, president biden is on the trail in south carolina where he ll be speaking at mother emanuel church, the scene of the horrific hate crime in 2015. his message today, the hate that fueled the killing of nine worshippers still rages. at the pentagon, demand for answers grows after lloyd austin failed to tell the white house for days that he had been admitted to the icu. and a critical piece of the alaskan airlines flight has been found as it blasted off the plane mid flight, taking passengers belongings with it. we begin this very busy hour with the race for the white house. we are now just seven days away from the very first primary contest of this high stakes election year. the republican iowa caucuses. while there is still time, so far, it s shaping up to be a 2020
the weekend in the state making their closing arguments in a state that can make or break their campaigns. fighting hate and extremism is p president biden s focus when he speaks from the same south carolina church that a wall street shot and killed nine parishioners. and the secretary of defense is still in the hospital as washington demands answers. why did he and his staff wait days to tell the white house that a criminal member of the chain of command was in the icu. i m dana bash, let s go behind the headlines and inside politics . first, breaking news, donald trump is asking a judge to throw out the election subversion case against him in georgia. the former president s legal team just filed a motion claiming presidential immunity, just like they have in other cases. paula reed has been going through the court filings. what s his reasoning, paula, for wanting immunity in this particular case? reporter: dana, this is all familiar. the president s lawyers argue a ing
plan to spend the rest of the hectic holiday weekend promoting it. it prevents the worst possible crisis. this is going to be transformational. in ukraine, russian forces have launched some of the heaviest air attacks on the capital and other major cities since the war began. this is and always will be, the greatest spectacle in ra racing! finally wins the indian indianapolis 500! in this nebraska lab, america fulfills our nation s progress to never leave service members behind. it doesn t matter 80 years or yesterday we make that promise to you. on this memorial day, we meet a group of young musicians following in the footsteps of the past. people are doubting you at first. once we start playing, they are amazed. good evening and thank you for joining us on this memorial day, i m jericka duncan in for nora. we begin tonight with the partial collapse of a six story 84 unit apartment building in davenport, iowa, first responders are being hailed as
a deal has been reached, maccarthy and president biden have come to a agreement to raise the debt ceiling. voters are heading to the polls in turkeys first ever presidential runoff election. new york city wants to change its rules on housing migrants. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. we begin in washington where congress is drafting new legislation on the debt limit hours after officials reached a deal to try to avoid a default. they have agreed in principle to raise the debt ceiling and cap government spending but some republicans are saying the compromise is still too costly and could bankrupt the country. maccarthy is trying to convince those hardliners that the deal is worth it. after weeks of negotiations we have come to a agreement in principle. we still have a lot of work to do but i believe it is a agreement that is important for the people. there are no new taxes or government programs. as you can imagine there is a lot of work to be done but m
3 doors down. they are here to kick it off. they wrote the songs be like that when i m gone. it s not my time and kryptonite. ainsley: and here without you: kryptonite was number three on the charts and went right up there immediately when they released that. put them on the map. remember that song the superman song. lawrence: i do not remember. but the last two days i have been going through the play list on apple music and not bad. not bad. joey: i m glad you are discovering my generation here. brother jones is a little bit younger than me here. lawrence: just a tad. joey: enough of a gap he didn t get to experience this firsthand like i did. this is bringing young joey back to life. i can t dance. i can t bob my head but inside i m dancing to the music, man. i m ready to go. ainsley: our assistant in our mid 20 s she said this morning i said have you ever heard their songs? remember kryptonite? she said my boyfriend was playing it for me because his mom loved i