A florida courtroom as he pushes to delay his classified as thousands of russians gathered to pay their respects to Alexey Navalny crowds chanting his name and turning his funeral into a protest against Vladimir Putin plus An Extreme Winter Storm is slamming california, bringing 100 mile per hour wind gusts and dumping up to get this ten feet of snow will talk about that in a little while from now. In the meantime, im jim acosta in washington as the news right now and we begin with for President Donald Trump returning to his playbook of attempting to delay another trial this morning, trump is set to appear inside a florida courtroom as a matter of fact, we think he just five moments ago and the federal criminal case over his handling of classified documents, a judge could determine whether the trial will go ahead in may or be delayed. Cnn chief Legal Affairs correspondent paula reid is live outside the courthouse for us in fort pierce, florida paula, what do we think were going to see
welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. secretary of state antony blinken meeting face-to-face right now with chinese president xi jinping in beijing. the high stakes one-on-one is part of blinken s efforts to meet with china s top diplomat. an effort to lower the temperature amid rising tensions between the u.s. and china. cnn s kylie atwood in beijing this morning. just the fact that their meeting is a huge meeting, kylie, we learned 90 minutes ago their meeting was a go. what do we know about it? reporter: that s right, it s here in beijing, the secretary of state who is the first cabinet member to visit china from biden administration in 2 1/2 years. sitting down with president xi, we don t know much about the meeting because it s so ongoing. here s what we do know, there have been a number of hours that the secretary has engaged with chinese officials over the course of the last days in beijing. spending more than five ho
memorial day off. it s tuesday morning. we re glad you re with us. i m jhappy to be joined by my friend erica hill. relaxing. we hope you had a good one. let s get started with five things to know for this tuesday, may 30th. drone attacks hit the heart of russia. two people are injured and three residential buildings this morning are damaged in moscow after the ukrainian capital of kyiv with stands another attack. the debt limit deal set to face its first hurdle today in the house rules committee. speaker kevin mccarthy said he s not worried despite concerns from at least two republican members of that committee. police in hollywood beach, florida, say at least nine people were shot along the boardwalk, three children among the wounded. we re told at least one suspect had been arrested. also today, elizabeth holmes will report to prison in texas. former theranos ceo facing 11 years behind bar for fraud and conspiracy. the miami heat headed to the nba finals where
the kremlin is calling it an alarming situation. at least one person killed, six others injured in strikes in russian territory. what the buildup to ukraine s counter offensive says about where this war is headed. 2024 republican presidential candidate ron desantis is on the trail in iowa. ahead, his message to former president donald trump. so it looks like a scene out of fast and furious. a car launches off the end of a flatbed tow truck and flips through the air. so why on earth did that even happen? this is cnn news central. so this just in to cnn. an important development for those counting votes on the deal to avoid a u.s. default. democratic representative pramila jayapal, the chair of the house progressive caucus, says she will not support the deal. she is a no. this, as house democrats are meeting behind closed doors right now. cnn s manu raju is with us on capitol hill right now. all right, manu. where does that put things as the morning moves on
good morning, to our viewers in the usa and around the world. i m john avlon. it is monday, december 18th. it s 5:00 a.m. here in new york, noon in tel aviv, where the u.s. defense secretary is scheduled to meet now with his israeli counterpart. secretary lloyd austin s mission is to press israeli officials on specific milestones for progress in israel s war against hamas, as civilian casualties climb. here s democratic senator chris van hollen talking to abc this sunday. we do have unacceptable levels of casualties. we see loose rules of engagement, way looser than anything that the united states would exercise. we would not drop a 2,000-pound bomb on a refugee camp to target a hamas commander. a senior defense official tells cnn that austin will, quote, want to hear very clear articulation of the israeli self-assessment today. that same official has confidence in the israeli military and so he s there to ask questions and learn more about their plan. elliott gotkine