an economic kacatastrophe? plus, he s known for pushing kremlin propaganda. now the head of wagner is claiming a u.s. citizen, another one, was killed in the battle for bakhmut. is he telling the truth? testimony today calling to regulate artificial intelligence, fears that malicious actors will use this amazing technology to commit fraud on a global scale. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. just hours before he heads overseas, president biden s trip on the world stage has already been cut short. sources telling cnn the white house has cancelled the second leg of the tour to australia, to papa new guinea. let s listen in on speaker kevin mccarthy and the white house right now. the president agreed to appoint a couple people from his administration to sit down and negotiate directly with my team so i found that to be productive personally. but we ve got a lot of work to do in a short amount of time. i wish we had been able to be in this place a hundred days ago. this is
surge. fewer and fewer asylum seekers are trying to cross in, but the officials warn that it may not last. what is maybe a telling setback for russia with four military aircraft down over russian territory, and what it is saying about the ukrainian capabilities. a florida teacher is showing a disney movie to her students, and now she is under investigation by the state. these stories and more are coming into cnn news central. the intense surge of migrants at the u.s./mexican border at the end of the covid era title 42 has not happened. the secretary of homeland security warned of the surge, but the surge was in the days before title 42 ended when the crossings were topping 10,000 a day, and now just over 4,000. what has not slowed down is the bitter politics surrounding immigration. the texas governor did it again, sending migrants to be dropped off out of vice president s kamala harris s home. we go to pablo sandoval who is live outside of the vice president presiden
chatbot known as chatgpt is going to be testifying on capitol hill just hours from now. also, in ukraine a top chinese diplomat set to arrive in the capital on a peace mission. his visit comes after russia launched a huge barrage of missiles overnight and drones against the ukrainian capital. and the nba conference finals begin tonight. lebron james and the los angeles lakers will take on two-time mvp nikola jokic and the denver nuggets. cnn this morning starts right now. all right. here is where we begin. president biden will meet with members leaders of congress today trying to get some sort of progress on a debt ceiling teal. treasury secretary janet yellen reiterating the u.s. could default on its debt two weeks from now in a letter to howard liebengood the treasury will no longer be able to satisfy the government s obligations if congress is not acted to raise or suspend the debt limit by june 1. house speaker kevin mccarthy echoed yellen s urgency in the halls o
firefighters on scene to help make this scene and this incident go smoothly. every fireman that is in a blue shirt would do exactly like i did. sometimes we win and sometimes we lose. the ones like this are victories that help balance it out. natasha chen, cnn, los angeles. wonderful to see what they did natasha, thank you. cnn this morning continues right now. the new era of title 42 expired at midnight. if anyone arrives, they ll be presumed ineligible for asylum and subject to steep consequences. 400,000 migrants may attempt that journey to cross that u.s. border. we re boarding up as if there was a hurricane coming. the d.a. s office decided to move forward with a manslaughter charge. attorneys for the man being charged, he risked his own life and safety for the good of his fellow passengers. this is an extraordinarily difficult case for any prosecutor. this is about the law. this is about justice, too. there are talks to take over as the new ceo
congressional leaders back to the white house with the days to get a deal done simply running out. will either side budge before default? that economists say could be a catastrophe. so word is republican governor ron desantis is now just days away from declaring his 2024 run for president, but the new fury he is facing in florida, all this now on cnn news central. we have new there are new details coming out this morning on the terrifying random shootings in farmington, new mexico. this happened yesterday afternoon and now three people are dead and six others are wounded. police are calling the shooting purely random. the gunman has not been identified but police do say he was 18 years old and he was killed by police once they arrived on the scene. cnn s natasha chen is following this for us, she s joining us now. natasha, the randomness of this is what is so scary. what more are you learning? reporter: the police chief posted a video to facebook last night talkin