the negotiations are done. the bill is written. now with just days until the united states runs out of money, president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are rushing to sell the debt ceiling deal to their parties. an attack on ukraine s capital city hours after a nighttime assault. schoolchildren forced to run to shelter and cars dodge missile debris on busy city streets. on this memorial day, an emotional reunion as a group of vietnam veterans are reunited for the first time in decades. they recount the story of what bonds them, being prisoners of war being held captive in bamboo tiger cages. welcome to this special edition of the lead. i m bianna golodryga in for jake tapper. we start with the scramble in washington, d.c. to avoid an economic catastrophe, after house speaker kevin mccarthy and president biden struck a deal. republican and democratic leaders are waging a campaign to get as many members on board as possible. both facing revolts. as cnn s jeremy dia
tonight about immigrants at the border. the governor of texas is now launching a new tackle force there point fingers and do little else. jacqui heinrich at the white house with the president s slumping approval data and the latest on the expiration of title 42 we begin with correspondent bill melugin along the border in brownsville, texas. good night good evening, bill. bill: bret, good evening to you. texas governor greg abbott made a major announcement today saying is he going to be deploying several hundred elite texas soldiers down here to the southern border equipped with riot gear in an effort to block any mass migrant crossings into his state. is as we are now just three days away from the end of title # 2 and, already, we are seeing record high illegal crossings. president biden s open border policies is going to cause a catastrophic disaster. bill: today, texas governor greg abbott announced the formation of a new elite border response force made up of hundr
the negotiations are done. the bill is written. now with just days until the united states runs out of money, president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are rushing to sell the debt ceiling deal to their parties. an attack on ukraine s capital city hours after a nighttime assault. schoolchildren forced to run to shelter and cars dodge missile debris on busy city streets. on this memorial day, an emotional reunion as a group of vietnam veterans are reunited for the first time in decades. they recount the story of what bonds them, being prisoners of war being held captive in bamboo tiger cages. welcome to this special edition of the lead. i m bianna golodryga in for jake tapper. we start with the scramble in washington, d.c. to avoid an economic catastrophe, after
you. brit: you bet. bret: up next, california wants to pay huge sums of money to black residentss reparations for slavery. who gets the money and where will it come from? we ll bring to you california. first, beyond our borders tonight, ukrainian air defenses shoot down 35 iranian made drones over kyiv and russia s latest nighttime assault. this comes tacks across ukraine by kremlin forces killed four civilians; the bombardments came as moscow enforced tight security on the eve of red square commemorations marking the defeat of nazi germany in world war ii. french president emmanuel macron leads the traditional ceremony on paris commemorating the end of the war in europe in 1945. police banned gatherings around the area of the ceremony to try to prevent protests over macron s pension reform plan. this is a live look at wellington, new zealand. one of the stories there tonight, nasa and rocket labs launched two storm tracking
once prevented from joining his army. the present moment will decide american independence. prepare for battle. after weeks of siege, the battle of yorktown comes down to a nighttime assault on two small british fortifications, known as redoubts 9 and 10. french troops will attack number 9. .while alexander hamilton leads the 1st rhode island and other american troops against number 10. [ insects chirping ] use your bayonets, boys! don t stop to fire!