the u.s. treasury pushes back the possible default deadline from june 1st to june 5th, giving debt limit negotiators to reach an agreement. the house minority leader, hakeem jeffries, joins me in just a moment r for an exclusive interview. in ukraine, at least two people are dead and 30 injured after a russian attack on a medical clinic, ukraine claims was deliberate. we ll have a live report from the war zone. and as americans prepare to set out for the memorial day weekend, cnn is at the airport and on the highways with everything you need to know about one of the busiest travel days of the year. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. our top story this evening, the u.s. treasury says debt limit negotiators have slightly, slightly more time to try to strike a deal.
to the government are already taking steps to prepare. as for the rest of us, bianna, if a deal isn t reached, the small business administration predicts more companies raising prices, cutting services, even scaling back expansion plans. in other words, we re all going to feel this before long unless there s a deal. it is so important to hear the stories and see the faces of the people that could have real-life consequences from a default. gabe cohen, thank you so much. i want to bring in cnn s jeremy diamond, who just got a key update from the treasury secretary. jeremy, what did she say? reporter: that s right. we have a very important update from treasury secretary janet yellen. in a letter to congressional leader, she now has an update on that x-date for when the u.s. could potentially default on its payments, and it is not just early june, but it is now a specific date of june 5th. she writes in this letter, based on the most recent available data, we now estimate that trea
dionne was recently diagnosed with stiff person syndrome, that causes progressive body stiffness and muscle spasms. today dion shared her disappointment, writing, quote, even though it breaks my heart, it s best i cancel everything again. i want you all to know, i m not giving up, and i can t wait to see you again. tickets for her shows will be refunded. and we wish her all the best. coming up sunday on state of the union jake tapper will speak with camilla jayapal and keith ellison. that is sunday morning at 9:00 eastern and again at noon on cnn. and our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer in the situation room . situation room . have a great weekend. captions by vitac www.vitac.com happening now.
good morning. a tragedy of unimaginable scale. more than 17,000 people have now died as time is running out to save survivors in the earthquake. breaking overnight, pennsylvania senator john fetterman, recovering from a stroke, has been admitted to the hospital. an update on his condition. president biden addressing concerns about his age and why he hasn t yet med made a decision about running for re-election. lawmakers getting a classified briefing on the chinese spy balloon and new cnn reporting about who knew what and when. the p word, the b word, a word have been entered into the congressional word as the republican efforts to expose those at the top of twitter has take an surprising turn. cnn this morning starts right
the next election, 86 if you are successful and elected and finish that term. does it give you any concern? watch me. that s all i can say. look, i m a great respecter of fate. i am going to be completely thoroughly honest with the american people if i thought there was any health problem, anything that would keep me from being able to do the job. that was president biden in his first interview since the state of the union. he told pbs news hour that he is confident he can do the job another four years despite having to officially announce he is running for office a second time. cnn s chief national correspondent and anchor of inside politics, john king. the president said he hasn t made the decision but it is his intention to run, you know, do you think that state of the union address tuesday night solidified that, yeah, he is running? yes, and his first trip after the state of the union was to battleground wisconsin. we should assume he is running until he tells us otherwise.