border security which republicans have insisted be added to the package, zelensky met with top lawmakers including the brand-new house speaker, mike johnson, many republican holdout to meet with zelensky say a deal remains unlikely, let s go straight to mj lee who was at the white house, what are we expecting here on the two leaders beyond just a pitch to get this money from congress to ukraine? jake, this press conference obviously has been quite delayed but we did just see the ukrainian delegation in the u.s. delegation take their seats in the front row, secretary blinken, secretary austin, other officials are in the room so we should see president biden and president zelenskyy enter the room any moment, i think white house officials and u.s. officials had made the point this visit is about so much more than the issue of u.s. funding for ukraine which clearly on capitol hill right now, fans at an impasse. they re saying the world is watching right now including russian pr
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today when he speaks in the white house rose garden. he s going to be calling for an extension of tax cuts only for people earning $250,000 a year or less. so the president is totally committed to getting rid of the tax cut for those making $250,000 or above. let s make progress on our spending by doing away with tax cuts for people that quite frankly don t need them and that haven t worked and have them pay their fair share? that a yes or no. the president is completed committed to this. 100% committed to this. i heard this before. dan lothian is here. a couple of years ago we were having the same discussion, the president did extend tax cuts for the wealthiest americans, sounds like this is going to be a high priority for this campaign/white house right now. the campaign is launching a major push in key battle ground states in new hampshire there will be a press conference with middle class families and other events in colorado, florida, and nevada involving sma
celebrated her 21st birthday. what tokyo police are telling us is she died by suffocation by cervical compression, and that does sound like it s strangulation. the kyoto news agency said she and a friend went to a concert, where she was approached by two americans. she and her friend ended up with these men at a hotel in a party area here in tokyo. the police confirm that she was hours later found dead in the hotel room. and that in that hotel room was one of these americans. and at this point, the police say that they are trying to figure out how these two men fit in with this woman s death. furlong s death has rattled her small community back in ireland. she celebrated her 21st birthday party last december and was looking forward to finishing her course in tokyo, which would have been the last days of july. so she was literally, according to text messages, to come home. she was looking forward to going to the concert. which she was looking forward very much so to. the
i m dr. sanjay gupta. thanks for joining us. hello, everyone. you re in the cnn newsroom. i m fredricka whitfield. outrage over a civilian massacre in syria is spilling out on to the streets. this was the scene in several cities today, of people so angry over the killing of 85 people in the town of hula, they risked retribution to turn out in force. video of some of 34 children killed in hula has surface ed online. children, some under the age of 10, some with missing limbs and severe head wounds. the u.n. security council is meeting on the crisis right now. cnn s mohammed jamjoom is following this story for us from beirut, lebanon. so mohammed, cnn can t confirm the authenticity of the video. what do we know about what happened in this village? reporter: fredricka, opposition activists tell us horrifying tales about what happened on friday in the town of hula. they say that, first, mortars were raining down on town. that the syrian government was with shelling the town