to hear her first here outfront. plus, the collapse of the second largest bank in american history that happened in the span of 48 hours and is affecting the entire banking industry and perhaps beyond. i ll speak to the ceo of a company whose money was with that bank, got a call from a panicked investor to get out now. you ll hear what happened. and the president of a little known group of islands calls out china s xi jinping accusing china of bribery, personal threats to his safety, all over xi s potential invasion of taiwan. good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, executed by russian soldiers. her son s death was seen around the world. she had to watch it herself, and the mother of that ukrainian soldier is now speaking out for the first time. the video of his death difficult to watch, but important to show the depravity of what s happening on the front lines. it sparked global condemnation. the ukrainian was executed after he said glory to ukraine. an
e. jean carroll takes the stand in her sexual battery case against the former president. the new warning that the judge issued just moments ago. and a race to get four mississippi jail escapees back in custody. one of the men is now accused of killing someone after he broke out of jail. we are following these major developing stories and all coming in to cnn news let s begin on capitol hill where there has been a shift this morning, it seems. house republican leaders are now confident that they have the votes to pass speaker mccarthy s $1.5 trillion debt ceiling bill and while there were big questions and probably still are, they could still vote today. do you hear all of the caveats i m throwing into this? what did kevin mccarthy have to throw in on to get all of this? manu what is the very latest you re hearing about this? there have been months after negotiations will pass the house as soon as today. it will require 218 votes in the republican-controlled votes
report concludes that is likely how the pandemic first began. in a house select committee heard testimony today from a former top u.s. intel official that a chinese lab leak is the only explanation. our money to a lab in china that wasn t up to code that was doing gain of function research and that s where this thing came from. that s what they didn t want us to know. do you agree with that mr. ratcliffe. i do agree with that. communist china the target of bipartisan criticism in washington on tuesday. china has not been forthcoming. where a house select committee held a hearing on the origins of covid-19. i can very well argue the lab leak theory because, you know, china cannot cooperate. former director of national intelligence john ratcliffe, who began his term two months into the pandemic, also pointing the finger at china. a lab leak is the only explanation credit dibly supported by our intelligence, by science, and by common sense. the chinese embassy
guess. he was really good. really good. great delivery. the next hour of cnn this morning starts now. we will have more from the white house correspondents dinner throughout the show. good morning to you. welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, april 30th. we are wrapping up april already. i can t believe it. i m victor blackwell. i m amara walker. i am still smiling from roy wood jr. he is good. all right. here is what we are watching for you this morning. he is a threat to the community and we need the community s help to, hopefully, locate him soon. texas police and the fbi are on the hunt for a man who allegedly killed five of his neighbors. the youngest victim just 8 years old. the simple request that led to the deadly shooting. private u.s. citizens trapped in sudan during the conflict are out of the country. the evacuation comes during growing anger from americans who felt abandoned. how this convoy came together and what happens next.
you don t officially recognize the aging process. tomorrow, i m going to say happy saturday gonna leave it at that it s paul metaphors birthda tomorrow there you go. a big deal so, rachel. i have baltimore a new story that we ve had four years. i ve just been struggling in the last tournaments to figure out how to say this publicly in my memoirs, this will b much more specific okay. no one involved really is still alive, except me i went to the world series i baltimore. years after former governor of maryland, as you pointed out the vice president was force to resign because of the crime he committed in baltimore. and maryland, when he was governor so, i met at the world series, as can happen, depending on wh you re with, someone i wil call very, very highly placed, at the very top level of wha they used to call organize crime in baltimore and found myself that night at the best italian restaurant in baltimore, whereupon back gu who was incredibly charming an was ju