oeshcome a conservative revolt inside a powerful house committee. white house press secretary karine jean pierre is standing by. in russia threats of revenge after eight drone attacks rock the city of moscow. ukraine denying any involvement while also calling the strikes, quote, carmic payment for putin s invasion. also tonight cnn speaks to an 11-year-old boy wrongfully shot by police. you ll hear his emotional recount of that terrifying moment and also have the details of the $5 million lawsuit his family just filed on his behalf. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m alex marquardt, and you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight with the debt limit drama playing out in the house of representatives. speaker kevin mccarthy appearing poised to clear the eighth major hurdle in his first test as speaker as he tries to tamp down a conservative ruvolt over his compromise with president joe bi
hurdle in his first test as speaker as he tries to tamp down a conservative ruvolt over his compromise with president joe biden. from congress to the white house cnn s journalists are working their sources on this developing story. white house press secretary karine jean pierre also standing by. one hurdle almost down but there are still more hurdles to go. republican leadership did secure a big win in the house today when republican massie, a potential swing vote announced he will support the rule for the bill, which essentially means it will get a floor vote tomorrow, but they are not out of the woods yet because they still have to pass the underlying bill in both the house and senate, and there has been opposition from both the far left and the far right. so leadership in both parties have been working furiously to sell this deal, to whip this deal. republicans will have a house conference meeting later tonight