good morning to you. welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, may 14th. i m victor blackwell. happy mother s day to you. thank you. happy mother s day s to everyone. i m amara walker. thank you for joining us this morning. here s what we are watching for you. moving along. hard to tell. president biden and republican leaders are expected to meet this week as they rush to avoid an unprecedented debt default. the warning coming from the white house as that crucial june 1st date inches closer. ukraine s president says the country s counteroffensive against russia will begin soon as he meets with countries supplying billions of dollars in aid. what that looks like on the battlefield and the report that zelenskyy could be planning attacks inside russia. gone through a fiscal crisis, a pandemic, and a horrific tragedy that could shatter any community, but did not here. four university of idaho students fatally stabbed in their off campus apartments six months ag
as ukraine s last real chance to rid their country of the russians or face some kind of inevitable peace process which could mean a loss of territory and freezing of the front line. there is a lot of energy behind this future offensive. i think what we are seeing is shaping operations, bombardments of rundown logistics positions, threats even to strike inside rune territory, special forces operations, mysterious explosions inside russian territory, but of course the russians get a vote with that attack in the west of the country. they continue to go after ukraine s logistical capabilities. thank you. joining us now to talk more this is cnn military analyst and retired air force colonel cedric leighton. let s start with the counteroffensive that s coming. first, what are you expecting that this will look like and how important is timing of when this