merry christmas, everyone. we are so glad that you are with us on this special morning. i m poppy harlow with phil mattingly. hope you re having a great holiday with your loved ones. merry christmas. i want to stay on the set. isn t it beautiful? they did a wonderful job. i know. we have a christmas tree. a fire. you re going to see it all here. we have some news. the iowa caucuses are three weeks away from today. we will highlight the key moments on the campaign and how they could shape the final months in the race for the white house. seasons full of strikes reignite the labor movement in america, from hollywood to the motor city. workers won pay raises and new protections. how technology could bring more change in the year ahead. as anti-semitism and islamophobia sentiment rises, we ll talk with faith leaders how we can find common ground. first, let s get a check on the morning s headlines. good morning, everyone. merry christmas. i m danny freeman. the
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. in washington, the clock is ticking and the push is on. president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are racing to sell a tentative debt ceiling agreement to their respective parties. minutes ago, the president confirmed that he spoke with mccarthy by phone. they finalized the last of the details and said the deal now moves to the full congress for its approval. if they reject it or can t iron out their differences before june 5th, the u.s. could default on its debt, a scenario many experts say would be disastrous. not just for the u.s. economy, but for the global economy as well. and that threat still looms ominously over the capitol at this hour. up on capitol hill, lawmakers from both parties have their reservations. so passage is not guaranteed and all of this is unfolding as that fiscal deadline gets ever closer. cnn s priscilla alvarez is over at the why for us. eva mcken is live on set. let s begin a
castro in for alicia menendez. as we get to the our immigration talks come to the wire as homeland security chief, alejandro mayorkas meets with bipartisan senators, the clock is ticking on a deal. and progress is slow. while we are not denying crucial aid for our allies, gop lawmakers spend their time on bogus impeachment schemes. california congressman, robert garcia, and what happens next. also tonight, paying the price, how this week, multimillion dollar ruling against rudy giuliani could have ramifications beyond his bank account. and how might home states attorney general is doubling down on extremism after surviving a recent impeachment. this is american voices. we are just over one week from christmas. most lawmakers have already gone home for the holidays. earlier today, a few, along with homeland security chief, alejandro mayorkas, had a rare weekend session to try to hammer out some kind of deal on immigration before the end of the year. while they have not r
they ve started handing over control of the eastern city to moscow s army. the battle for bakhmut has been the longest and bloodiest of the war. this aerialfootage taken earlier this month shows intense shelling in a residential area. most people fled before fighting broke out. bakhmut is of little strategic value, but its capture would be a symbolic victory for russia. meanwhile, the ukrainian president volodymr zelensky made a surprise commencement speech for graduates atjohns hopkins university in the us. i m proud that ukraine is not losing a single day in its defence against russian terror. every day, we do everything to become stronger, to give more protection to people, to save more lives. the united states is also not lost a single day to help ukraine repel the russian aggression. the battle for bakhmut began last august. ukraine says its forces still control part of it. our bbc verify team has been looking at images that show the extent of the destruction there durin
you could join us. we begin with some news from the war in ukraine. russia says its troops have fully captured the ukrainian city of bakhmut. there has been no immediate reaction from kyiv to those claims, but if true, it could mark an end to the longest and bloodiest battle of the 15 month war. russia has been trying to take bakhmut since last year in a grinding war of attrition. and in the last few minutes, the russian news agency interfax has said president putin congratulated his troops for capturing the city. earlier, ukraine had said its units were still fighting in the city. this comes on the heels of the us agreement to allow ukrainian pilots to train in american made f 16 jets. a move moscow had criticised. meanwhile, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has been on a whirlwind tour in an effort to drum up support and weapons for an expected counter offensive against russia. it s been a busy few hours for zelensky, touching down injapan on saturday for diplomatic t