the conversation back to the possibility of financial disaster. after days of optimism, negotiators stopped talking all but leliminating the hopes of a deal by this weekend. and a mission for missiles and money, ukraine s volodymyr zelenskyy is headed to japan where he will ask the richest democracies to deliver more weapons at a crucial moment. plus mess with the mouse, misout on millions. ron desantis feud with disney drops plans with a billion dollar complex in orlando. that haas the governor insists that donald trump is damaged goods and he alone can beat joe biden in 2024. we begin with important news just into cnn. the debt limit talks on capitol hill hitting a snag. this morning the top republican negotiator walking out of a meeting saying the white house stance is unreasonable. one congressman says talks for now are on pause. that just a few hours after president biden was briefed by his top negotiators. the president leaving a g7 leaders dinner in japan early fo
developments are happening during our show. exactly. there s a lot happening at the g-7. we ll get to that and a lot more. let s get started with five things to know for this friday, may 19th. cnn learning that president zelenskyy will attend the g-7 summit in japan in person. russia s war set to be a top agenda item as world leaders vow to step up sanctions. new reporting, biden administration signalling it won t stop allies from sending f-16 jets to ukraine. that s according to sources familiar with the discussions. will we ll see what they say today. also happening today, the suspect charged with leaking military secrets will be back in court as a judge is expected to rule where jack teixeira will remain behind bars while he awaits trial. this time, disney versus desantis. a spokesman for the governor called it unsurprising given the company s financial challenges. i think disney would see it another way. and a film festival celebrating harrison ford last night.
a brutal attack inside of the district office of a u.s. congressman. a man with a metal baseball bat strikes a staffer and intern on her very first day. unconfirmed reports that an american has been killed on the ukrainian battlefield. the state department is now responding. and alarming report that has lawmakers taking action. all of this on cnn news central. we begin this morning with the house reports out of ukraine that claims of a u.s. citizen has died in bakhmut, and the state department is saying that it is looking into this. the besieged city in eastern ukraine has been seeing heavy fighting for months now, and now the wagner paramilitary group says a body has been found with u.s. military documents. and the state department says it is seeing additional information, and needs that in order to determine what happened here. we are hearing from the ukr ukrainian military saying that it has staved off a major russian attack. but the air defenses from the western w
for the world. much more on that on cnn news central ahead. we will see you tomorrow. an unexpected slowdown at the border, but will it last? dhs says it s too early to know. that s not stopping immigration politics, though, from heating up once again. hours ago a new bus of migrants arrived at the vice president s residence. four russian aircraft down inside russian territory. what this tells us about what the ukrainians can do now and in a much discussed spring offensive. the travel forecast is in, more than 42 million americans will be on the move this memorial day. are the roads and airlines ready? these major stories and more all coming in right here to cnn news central. so this morning there s a surprising quiet at the southern border as federal officials report a dramatic drop in border crossings, which is the opposite of what so many had predicted would happen after title 42 ended. they warned it would be chaotic for a while, remember? well, instead this was
surge. fewer and fewer asylum seekers are trying to cross in, but the officials warn that it may not last. what is maybe a telling setback for russia with four military aircraft down over russian territory, and what it is saying about the ukrainian capabilities. a florida teacher is showing a disney movie to her students, and now she is under investigation by the state. these stories and more are coming into cnn news central. the intense surge of migrants at the u.s./mexican border at the end of the covid era title 42 has not happened. the secretary of homeland security warned of the surge, but the surge was in the days before title 42 ended when the crossings were topping 10,000 a day, and now just over 4,000. what has not slowed down is the bitter politics surrounding immigration. the texas governor did it again, sending migrants to be dropped off out of vice president s kamala harris s home. we go to pablo sandoval who is live outside of the vice president presiden