chatbot known as chatgpt is going to be testifying on capitol hill just hours from now. also, in ukraine a top chinese diplomat set to arrive in the capital on a peace mission. his visit comes after russia launched a huge barrage of missiles overnight and drones against the ukrainian capital. and the nba conference finals begin tonight. lebron james and the los angeles lakers will take on two-time mvp nikola jokic and the denver nuggets. cnn this morning starts right now. all right. here is where we begin. president biden will meet with members leaders of congress today trying to get some sort of progress on a debt ceiling teal. treasury secretary janet yellen reiterating the u.s. could default on its debt two weeks from now in a letter to howard liebengood the treasury will no longer be able to satisfy the government s obligations if congress is not acted to raise or suspend the debt limit by june 1. house speaker kevin mccarthy echoed yellen s urgency in the halls o
good morning. a good one. good weekend. how was yours? it was. happy mother s day? i slept, my kids made me breakfast. it was a beautiful day. i hope you had a great weekend. let s get started with five things to know this monday, may 15th. president zelenskyy is in the uk this morning meeting with the british prime minister. the visit is the latest a series of high stakes meet agz cross europe. russia experience az string of battleground setbacks. also, illegal border crossings dropping by 50% in the days after that immigration policy known as title 42 was lifted. that is according to the homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. he warns it s too early to know if the surge peaked. president biden is supposed to hold another round of debt ceiling talks tomorrow with kevin mccarthy and the other congressional leaders. yesterday, the president sounded opt m optimistic. ron desantis headlining big political events in iowa this weekend. the florida governor making
of our country. they re trying to block the system. this looks like a celebration, there is no celebration yet. the flow of migrants into the u.s. is slower than expected. a 50% drop in the number of encounters versus earlier in the week. this week has seen more crossings than any week in our history. we re still on high alert. governor ron desantis was back in iowa trying to get his 2024 groove back. we must reject the culture of losing the time for excuses is over. for many republicans, they view the next election as important. can ron desantis bring it? white house officials say talks have continued. we need an outline in hand by the end of the week. i really think the desire on their part as well as ours is disagreement. it s time to bring spending levels back to pre-covid and then talk about raising the debt ceiling. tatum knocks done another! incredible! the tornado continues. 51 for jayson tatum in game seven. i had to put on a special p
they rolled out the razor wire and redirected migrants to official points of entry. president biden said this on his bike on sunday. secretary mayokas said the numbers at the border have gone down since title 42 was lifted. are you confident the numbers have peaked and they ll continue to go down? president biden: they have gone down. we have a lot more work to do and we need more help from congress as well. in terms of funding and legislative changes. dana: resources are stretched to the limit. new video shows a holding center jammed full of adult men. facility meant to hold 1,000 right now is housing more than 6,000. the problem goes far beyond the southern border. cities like new york city and washington, d.c. struggling to accommodate daily bus loads of migrants. that is prompting a heated legal battle on where they can stay. team fox coverage, david spunt reports from the white house. let s start at the border where matt finn has been up for hours live in el pa
The Burning Man Festival. The famous dj and music performer diplo managed to escape after walking miles through the muck. Donald trump widening his already huge lead over his gop rivals in a new poll. And it shows that an overwhelming majority of Republican Voters think that his actions after the 2020 election were legitimate. And 385 people are still unaccounted for after the catastrophic wildfires on maui. This hour of cnn this morning starts right now. You know, it was a bit of an odd moment yesterday when betsey klein, our white house producer sent a pool note, shes in pool with President Biden and it was about the president getting an update on burning man, which was not something i ever expected to get from our white house team. And yet thats where we were. Especially since it was about rain in the desert. Rain in the desert. Again, a lot of unexpected events, but just hours from now, maybe the end is near. Roads are about to reopen or could reopen at the Burning Man Festival whe