$2.1 trillion we ve ever had. if i can parrot to when republicans were in the majority when they had the house, the senate and everything, they didn t cut anything. that s house speaker kevin mccarthy defending the debt limit agreement hours before the bill barely cleared a republican led house committee. we ll have a look at where the vote count stands in the full house as lawmakers from both parties continue to criticize the bill. also ahead, we re learning more about what was reportedly happening inside mar-a-lago as the justice department ramped up the pressure on donald trump to turn over classified documents. plus we ll have an update from eastern europe following another drone strike inside russian territory. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 31st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning on capitol hill where the house rules committee voted in favor of advancing the debt ceiling bill to a
two trains crashing into one another, killing 36 people. we have the latest developments. for the first time in more than 30 years, chicago sitting mayor has lost re-election in a race that was dominate bid rising crime. is it a warning sign for other big city democrats? you re talking about a potential leak. the fbi providing his first public confirmation on their assessment about covid originally leaking from a chinese lab. we ll have more on the comments ahead. all that ahead, first, to our breaking news. a devastating train crash in greece killed more than 36 people. dozens are injured. a passenger train carrying hundreds of people collided head on with a freight train. multiple cars derailed. several catching fire. this happened north of athens. state broadcasters reporting that both trains were traveling on the same track for several miles before this collision. first responders still working, trying to find survivors in the twisted melted wreckage. hospital offic
until then, i ll send it back to you, guys, from the bottom of the world. all right. the top of the hour on cnn newsroom, good afternoon, everyone, i m bianna golodryga. i m victor blackwell. we re beginning with another dangerous close call involving a commercial airliner on a u.s. runway. the faa is now investigating. so here s what happened, monday night in boston logan airport, a jetblue flight and a private jet reportedly came within 565 feet of colliding. just a weeking in burbank, california, a mesa airlines had to abort its landing because a southwest flight was on the same runway. there was a close call between a fedex carg honolulu. days before that, aiines flightt of a delta flight at jfk in new york. this is all taking place as president biden s nominee to lead the faa sits down for his confirmation hearing and it hasn t exactly been smooth sailing for him. cnn aviation correspondent pete muntean joins us now. pete, if confirmed, he clearly has a lot on hi
it premieres sunday. that s tonight actually. tonight at: 9:00. the next hour of cnn newsroom starts right now. hello again, everyone. we begin this hour in selma, alabama where just moments ago president biden arrived to mark the 59th anniversary of what s known as bloody sunday. marchers included the late congressman john lewis were beaten by white state trooper as they tried to cross the pettis bridge. arlette, the president is expected to give a speech. set the stage for us now. president biden s speech here in selma has two purposes. first off the white house said that he wants to ensure that the memory of what happened on that day 58 years ago is not a race from american history. and, secondly, the president is expected to once again make the case for voting rights. that brutal day here in selma, alabama, really served as a significant moment in the civil rights movement and led to the signing of the voting rights act. what the president has repeatedly tried to do
i am your justice. for those who have been wronged and betrayed, i am a right to bucshon. miami retribution. there is so much about that i don t mess. anyway, trump won the presidential straw poll taken at this year s conference by wide margin. which is not surprising considering most other white house hopeful skipped the event. cpac itself has grown like a modern convention over the years. after all, this was where trump made his first major public appearance after the january six insurrection. many of the speeches this year reflected the extremism of the republican party. get speakers often invoking, so called, woke policies and sowing distrust in the government. kamala harris as watch, this woke self loathing has flipped our country. now these woke teachers want him to memorize 50 different genders and sexuality s, you ve got pronouns, it is too much for kids to handle. there are many agencies in the federal government that have gone woke the first agency we wi