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i m so happy to have sara sidner by my side today. kaitlan is off. five things to know for this tuesday, may 23rd. happening overnight, a u haul crashing into a security barrier near the white house. the driver arrested, facing charges of threatening to kill, kidnap or inflict harm on a president, vice president or family member. secret service says that crash may have been intentional. just nine days to go and still no deal in sight. president biden and speaker mccarthy saying they had a productive meeting, but still don t have a deal on the debt ceiling as janet yellen issues a sobering economic look. also new this morning, a stark warning for all parents, for all of us really, the u.s. surgeon general is now labeling social media a profound risk of harm for children. and the denver nuggets make franchise history, sweeping the los angeles lakers and advancing to the nba finals for the first time ever. lebron james is now reportedly considering retirement. and out of
giddy up. the producers were right, that is quite some video. thank you for being with us thank you for being with me, you can sleep in tomorrow. yay. at 9:00 cnn news central starts right now. arrested for threatening to kill, kidnap or inflict harm on a president. a man crashes a u-haul into gates right outside the white house. new details this morning, including video that seems to show a flag with a swastika and we just learned the man s identity. back in court, evan gershkovich has now been wrongfully detained in russia for nearly eight weeks. his case today is back in front of a judge. what s in question today and what it means for his freedom. this is cnn news central. a man is under arrest this morning for crashing a u-haul into barriers right in front of the white house and we are getting chilling new details about what he appeared to have with him. officials say at about 10:00 p.m. the truck drove into security barriers on the north side of lafay
to protect the integrity of the investigation. doj lawyers opposing a move by media organizations, including cnn, to unseal the probable cause after thefidavit that waso get the search warrant last week. in a separate trump legal drama, a source says eric herschmann has been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury investigating january 6. he might remember his blunt testimony before the january 6 committee. now i m going to give you the best free legal advice you re ever getting in your life. get a great fing criminal defense lawyer, you will need it. reporter: that is herschmann talking about how he pushed back on trump lawyer john eastman s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. also the new york times reports a top trump organization executive charged with participating in a year s long tax scheme is nearing a plea deal with prosecutors. the times says alan weisselberg will now be cooperating in a broader investigation. and also rudy giuliani has been named a target of
justice department says it s trying to protect in its investigation of documents taken from donald trump s home at mar-a-lago. in a way, these are the most expansive comments yet from the justice department and they come in a court filing opposing the release of the affidavit that lays out the case for searching mar-a-lago. now, senators on both members of the intelligence committee and media companies including cnn are pushing to see that information. new reporting this morning from the wall street journal revealed attorney general merrick garland deliberated for weeks before approving the warrant for the mar-a-lago search. senior doj officials met frequently at that time. he now faces a more consequential decision of whether or not to pursue that. katelyn polantz joins us from washington with the very latest. katelyn. brianna, the justice department filing saying they don t want the release of what backs up it and hints to the seriousness of the information. and those