we are standing by for a big moment in space. a privately crewed spacecraft will dock with the international space station this hour, it s only the second time that has happened. and for the first time a woman is leading the mission. this is cnn news central. just a few hours from now high stakes talks on the debt crisis between president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy. they are set to resume in-person one-on-one. this morning it s not clear how close or how far they are from a deal. what is clear, they re almost out of time. in ten days the u.s. could default on its $31 trillion debt. if that takes place it s not exactly clear what happens, but it s definitely very bad. government bills could go unpaid, millions of americans would feel it. social security checks, medicare, veterans benefits and the salaries of thousands of federal and military employees, they are at all risk. republicans are demanding steep budget cuts with no increase in revenue. the president h
another act of violence targeting a member of congress. two people in virginia, in democrat jerry connolly s district office, are attacked by a man with a metal baseball bat. this is a gentleman with a long history of mental illness. he has been engaged in bizarre behavior in the past, including violent. he decided today for whatever reason to come to us and inflict more of the same. a trump justice department special prosecutor investigating the fbi over the russia investigation for bias issues. his report after four years. not recommending any indictments. i will speak to andrew weismann about the results. mike pence and florida governor ron desantis making big moves ahead of expected announcements to take on donald trump. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. this afternoon, the second big showdown between president biden and house speaker mccarthy over the debt ceiling. a critical moment says the treasury secretary, as the president is about to leave for a
world, you are watching cnn newsroom and i am rosemary church, just ahead, the clock is ticking for the u.s. to raise the debt ceiling or risk a default. and in the hours ahead, another key meeting between joe biden and kevin mccarthy is on the agenda. leaders of the g7 summit say that they want to bring peace to ukraine as president zelenskyy disputes moscow s claim that russian fighters control bakhmut. is but a resounding victory, greece fails to secure a majority in parliamentary elections, serving the country up for another round of voting soon. live from the cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us, with the g7 summit now behind him, he was president joe biden back in washington to face his most pressing issue right now. the impasse over the u.s. debt ceiling, in the coming hours, president biden will meet yet again, with house speaker kevin mccarthy to try to strike a deal on raising the countries borrowing limit. mccarthy s
governor s remarks live. we ll see if the press is gathering around him, he might be starting shortly. all this as a group of moms fight back against fentanyl. this is a war like i m raising the flag. our sons were a casualty of this war. sandra: we will meet the heroic moms to make sure not one more child dies from fentanyl poisoning. john: and china upping the ante on espionage efforts in the united states. a closer look at the schemes that have xi s regime mining data everywhere, from headquarters to your phone. sandra: this high school junior is so fast, she had to create a race category to keep things competitive. she ll be joining us live to talk about running for the all time record. do you think i m excited about that? welcome back as america reports sprints into a second hour. sandra smith in new york. we ll keep our eye on developments at the border with the governor, john. john: we will. john roberts in washington. all of those stories and more coming u
the wire. the u.s. has 10 days before it could default on its debt. president biden returning to washington from an all important meeting with kevin mccarthy in the coming hours. it was a bountiful trip to the g-7 for ukraine s president heading home with military aid as the bloody battle for bakhmut reaches a critical stage. plus a historic mission, spacex and saudi arabia s first female astronaut into space. a message to the world live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. did to have you with us, with the g7 summit now behind him, he was president joe biden s back in washington to face his most pressing issue right now. the impasse over the u.s. debt ceiling. in the coming hours, president biden will meet yet again with house speaker kevin mccarthy to try and strike a deal on raising the country s borrowing limit. mccarthy says he had a productive phone call with mr. biden as the president was returning from japan on sunday. there is only about