have for governor in kentucky, and trump endorsed one and ron desantis backed another, and biden just endorsed running for pennsylvania. danny, do we know who? won a bunch of races here. really cover all of them. i think the most recent was when we just guardian was that special election in pennsylvania? heather boyd, democrat, mps projecting that she has won that seat and that was consequently mentioned last night because that means the democrats will retain the new state house in pennsylvania. again, this is a last-minute everybody democrats. joe biden lead endorsement, the governor pennsylvania joshua pirro, also jumped into the race. now we know the democrat heather boyd has been the republican katie ford in that race. so that was a really close race? well, close is not necessarily the word i would use, but maybe 5000 votes in total in the race so far. it is about 34% 44 and last check but i think the expectation is that that will widen as the night goes. on
the president is set to meet with congressle leaders on tuesday, and sources tell cnn the temperature could be just right for bargaining. here s the latest from washington. president biden says he s likely meeting with congressional leaders on tuesday, setting up another showdown over the debt limit. the president said his aids are working through the timing with that meeting, but top economists say the staff level talks have been constructive, and they said they talked about the need of avoiding default. president biden struck an optimistic tone that an agreement will be reached. i learned a long time ago, and you know as well as i do it s never good to characterize talks in the middle of the talk. i think there s a desire on their part as well as ours to reach an agreement. i think we will be able to do it. in preparation for this upcoming meeting with president biden, house speaker kevin mccarthy and other congressional leaders. officials have said some of the discus
world. i m laila harrak. all ready in berlin. ukraine president volodymyr zelenskyy visits germany as that nation prepares to supply billions in aid to help ukraine fight russia. bracing for disaster. millions in bangladesh and myanmar in the path of powerful cyclone moka. sweden takes home the top honor in this year s song contest. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is in berlin right now meeting with top german leaders who are providing some much-needed military support. he landed there hours after germany announced its biggest batch of military aid, which includes 30 leopard tanks. the $3 billion package also includes armored vehicles and reconnaissance drones. germany was reluctant to deliver weapons to kyiv in the early stages of the war, but it later made a policy u-turn, becoming a major arms supplier to ukraine. for more, salma aziz joins us from london. president zelenskyy on his first visit to germany since russia s invasion of ukraine. what kind of rec
while answering questions about the negotiations. we ll have those comments for you in just a moment. and they come as president biden is busy with world leaders at the g7 summit in japan. we ll recap yesterday s events and preview what s ahead including a new round of sanctions for russia aimed at closing loopholes that moscow has been using to security previous attempts to hold it accountable for the invasion of ukraine. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, may 19th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning on capitol hill where it appears that at least some progress is being made on the debt ceiling. house speaker kevin mccarthy shifted to optimism yesterday on the negotiations saying a deal could now be made in time in order to avoid a default. i just believe where we were a week ago and where we are today is a much better place because we have the right people in the room discussing it in a very profes
hello and welcome to all of you watching us around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom, a covid-era immigration policy expires in the u.s. how the end of title 42 will affect migrants who want to enter the country. signs ukraine is moving toward launching its counteroffensive against russia. what we could see in the days before it begins. and the european union considers new rules for artificial intelligence. and they could affect how you interact with ai. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with kim brunhuber. we begin with a landmark change in u.s. immigration policy. the controversial covid-era rules known as title 42 expired just a few hours ago now. and that means harsher consequences for those entering the country illegally. thousands of migrants seeking asylum made their way to the southern border ahead of the deadline. authorities have detained a record number of migrants in the past few days. while things appear quiet at