ceiling drama. the white house and lawmakers rushing to reach a deal on the u.s. debt limit. but the clock is ticking. with just nine days before the government could run out of money to pay its bills. the final days of an american fighting in ukraine. cnn pieces together the details of a u.s. veteran s death in bakhmut, revealing a new perspective on the war s longest battle. plus, a plot to kill the queen? the fbi releases new documents detailing a potential assassination threat against queen elizabeth ii. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with laila harrak. welcome. the white house and republicans are closing in on a deal to raise the debt ceiling and avert a financial catastrophe. a live look for you there on capitol hill. and negotiators have been furiously working on capitol hill, and we re told an agreement could be reached as soon as today. any deal would then have to be passed by congress, which is far from a sure thing. they do have a li
this comes a day after the group s father received a stiff sentence for seditious conspiracy. here s cnn s katelyn polantz. reporter: in court this week the top of the pyramid of the oath keepers, that right-wing group that appeared on january 6th and marched inside the u.s. capitol building in that riot for donald trump, they were sentenced to federal prison. so the top of that hierarchy of the oath keepers was stwurts rhodes, the leader of the group. he was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison on thursday. his deputy kelly meggs 12 years. and two others, kenneth harrison from florida four years and jessica watkins 8 1/2 years. the judge who delivered all of these sentences on thursday and friday, his name is amit mehta. he s a federal judge in d.c. and he assessed each person differently but recognized that all of these people were not foot soldiers, they were people who played different specific