Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington, a very late Saturday Night on Memorial Day Weekend but were here for good reason. Were here in a crucial moment on debt ceiling talks. Multiple sources tell cnn that the white house and House Republican leaders have reach an agreement in principle, we should note in principle on raising the nations debt ceiling. Just ten minutes from now House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy will address reporters were told, and then at the bottom of the hour Republican Leaders will brief their fellow colleagues in the gop conference on the outlines of this deal. The briefing comes after a phone call earlier this evening between mccarthy and President Biden, and cnns Priscilla Alvarez is at the white house for us. Priscilla and manu raju still with us up on capitol hill. Late night, guys. Priscilla, what can you tell us . Reporter jim, im hearing from a source close to negotiations yes House Speaker mccarthy have a
everyone. poppy is off today. i m erica hill. thanks for being with me this morning. let s get started with five things to know for this memorial day, may 29th, 2023. joe biden and kevin mccarthy made a debt ceiling deal. now they have to sell it. can they get the votes before default on june 5 th? russia shot down a record number of missiles ahead of the long awaited counter offensive. search and rescue operations under way right now after an apartment collapse in iowa. seven people have been pulled out. the mayor, though, says a number of others are still missing. and happening today, president biden will honor america s fallen service members during a memorial day address from arlington national cemetery. he ll also participate in a wreath laying ceremony at the time of the unknown soldier. tonight, boston celtics looking to make more history by becoming the first team to win game seven after being down 3-0 to the miami heat. cnn this morning starts right now.
today three people are still missing and we re expecting an update any minute from officials. we re following these major developing stories and more all coming in right here to cnn news central. a big vote on capitol hill as soon as tonight. these two republican u.s. senators, florida s rick scott and utah s mitt romney, just told cnn s manu raju, the goal is to get a final vote on that debt ceiling bill tonight. it would go to the president s desk to be signed into law just ahead of that monday deadline or the government would otherwise run out of money to pay its bills. manu raju is on capitol hill covering this from the beginning. is that where the momentum, to get that done tonight so senators can go home for the weekend and don t want to interrupt their weekend plans? yeah, the smells of jet fumes in the air in the senate tonight as a push to get this done is intense. in fact john thune, number two republican who s deep in these negotiations to try to ensure that al
announcer: this is cnn breaking news. you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington, a very late saturday night on memorial day weekend but we re here for good reason. we re here in a crucial moment on debt ceiling talks. multiple sources tell cnn that the white house and house republican leaders have reach an agreement in principle, we should note in principle on raising the nation s debt ceiling. just ten minutes from now house speaker kevin mccarthy will address reporters we re told, and then at the bottom of the hour republican leaders will brief their fellow colleagues in the gop conference on the outlines of this deal. the briefing comes after a phone call earlier this evening between mccarthy and president biden, and cnn s priscilla alvarez is at the white house for us. priscilla and manu raju still with us up on capitol hill. late night, guys. priscilla, what can you tell us? reporter: jim, i m hearing from a source close to negotiations yes ho