president s debt ceiling deal with speaker mccarthy facing its first major legislative test inside a crucial house company that has several conservative opponents of the agreement. threats from a group of republican lawmakers on capitol hill put a catastrophic default back in play. there s no new taxes, no new government programs. would i want to cut more? yes. i was able to work at 15% of the budget. i m not sure what else they want to do. i think we have to look at where the victories are. this hour, ron desantis kicking off his first presidential campaign trip in iowa with hopes of making a splash at the caucuses there in 2024. plus, kremlin officials say ukraine is responsible for new drone strikes on residential areas in moscow. vladimir putin s relentless bombardment of kyiv fires up another wave of deadly aerial attacks. today in pittsburgh, the trial gets under way for the gunman charged with the 2018 shooting deaths of 11 worshipers at the tree of life synago
vote stands with just hours to go. there s new cnn reporting on a new candidate set to enter the race for the white house. why former new jersey governor chris christie says now is his time and what we re learning about his plans. also, it s a bird. it s a plane or is it? a ufo, so many questions today. nasa is set to unveil what a nine-month long investigation uncovered. this is cnn news central. new this morning, one is in, one is out. it s getting to the point where they are naming names in terms of the vote for the debt ceiling. democratic congresswoman debbie dingle says she will vote in favor of the deal. this came moments after congresswoman, pramila jayapal, the chair of the house progressive caucus said she would not vote for it. count her as a no as democrats are meeting behind closed doors before the house is set to vote on a bill. it needs a simple majority to pass, 218, if everyone is present. the division right now, 222 republicans and 213 democrats. rep
as a new problem for speaker mccarthy has emerged, the rebellious conservative freedom caucus, including some members threatening to oust mccarthy over the deal. russia s capital city attacked. putin blames ukraine. the trial begins for the gunman behind the deadliest attack on jews in american history at pittsburgh s tree of life synagogue in 2018. the shooter hasn t disputed he s the one pulling the trigger. why did his lawyer enter a plea of not guilty? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. in our money lead, a make-or-break moment. the committee is debating the bipartisan debt ceiling deal struck over the weekend to try to avoid an economic catastrophe. but there are multiple hard line republicans on that very committee, the rules committee, who are furious with the deal. they have the chance to derail it all right now. one of those conservatives, congressman chip roy joined his freedom caucus earlier to urge the entire republican house caucus to vote no. they re
the race is on to avoid a default disaster. minutes from now the first key vote on the debt ceiling bill is set to take place on the house floor. already it s facing pushback from both sides of the aisle. we ll be speaking to one of those lawmakers ahead. officials in iowa trying to decide whether they can keep searching for five people who remain unaccounted for at the site of a partially collapsed apartment building there. rescuers are entering a no-win situation as we learn that what remains in the building is unstable and could come crashing down at any moment. plus the gloves are off. during his first official campaign event, ron desantis taking on donald trump. ahead, see why he thinks the former president s attacks are going to backfire. we are following these developing stories, all coming in right here to cnn news central. right now the house is in session ahead of a key vote to avoid default on the nation s debts. president biden and house speaker kevin mccart
look, i think it s highly unlikely donald trump has ever read mine comp. they attack what he said, but if you come back to the root of the issue, it s what a lot of american people agree with him on. remember when trump s first wife said he kept a book of hitler s speeches by his bedside? now he s echoing nazi rhetoric, and as unusual, republican politicians are coming to his defense. also, new reporting on justice clarence thomas, and his quest to live like the jones while serve on the court, which could go a long way to explain why he allowed his wealthy friends to give him such lavish, lavish gifts. and fresh off their 148 million dollar court victory over rudy giuliani, the women he defamed, ruby freeman and shaye moss, are now filing a new lawsuit against rudy. but we begin tonight with the phrase, poisoning the blood of our country. if it sounds like nazi talk, it s because it is. in chapter 11 of adolf hitler s fascist manifesto he writes, all great culture