Republican and Democratic Leaders set to meet with the president for highstakes negotiations on the debt ceiling. America is not a deadbeat nation. We pay our bills. With the Clock Ticking toward a june 1st default deadline failure to do that would be unprecedented. We talk with two powerful senators who have a history of working across the aisle about how to avoid an economic meltdown. We should never put the credit of the United States at risk. Until the president engages, it doesnt matter what we do. Later this hour country superstar Miranda Lambert on how she could set a new record in Country Music. It sounds really big when you say it like that. Is that part of your super power . Get it done, baby. It was possible that i may not see the end of the year. You mishandled that . I dont know if i mishandled im a little wistful. This is not where i thought this story was headed. Good evening and welcome back to whos talking. Its called the x day, the day when the u. S. Government defaul
southern new hampshire university has changed my life. and it can change yours too. - [announcer] visit snhu.edu. florida governor ron desantis is hours from announcing his run from the white house on twitter. a source says he is going to ditch his hometown rollout plan we ll tell you how his rivals are reacting and where the gop candidates stand in a new cnn poll. meantime, as the special counsel appears to be in the final stretch of his investigation into donald trump s handling of classified documents, attorneys for the former president want to speak to the nation s top law enforcer, attorney general merrick garland. we have details on that straight ahead. still no detail, but negotiations for the white house and the house speaker kevin mccarthy, they are back on as a country inches dangerously close to a potential debt default. we are following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. we are just a few hours awa
we start with the israel gaza war, and the qatari television network aljazeera has said one of its cameramen has been killed in gaza as the result of an israeli strike. aljazeera said that samer abu daqqa was wounded either by shrapnel or in a drone strike on a school in khan yunis, in central gaza. he bled to death when rescue workers failed to reach the school. this comes as hundreds of people gathered in tel aviv on friday night to call for the israeli government to secure the release of the remaining hostages held by hamas. the israeli military has admitted it killed three israeli hostages in gaza city, after they were mistakenly identified as a threat. the israeli defense forces have expressed deep remorse over the incident, which is now under investigation. from jerusalem, here s our correspondent, lucy williamson. israel s army is in gaza to kill hamas fighters and bring hostages home. clear targets obliterated in the chaos of conflict. three of those shot dead in th
- [announcer] do you have an invention idea but don t know what to do next? call invent help today. they can help you get started with your idea. call now 800-710-0020. a really calm down. hi everyone, thanks for tuning into this hour we re bringing tomorrow s news tonight. we have a great lineup of reporters here with me. eric harry enten, erica hill making her debut, pablo sandoval and kylie atwood. also joining us is melanie s a known. tonight, biden and speaker mccarthy were at the white house trying to negotiate a deal on the looming debt limit deadline. that date is june 1st. even agreement cannot be reached by then, experts warn of a global recession that could take years to recover from. so let s get right to melanie where we have reporting on behind the scenes talks. melanie what s happening at this hour? alison, i just dashed over from the capitol. as we speak, representative for the white house and the speaker s office are meeting and kevin mccarthy told us earli