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
deadlocked. 11 days left on the clock and debt ceiling negotiators are moving farther apart. much of what they ve already proposed is, quite frankly, unacceptable. is the risk of default only growing? i ll speak exclusively to republican senator bill cassidy in moments. and show of unity, president biden gives ukraine fighters a sky-high advantage. we have ukraine s back. after scrapping part of his world trip for debt ceiling talks is the u.s. on shaky ground on the world stage? national security adviser jake sullivan joins me exclusively from japan, plus go time. president trump readies himself for his biggest gop challenger yet. it s easy to be a front-runner. as the republican field expand, will any of them crack trump s hold on the party? hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is careening toward the edge of an economic cliff with 11 days until the moment the u.s. government could run out of money to pay its bills accord
police release new body camera video of the deadly shooting in a new mexico neighborhood, and detailed look at how the officers took down the gunman who shot nine people in the shooting spree. mystery in the amazon and what happened to four young children who might have survived a plane crash. new footprints in the jungle are providing hope this morning. and there are major new developments that could impact the war in ukraine. the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is in aub right n in saudi arabia right now, and then he goes to japan where he is going to be greeted by the announcement that he has been pleading for. president biden just told the allies that the u.s. will support efforts to train the ukrainian pilots on the f-16 fighter jets. zelenskyy desperately wants the planes inside of his country. we have team coverage with natasha bertrand at the pentagon, and tell us about this announcement that the u.s. is going to support training on the f-16 and what exa
scott are expected next week, and our panel is going to tell us what to look out for on the political horizon. and with the migrant crisis straining cities, we re going to tell you about a big story in the headlines this week that one of the men involved now calls a scam. the head of the veterans organization accused of rounding up homeless men and telling them to claim that they were veterans being displaced from their hotel lodgings to make room for migrants. she denies it. tonight we have the facts. and the new york mayor is calling for an investigation. and ai feels like a run away train headed our way. tonight we re going to talk to a former google executive who worked in ai and tech for decades. his warnings ahead. but first, a segment we call on the lookout. the storys that we see on the horizon. first, the 2024 gop primary is heating up. south carolina senator tim scott filing papers today with the ftc to run for president. he s expected to make a formal annou
crossing the line. a pandemic-era border policy expires. our border is not open. but with washington deadlocked on how to fix it, what s the long term solution? i ll speak with homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas and house gop homeland security chairman mark green next and deal or no deal as the u.s. barrels closer to a debt ceiling deadline, president biden says the two sides are making progress. can they strike a deal in time? deputy treasury secretary wally ariyemo joins me ahead. plus primary problems, the president frames his re-election pitch around donald trump. sinister forces may believe they ll determine america s future. while ron desantis makes his case for change. if we focus the election on the past the democrats are going to beat us again. will voters agree? hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is wishing all of the moms out there a very happy mother s day. president biden is making his general elect