holding face to face meetings. we re live with the very latest. and 12 days until possible economic catastrophe as the negotiations on the debt ceiling hit snag after snag in washington. plus everyone is going to see this and witness a miracle. she s returned from a russian jail and playing in the wnba again. brittney griner returns to the court. andy scholes will break down her first game back since her release from a russian jail. we begin this hour japan as the ukrainian president begins his in-person appeal for support at the g7 summit. he arrived a short time ago tweeting that peace will become closer today. he will be meeting with many of the world leaders gathered there beginning with italy s prime minister. joe biden has given him a boost agreeing to support training ukrainian pilots on f-16 fighter jets. the u.s. debt crisis is looming large over the summit threatening to rock the global economy. talks appear dead locked, but president biden says he s confi
i m paula reid in washington. jim acosta has the day off. we are following several developing stories on this busy afternoon. the u.s. takes another step closer to running out of money to pay its debts. despite a deadline as close as 12 days away, the high-stakes negotiations between the white house and republicans have broken down. and it s not clear when they will resume. meanwhile, president biden will cut short his asia trip to address the looming debt crisis, but before heading home tomorrow from the g7 summit in japan biden will meet with ukraine s president. president zelenskyy is making a dramatic appearance at the gathering to ask world leaders for more help in the war against russia. zelenskyy s plea comes as russia claims a major victory in ukraine. today the head of the mercenary wagner group says his fighters captured bakhmut after months of brutal fighting. ukraine says it still holds a small portion of the city. cnn s phil mattingly is at the g7 summit in hiros
ahead on cnn newsroom, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy will attend the g-7 talks in person. we ll go live to hiroshima and london for the latest. congress and the white house could be close to a deal to avert a default on the united states debt, but will there be a cost for democrats? disney cancels plans for a $1 billion campus in florida but makes no mention if this is related to the house mouse s ongoing spat with governor ron desantis, as he is expected to make a big announcement of his own. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. so it is 4 p.m. in hiroshima, japan, where the annual g-7 summit is now underway. soon they add a special guest, ukrainian about the volodymyr zelenskyy. he s due to attend the gathering after first stopping in saudi arabia to attend today s arab league summit according to cnn sources. that meeting will also be significant. already ukraine is top of mind in japan. the uk and european union have announced new
he will be meeting with many of the world leaders gathered there beginning with italy s prime minister. joe biden has given him a boost agreeing to support training ukrainian pilots on f-16 fighter jets. the u.s. debt crisis is looming large over the summit threatening to rock the global economy. talks appear dead locked, but president biden says he s confident a deal will be reached. republicans and the white house have until june 1st. you see the calendar there, before the u.s. could run out of money to pay its bills. allies keep asking biden about the standoff back home. countries want to have a sense of how these negotiations are going to play out. the president has expressed confidence he believes that we can drive to an outcome where we avoid default. part of the reason he s returning home tomorrow rather than continuing with the rest of the trip is so he can help lead the effort to bring it home.
countries like india that need russia still adds an ally for oil supplies and weapons supplies. but russia is getting weaker and weaker as time goes on in terms of those sanctions and china being one of its only suppliers for many things it can t now get from elsewhere. but it s a reminder to china that if it gives any sort of aid to russia like lethal aid, that there is this economic might against them that could be really damaging to beijing. kim dozer, thank you. thank you. and another topic at the g7 summit is the u.s. debt crisis. and the possible default that could hurt economies around the world. during a meeting with australia s prime minister president biden was asked about the stalled negotiations, but he said he is not concerned at all. phil mattingly is now back with us from hiroshima, japan. phil, a default could happen as soon as 12 days from now.