Trial. Well have expert legal analysis for you on that in just a moment. Also ahead, the end of an era for Senate Republicans. The partys longest Serving Leader in the Upper Chamber is stepping down at the end of the year. Well take a look at Mitch Mcconnell legacy and who could replace him. And that comes as congressional leaders now have a deal to fund part of the government for a few more weeks, giving lawmakers a little more time to get a lot done. O get a lot done good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, february 29th, a weekday, just what we needed this year to be a little longer. Im jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. And we begin with some massive news that broke late yesterday. The Supreme Court has agreed to consider former President Trumps claim of president ial immunity in his federal election interference case. The conservative courts decision to hear the case will further delay a potential trial. The high court has scheduled argument
newsroom just as speaker kevin mccarthy is working to whip his caucus for the vote, the white house is doing the same with democrats. huge question mark is if any one senator could delay the process. several buildings sustained insignificant damage, explosions in a number of areas of the city and said several drones were shot down. we have to believe that we can do something incredibly special. i like our chances. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is tuesday, may 30, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where a key vote today in a u.s. house committee could stall the debt limit deal and that is before most of congress even gets a chance to vote on it. the rules committee muste adopt a rule to allow the majority to approve the deal. two republicans on the committee have already blasted the debt deal but mccarthy says he is not worried. president biden also remains optimistic. you know i never say i m con
the negotiations are done. the bill is written. now with just days until the united states runs out of money, president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are rushing to sell the debt ceiling deal to their parties. an attack on ukraine s capital city hours after a nighttime assault. schoolchildren forced to run to shelter and cars dodge missile debris on busy city streets. on this memorial day, an emotional reunion as a group of vietnam veterans are reunited for the first time in decades. they recount the story of what bonds them, being prisoners of war being held captive in bamboo tiger cages. welcome to this special edition of the lead. i m bianna golodryga in for jake tapper. we start with the scramble in washington, d.c. to avoid an economic catastrophe, after house speaker kevin mccarthy and president biden struck a deal. republican and democratic leaders are waging a campaign to get as many members on board as possible. both facing revolts. as cnn s jeremy dia
this morning and heard the latest directly from the speaker of the house kevin mccarthy. it s an interview you will only see on fox news sunday . and we will bring you reaction from democrat jim himes of connecticut. plus ukraine s military makes a major push against russia. the pivotal counteroffensive coming as cap ukraine requires to receive a fighter jets from western allies for just days after president zelenskyy met with world leaders. republican senator lindsey graham joins us live from fresh off his meeting with ukrainian president. we will ask the senator what the two discussed behind closed doors. then, florida governor desantis jumped into the 2024 campaign ready to blitz the media and hit the trail part was about to dispense of this culture of losing quickbooks. shannon: a boaters or hearing a lot more about what he wants if he wins the white house. gross i would not want to see the united states with our troops meshed in a war in russia or ukraine huxtable ask
strikes that damaged at least three buildings a terrorist attack. the city s mayor says two people were injured but none required hospitalization. cnn s clare sebastian is live in london for us. and this would seem to really bring the war home to the russian public even more than the drone strike on the kremlin a couple weeks ago. what more do we know about the attack itself and the kremlin s response this morning? yeah, state media reporting the three buildings as of now, two in moscow itself on the southwestern side of the city, and another on the outskirts not far from one of the major airports. you can see state media and telegramen chales posting videos showing people with drone fragments. defense minister saying that they were able to avoid attacks with drone warfare and five shot down using russian air defense missiles. so perhaps that is why there are fragments of those droughns. t drones. the damage was described as insignificant. two sought medical help but no one