putin should he step outside russia and now apparently china. speaking of china, what to make of its peace efforts in ukraine? the white house saying not much. some republicans on capitol hill are saying not much more. but they re talking about the billions of dollars we ve been forking over to ukraine and many have had enough. you name it, we are on it. with mike tobin and kyiv on what ukrainians are saying about this and aishah hasnie on capitol hill on the fight over the cost of all of this. welcome, everybody. glad to have you. i m neil cavuto. let s get to it in kyiv, ukraine with reaction to the fast-moving developments and mike tobin. mike? well, neil, day two of xi s visit to moscow is pledging strategic support between russia and china. new public comments have stopped short of china saying that they will supply russia with weapons. the very visual of the chinese president showing up in moscow is a visual that creates the notion that china is breaking down russia s
you made it. you made it to saturday, april 29th. always my favorite day of the week. good to have you along. i m victor black well. welcome to cnn this morning. and i feel like it s starting to warm up. it gets warm, cools. we re settling in, folks. we are. thanks so much for sharing part of our saturday morning with us. here s what we re watching. more than 20 million people are facing severe threats of storms again after parts of the south were pelted with baseball-sized hail this week. the main threat we re watching out for. the president can no longer ignore by not negotiating. we are still waiting for house republicans to produce a budget. they produced a ransom note. democrats and republicans spar over the debt limit. will this week s republican plan force the white house to negotiate spending cuts? we ll discuss. at least 23 people are dead after russia unleashed a deadly attack on ukrainian civilians yesterday. our team is live on scene where rescue e
to you, i m jim sciutto. and i m bianna golodryga. we are following several major stories for you this morning. soon family members and the memphis community will gather for tyre nichols funeral to celebrate the life of the 29-year-old whose brutal death at the hands of police sparked protests across the nation. the families of george floyd and breonna taylor who have experienced similar losses are expected to be there. vice president kamala harris will also attend after an invitation from tyre nichols apartments. we will bring you the funeral live when it begins. right now house republicans say they re talking strategy ahead of president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy s meeting over the debt ceiling this afternoon. both sides are standing firm so far. republicans threatening to bring the country closer to defaulting on its debt as they demand spending cuts. the white house vows there will be no negotiations when it comes to paying the nation s existing bills. p
under way as the united states of america hits its limit on debt. how this sets up a showdown for congress and the white house as republicans vow to cut future spending before agreeing to pay the bills already due. stunning news, actor alec baldwin is going to be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the tragic deadly shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins on the rust movie set. the actor is gearing up for a legal fight while hutchins family is weighing in. and new reaction to the shocking announcement by new zealand s prime minister. why is popular celebrated leader jacinda arden really, really resigning? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. growing fears of a looming economic crisis that could affect every single american. today the united states officially hit our debt ceiling. that s the limit set by the u.s. congress on how much the federal can borrow to pay its bills. we re not talking about new spending, money the united states government owes. it is