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good morning, everyone. erica is here again, looking like a ray of sunshine. let s get started with five things to know. there may be a deal. we re not quite there yet with the final house vote expected to day. the drama now is not between the two parties but instead within the republican party. the finger pointing intensifies as russia blames ukraine for a drone attack on moscow on the heels of a deadly rain in kyiv. president zelenskyy senting a date for the counter offensive. also, republican president hl h presidenttial hopeful ron desantis in iowa. he paints a pretty grim picture of the country. a historic ruling in big pharma. one family is fighting the opioid epidemic in exchange from immunity in future lawsuits. and what this means for the global race to conquer space. cnn this morning starts right now. deal or no deal? there s a deal. do they have a vote is the question. there say huge breakdown in capitol hill for the deal. the house is set to vote o
Appreciate your company. Coming up on cnn newsroom, an agreement in principle on the debt ceiling. Washington has a plan to avoid a catastrophic default, but details still need to be ironned out, then it has to get through congress. Also ukraines top general issues a pointed message for his soldiers, russia, and the world. And we do begin in Washington A Late Night Agreement to try to prevent a looming debt crisis. The white house and republicans have reached a deal in principle to raise the debt ceiling and cap government spending. It is meant to avert the first u. S. Default in history, which could have disastrous consequences worldwide. Heres how u. S. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy characterized the breakthrough. After weeks of negotiate az we have come to an agreement in principle. We still have a lot of work to do, but i believe this is an agreement in principle. It has historic reductions in spending and lift people out of poverty into the work force, rein in government overreach.
cruise missiles and drones were intercepted by their defences in what was the 15th air attack on the capital this month. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale is in kyiv. today s strikes were unusual for two reasons one, because they came in the daylight, and secondly, because they appeared to be targeted here at the centre of the city. until now, most of the air strikes came at night and they were targeted at the outskirts, at national infrastructure and some of the air defences itself. so the authorities said they managed to shoot down 11 ballistic and cruise missiles. of course, that meant that there was a lot of debris that came from the skies, landing on the ground, damaging some buildings. but miraculously, there were reports ofjust a few injuries. so what we re seeing is an uptick in tempo of this conflict. russia is putting more pressure on the capital here in kyiv, but it s also striking military targets elsewhere. ukraine admitted rarely that one of thei
the moment he heard the first shots. i had a bad feeling from the time that the young man got on the bus, you know what i m saying? an eerie feeling that i can t explain. griff: charles watson is tracking all the details. charles, what s the latest on this? good morning, griff and julie. the shocking shooting happened on a charlotte area transit system bus earlier this month. take a look at the video. it is absolutely wild. on it you see the driver, david, appear to open fire on the passenger to his right who looks like he already has a gun in his hand before the two men begin shooting at each other while the bus is still moving. this all started because the passenger identified as 22-year-old allegedly got agitated because the driver denied his request to let him off the bus before the next stop. he began to provoke the driver and hit him. as the two argue the 22-year-old pulls out a gun moments before both men start shooting within close range of one another as bullet