everyone. poppy is off today. i m erica hill. thanks for being with me this morning. let s get started with five things to know for this memorial day, may 29th, 2023. joe biden and kevin mccarthy made a debt ceiling deal. now they have to sell it. can they get the votes before default on june 5 th? russia shot down a record number of missiles ahead of the long awaited counter offensive. search and rescue operations under way right now after an apartment collapse in iowa. seven people have been pulled out. the mayor, though, says a number of others are still missing. and happening today, president biden will honor america s fallen service members during a memorial day address from arlington national cemetery. he ll also participate in a wreath laying ceremony at the time of the unknown soldier. tonight, boston celtics looking to make more history by becoming the first team to win game seven after being down 3-0 to the miami heat. cnn this morning starts right now.
new reporting about potential evidence of obstruction in the mar-a-lago documents investigation but what are the chances we see a more serious charge for donald trump, and later, ukraine is on the brink of launching its counter fashion against trump i will ask oksana markarova, what success looks like, and how they hope to achieve it. speaker kevin mccarthy. while the president was able to protect most of his priorities, including medicaid, student debt, relief and funding to fight the climate crisis, he did make clear in a statement last night that he doesn t love everything in it, and a number of democrats aren t going to like what what they see either, mainly, additional work requirements for programs that help poor people people who need it most. the final deal does not include the kind of slash and burn spending cuts that kevin mccarthy promised to the right flank of his caucus, we will see how that goes, so the next few days could still be a rollercoaster, to get th
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 ukraine s 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. here s 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 g
i have never been so scared like i was on this trip in washington the debt limit deal and the major new test for president biden and house speaker mccarthy can they get enough votes for their breakthrough agreement to pass congress and avoid default? a warning about infant loungers tonight with more than two dozen deaths linked to various brands one family s heartbreaking story and what parents need to know. and on this memorial day the emotional reunion of vietnam veterans after 50 years how they survived prisoner of war camps. and across the country remembering all members of the military who ve made the ultimate sacrifice. and the rockets re glare announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt and good evening i m tom llamas, in for lester tonight we begin with that breaking news out of davenport, iowa. at this partially collapsed apartment building look at that a chunk of the structure crumbling to the ground as residents were inside. the gap now
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