- [announcer] do you have an invention idea but don t know what to do next? call invent help today. they can help you get started with your idea. call now 800-710-0020. you are in the cnn newsroom. i m paula reed in washington. jim acosta has the day off. it is 5:00 p.m. at the white house, and we are now one hour closer to the nation potentially defaulting on its debt. that would be unprecedented and potentially catastrophic for the global economy. now, despite a deadline as close as 12 days away, the high-stakes negotiations between the white house and congressional republicans have broken down, and it s not clear when they might resume. a u.s. debt default would affect economies around the world, so the concerns have loomed over the g7 summit in hiroshima, japan. the president, however, says he s not concerned at all. it goes in stages, and what happens is the first meetings weren t all that progressive. the second ones were. third one was. and then what happens is t
thank you for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. ukraine s president, volodymyr zelenskyy, made a dramatic appearance in japan where he s holding crucial meetings with world leaders at the g7 summit. zelenskyy is pleading his case for continued support in the war with russia. ukraine depends heavily on support and weapons from the g7 leaders who released a statement saying this we reaffirm our unwavering support for ukraine for as long as it takes. president biden is expected to have a face-to-face with zelenskyy tomorrow, and in a significant win for ukraine, the u.s. has signaled it will now allow allies to send f-16 fighter jets to ukraine and support training its pilots. that s a major about-face for the biden administration. russia and ukraine are not the only thing on the agenda at the summit. western leaders are tackling ways to confront china s increasing military power and how to approach the growing impact of artificial intelligence. mark stewart is in hiroshima
sg your elected leaders have taken a pause to try to prevent economic catastrophe. a major snag with debt negotiations up against the clock and government set to run out of money to pay its bills putting puttingesq everything at risk. and wobiden is meeting with leaders in japan and president zelenskyy has a big ask. and a new name making the case why donald trump should not be the gop nominee. we ll start with the money lead. talks to avoid. an economic catastrophe in the united states. they have hit a snag. gosh they pressed pause because talks were not productive. and kevin mccarthy seemed radically less optimistic on a potential deal than he did yesterday. yesterday i felt that we were at the location where i could see the path, the white house is just look, we can t be spending more money next year. we have to spend less than the year before. pretty easy. the white house is today attempting to project optimism nonetheless saying a deal remains possible despit
out-of-control rage. we have details from investigators. kyiv is preparing for a major counter offensive as russia is facing more setbacks on the battlefield. four of its aircraft down in a single day. two of its understand commaers killed, as well. fighters also losing ground in the key eastern ukrainian town of bakhmut. and under investigation, a florida teacher says she might be in trouble for showing her students a disney move we a biracial and gay character. hear from the teacher and the parent who reported her ahead on cnn news central. we start this afternoon with breaking news. a violent attack at a congressman s office in virginia. police say a man with a baseball bat walked into the office of democrat jerry conley and assaulted two of his staff members, one of them an intern, her first day on the job. cnn s manu raju is here with the details. manu, walk us through what police say happened? yeah. this is a harrowing incident. in fact, i just got off the
switch to xfinity mobile and get the best price for 2 lines of unlimited. just $30 a line per month. i should get paid more for this. you get paid when you win. from xfinity. home of the 10g network. a controversial claim that an american has been killed fighting in ukraine. this as the russians also say they have destroyed an american-made air defense system. random and indiscriminate, the search is on for answers after a teenager terrorizes a new mexico neighborhood, and three people shot dead. and a new law is causing confusion, and could hurt the economy, and what the reaction is for the penalties of undocumented workers. all of these stories are coming in right now to cnn news central. so, this morning a new claim that a u.s. citizen has died in bakhmut which is a city in eastern ukraine that has been seeing fighting for months now. the wagner paramilitary group says that a body has found with u.s. document, and the state department has not verified the claim,