Good friday morning, everybody. I am erica hill with rahel solomon. Poppy harlow is off today. Nice to be friday. Isnt it . We are here for that. Five things to know for this friday. June 2nd, the Debt Ceiling Bill on its way to President Bidens desk and once signed the threat of a u. S. Default is off the table until after the 2024 election. Also, new questions this morning about that partial Building Collapse in davenport, iowa. Just days before the wall came Crashing Down an Engineering Firm said, quote, bricks appear ready to fall imminently. You can see the gap in the new pictures. Three people are still missing. The former president now responding to reporting that they have him on tape. The Denver Nuggets one step closer to making franchise history after beating the miami heat, they are up taking the first game in the nba finals. An Eighth Grader crowned the new National Spelling bee champ. We will put him to the test when he joins us live on cnn this morning which starts right now. I think our Spelling Bee Champ will spell us under the table. I think so too. Once upon a time i was a good speller. I believe that. I absolutely believe that. Before texting was a thing and now im aging myself so i will top there. Debt limit, the crisis finally over this morning. On this vote the yeas are 63. The threshold being achieved, the bill is passed. They passed it late last night. President biden is now set to sign the bill and address the nation later today at the white house. Senate Majority LeaderChuck Schumer giving a thumbs up after the deal passed and been billing it as a victory for democrats. House republicans were ready to take default hostage in order to pass a radical, hard right agenda that never could have passed with the american people. So many of the destructive provisions in the republican bill are gone. This bill was a total rejection of what the republicans wanted and look at the vote, that proves that our strategy was the right strategy. That strategy was rejected by some members of his own party, some Senate Democrats refusing to vote to support that agreement. We should never have been put in this position to begin with. This is about paying the ransom to a bunch of hostagetakers and that is not how we should run this government. Its not good for the people of this country. Cnn Congressional Correspondent lauren fox joins us live from capitol hill this morning. The Debt Limit Deal ends up with decent bipartisan support in the house and the senate. What is the feeling there this morning . Well, its a coalition that you probably are going to see again, erica, as the year drags on. Thats because you have divided government here. You have a House Of Representatives controlled by republicans. You have democrats controlling the senate and the white house and i just want to go back to the amazing feat last night in the u. S. Senate, not because they passed that, but because they were doing it so quickly. They had about a dozen amendment votes, and one after another Chuck Schumer, the Majority Leader, was keeping track of how long each vote was taking. I just want to tell the american people, usually the u. S. Senate does not move that quickly. Typically it takes them about an hour, sometimes even more to have a single vote. Last night they kept members on the floor trying to move through about a dozen amendments very expeditiously and finally got there shortly before midnight, but one thing that became very clear last night, this is a Bipartisan Coalition. Youre going to see again at the end of september lawmakers will have to pass their spending bills. We also know they have to pass a farm bill. They made some assurances last night there could be another supplemental spending bill for ukraine, so this is a Bipartisan Coalition that is going to have to come together on capitol hill again and again, because were in divided government, erica. And we will see how they end up doing it. Lauren, appreciate it. Thank you. New this morning, former President Donald Trump responding to cnns reporting that special counsel jack smith has audio. Trump is recorded telling two people without Security Clearances that he cannot share the information. Heres how trump responded when asked about the documents at a Fox Town Hall last night. Listen to this. First of all, do you know who this call may be with . I dont know anything about it. All i know is everything i did was right. We have the president ial records act which i abided by 100 . Biden has 1,850 boxes with a lot of classified stuff that hes not supposed to have in his case, i have the right to declassify as president. Cnns paula reid joins us now. Part of the team that broke the story. What do you make of trumps response . Theres a lot to unpack there. Certainly in his first Public Comments in response to our first on cnn reporting about this audio recording, first of all, he tries to suggest that he did nothing wrong. Thats something weve heard repeatedly from the former president whenever there are questions about his conduct. He then goes on to do something his attorneys have done also in the court of Public Opinion which is try to conflate his obligations under the president ial records act with his responsibilities to protect classified material and defense information, right . He is saying we completely complied with the president ial records act which requires him to return any materials that are produced during his presidency to the government. They belong to the american people. Now, we know they did not fully comply with that because they returned 15 boxes on their own to the archives after the government suggested, hey, i think were missing some things then the fbi searched his maralago property last august recovering even more materials. But here on this recording, the concern is that he is suggesting he is still in the poe 1egs of classified materials. Here once again he suggests he has the power to declassify those but what our sources tell us on this recording he suggested he is aware of the limits of his ability to declassify so even though hes trying to say i did nothing wrong, it was the president ial records act, i declassified them, that just doesnt comport with the facts or what our sources tell us about the recording. Paula, as you know, there are the political implications and legal implications. Does trumps constant denial impact the case against him . Well, its something certainly prosecutors will take note of. It is not a crime to lie to reporters or at a town hall. They will take note of what you say publicly but only a crime if you lie to investigators. If voters feel theyve heard this again and again, they may sort of tire as some of his competitors on the Campaign Trail have suggested. Theres a core group of people who believe that the former president is, indeed, the victim of a political, quote, witchhunt, a politically motivated investigation. Thats why were hearing on the trail so many attacks against the fbi, but you when listen to a recording like this, its clear, this is not an unfounded investigation. Will it result in charges, thats though unclear. Paula reid, thank you. With new details this morning about what happened in the days leading up to that partial Building Collapse over the weekend in davenport, iowa. Just four days before this wall came Crashing Down, engineers had warned parts of it could crumble. The city has released that report and pictures, three people are still believed to be inside. Weve been going through the report and, bryn, what are we learning. Four days before the partial collapse, work was under way to fix the facade and the city just released a proposal from the engineering company, thats dated on may 24th. The collapse happened last sunday, four days later on may 28th. Part says there are several large patches of Clay Brick Facade Separating from the substrate and appear ready to fall imminently. You see a gap between the brick exterior and the rest of the building and it talks about windows that had been bricked over, quoting, the Clay Brick Facade on and between these openings is bulging outward by several inches and looks poised to fall. Now, this is what were talking about. You can see the cracks between the building. Where those windows used to be, then theres this from elsewhere. The Window Openings were never filled with brick or block. This helps explain why the facade is currently about to topple outward. Words like fall imminently, poised to fall and about to topple outward appearing throughout the report as we see more pictures. One masonry contractor who did not work on the building but did put in a bid said he saw evidence of a big problem when he was inside a few months ago and he says he was at the scene shortly before the collapse sounding the alarm. You can just hear noises and see debris falling and theres a guy working and i said, if you value your life, get away from that building and an hour later i heard that the building fell. Now, remember, there are three people still missing in this building. Rescuers cant go in because of the fear of that Building Collapsing on them, families sleeping on the concrete next to this building trying to see if they can get hear from any word from their loved ones. The city did have some response to this paperwork and say they are adding an additional Demolition Company to assist with the recovery and demolition work shoring materials, equipment and heavy rescue and repovlsen equipment which will arrive later and theyre holding a Press Conference later today. We should get more details on whats the next move for this building but still such a tragic scene in iowa. It is and tough for the families. Brynn, thank you. Heavy rain triggering chaos and dangerous Flash Flooding shutting down highways and streets near lubbock pushing this heavy truck and several vehicles off the roadway. Just take a look at this dramatic water rescue. Youre going to get wet but hop out. Yeah. I got you. All right. Come on. Go this way. Watch out. Watch out. Watch out. Crews rescued and worked to rescue several people stranded on this flooded highway that looks more like a river here. These pictures just incredible. 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For months before desantis got in the race, he really wouldnt say anything about the former president while taking a lot of incoming from trump and now that hes in, we are seeing him starting to go back. Hes calling it a counterpunch while trump really trains his eye on desantis. The two leading contenders making key stops in early voting states. Hello, new hampshire. Reporter Florida Governor ron desantis continued his First Campaign swing with a series of stops in new hampshire. [ Crowd Chanting ] while former President Trump was in iowa. Desantis is campaigning on a conservative platform making the case a twoterm president would be best. It will require a daily grind for not just one term, but i think for two full president ial terms. Reporter Hitting Trump on a potential vulnerability that he can only serve one additional term. When i heard Desantis Go Out and say dark and talk about eight year, we need eight years. You need six months. We can turn this thing around so quickly. Why didnt he do it his first four years . Reporter James Spillane switching his endorsement from trump to desantis citing trumps treatment of his former press secretary kayleigh mcenany. He cant be trusted to stay loyal to the people who have supported him in the past and its a problem and those kind of negative attacks and the vitriol does not play well. Reporter desantis held a series of events thursday appearing on stage and also amongst crowds where he talked to voters. He was asked by a reporter why he wasnt taking questions from voters. What are you talking about . Im out here with people. Are you blind . What . Are you blind . Reporter theyre crisscrossing the country as the republican field for president is growing more crowded. Both former Vice President mike pence and former new Jersey Governor Chris Christie are expected to enter the race next week. North dakota governor Doug Berg A Bergam is also expected. Trump commenting on his competition at a town hall event. I dont understand what theyre doing. It is what it is. You know, really go after the one who is second and i think thats going down so much. Reporter you can tell who is in his head, the one who is second, governor ron desantis. He is on to South Carolina today before returning back to where he started the week in iowa. Hell be there for an event with senator joni ernst and erica and rahel, we are seeing this primary season heat up. It is only june of 2023. Jessica dean, thank you for that sobering reminder. Things are heating up and its only june. Jessica dean is about to get a lot of airline miles. As we look at whats happening, the word woke youve heard, its gone from a Battle Cry Usedly Black lives matter protesters to a political term that seemingly is used to describe ideas the conservatives dont like. Former President Trump is saying the word has lost meaning as he tinges to use it. I dont like the word term. Woke, woke, woke. Half the people cant define it. A lot going on with the military and the woke. Theyre not learning to fight and protect us from some very bad people. They want to go woke. They want to go woke. Okay. Lets bring in new York Magazine commentator, errol lewis. Do you think it is ironic we have republicans arguing about what woke is and what woke isnt because im old enough to remember just a few years ago when woke was something very different. 36 months ago, entirely different universe. Yeah, look, its typical of tr