good morning, everyone, and welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. i m vick for blackwell. good to have you along. the summer travel season kicks off. millions of people are heading to their destinations for memorial day weekend. we ll have the latest on what to expectation at the airport and what to know if you re hitting the road. and lawmakers inching closer to a possible debt ceiling deal. could today be the day they reach an agreement to avoid default? we will have the latest on the negotiations. take back what is ours. those are the words from the chief of ukraine s armed forces in a new video posted online. is the counteroffensive we ve been talking about for some time now imminent? we re in ukraine with the latest. frightening moments onboard a flight after a passenger opened a door in the air. how does that even happen? we re going to show you the terrifying moments ahead. let me tell you, if that could happen i would probably just pass out. if
[laughter] it s the way of the world, kids. [laughter] tom hanks also received a hearted branded volleyball, in reference to his 2000 movie castaway. congratulations. considering all that context he just gave its honorary. cnn this morning continues right now. it is a wonderful saturday morning. i am glad you are part of it. good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. i m victor blackwood. what do you do with an honorary degree, though? if you have a ph.d. or a doctorate in arts, can you actually go and be a professor? some people go around and demand that you call them doctor, with an honorary degree! yes, i know a couple. okay, well, maybe i need to get an honorary doctorate so you can call me doctorate. i am doctor amara walker. thank you so much for spending a part of your morning with us. a lot going on this morning. today, millions of people heading out to their memorial day destinations. we re gonna tell you what to expect at the airport, and wha
Try changing your baby boys diarrhea, and tell us. well, there you go for your breakfast chance. that s all right academy award winning actor tom hanks has learned, earned rather, a degree from harvard the commencement speech, he gave it to the harvard class of 2022 graduates. and the school gave him an honorary doctorate of arts. the crowd erupted in laughter when he talked about how he earned that honor. without having done a lick of work without having spent any time in class, without ones walking into that library [laughter] in order to have anything to do with the graduating class of harvard, it s faculty, or it s distinguished alumni, i make a dam good living playing someone who did.