still holds part of the burned out city of bakhmut. but how much of it and for how long? and senator tim scott getting into the race for president today with florida s ron desantis not far behind. good morning, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. this monday. president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are set to meet again today as they try to strike a deal to lift the debt ceiling. only ten days in june 1st. that s the earliest estimated date the government might not be able to pay all of its bills. mccarthy spoke to the president sunday by phone from air force one as he flew home from japan. i believe it was a productive phone call. and so at the end of the phone call, what we agreed to do is we re going to have patrick mchenry get back together withese going to ask his team, get back together. so, we can walk them through literally what we ve been talking about. i think some of the challenges they may not comp
in awe of what you you ve done so far, truly, it s incredible. together with the g7, we have ukraine s back, and i promise we re not going anywhere. reporter: not going anywhere. now, this was the first meeting between biden and zelenskyy, since the u.s. president flew to kyiv. and christiner president biden discussed u.s. support for joint effort with allied and partner nations to train ukrainian pilots on f-16s, something the ukrainians have been pushing hard for to. defend their territory. we heard from president biden, he voiced support for just peace in ukraine. so the country s territorial, integrity and sovereignty was non-negotiable, christine. anna coren in hong kong. thanks. paul whelan said he has growing confidence in the u.s. diplomat s release from the russian prison where he s been