united states, and all around the world. i m little rock. a dam breach in ukraine happening right now, severe flooding underway, fears it could lead to major disruption and threatened thousands of lives. who is behind it? we will have a live report. how the pool guy at mar-a-lago is factoring into the special counsel s investigation of donald trump, and his handling of classified documents. plus, apple hoping reality will bite, the company s new virtual reality headset revealed, but what will people use it for? and who will be able to fork over thousands of dollars for it? live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with leyla heroic. we begin in eastern ukraine where a major dam in the kherson region was just destroyed and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy will hold an emergency meeting to discuss the situation. as you can see water pouring out from the breach, threatening the lives of thousands of people. ukrainian officials planning evacuations telling residents n
been achieved. crisis averted, senators stop the default clock with a late night vote to suspend the debt limit. plus donald trump tells his side. former president s first comments on cnn s report that he admitted on tape to taking secret documents and why didn t he do it his first four years? florida s ron desantis taking direct aim at trump just days before three more candidates are set to join the already crowded gop race. wo happy friday, everybody. we made it. and we begin with government default averted. a bipartisan vote in the senate late last night to suspend the nation s debt limit through 2024. president biden praising congress for its work in a statement adding that he looks forward to signing the bill as soon as possible. the president will deliver his oval office address to the nation tonight at 7:00 eastern. more now from melanie zanona. reporter: after weeks of intense negotiations and with just days to go before the default deadline, congress has
run. why? he says although he saw a path for victory which usually people that see a path for victory do it, but he thought his role could be better played in expressing support for someone else and excerpting pressure as the new hampshire governor throughout this process taking on donald trump who he clearly doesn t want to be the nominee. he sat down with dana bash and explained more of his thinking. the math has shown donald trump has no chance of winning in november of 2024. he won t even win georgia. if you re a republican who can t win georgia, you have no shot. he s proven that. if republicans nominate him, we re saying a vote for him is a vote for joe biden. that s how the math will play out. that s his assessment of the math. one other thing to think about is the new hampshire primary itself now with the governor out will become a more important contest because you don t have a hometown player. interesting. david, stick around. let s talk about the democratic
carolina all the way to new york city and maine. tonight the hurricane force wind gusts coming, already bringing down trees and power lines across several states. the confirmed tornado tonight, 90-mile-per-hour winds. thousands of flights cancelled and delayed. boston s logan airport issuing a ground stop for hours. now the big change coming tomorrow morning. rob marciano is here. tonight the awful images just in, hamas releasing video showing three hostages, three seniors pleading for their release. tonight the outrage over three hostages accidentally killed by the israeli military. they were waving a white flag to show they were not the enemy. the stunning moment president biden s motorcade is struck by a driver. you can hear the crash. the president then rushed into an suv, and what we ve learned about the driver tonight. mary bruce with new reporting. tonight republican candidates for president forced to address donald trump s use of language similar to hitler.
we ll tell you why. also, chris rock claps back nearly a year after millions around the world watched the infamous slap by will smith at the oscars. rock reacts. i m not a victim, baby! and, later, echos from the past. musical instruments saved and restored, play sounds of survival. my grandfather didn t want to see instruments being destroyed, broken, or lost. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thanks for joining us on this sunday. the race for the white house is on. former president donald trump took a victory lap after winning more than 60% of a straw poll vote at the conservative political action conference in maryland. some of his potentially biggest challengers were no-shows at the event as the republican primary field is starting to take shape. for the democrats, president biden has yet to face any real competition from within his own party. but today on in anface the nat joe manchin left the door