plus failure to launch. north korea admits its attempt to put a satellite in orbit did not go as planned. and chilling new warning about artificial intelligence, could ai one day be the death of us all? good morning, welcome to our viewers here in the grouunited states and around the world. a crucial day ahead as republican and democratic leaders race to overt a government default. first votes begin midafternoon on the compromise bill to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for spending cuts. the timing is very tight to pass the measure by june 5, first kay the treasury says it may not be able to pay all it bills.kay the treasury says it may not be able to pay all it bills. conservative republicans are threatening to unseat kevin mccarthy if he doesn t keep a promise to pass a bill with the majority of republicans on board. still stundecided. i m angry that we are being held hostage. and we are continuing to be held hostage because we don t have a choice. i think to a democ
asylum seekers in new york today and what officials say are the largest single day of migrants in the city so far. a small amount of rain. it is more than enough to force dozens of people to be evacuated from a national park in new mexico. health officials trying a new tactic to protect the most vulnerable from monkeypox by distributing the vaccine at pride parades. we begin with what s been the largest single day arrival of migrants in new york city to date. a mix of individuals now starting a new life in new york. after a 1700 mile trip from texas. these people to some degree are political pawns in a fight over u.s. immigration. texas governor abbott who sent thousands of migrants to cities like new york and washington, d.c. say it is president biden s border policies that forced the hand. democrats like new york mayor called the program inhumane with migrants said to be arriving hungry, thirsty and sick. abbott is just acting out of desperation was political said. this i
return to the campaign trail. cnn s joe johns joins us from the white house. joe, what does biden have on his agenda for this week? battleground states. he s about to go to wisconsin, pennsylvania, also ohio to a groundbreaking for a semiconductor plant there. a huge $20 billion semiconductor plant. so this time of year the labor day weekend is traditionally the time when campaigns start bearing down. the voters start focusing on the candidates. joe biden s name, of course, nowhere on the ballot. but the fact that he s going to these three battleground states tells you a little bit about what the biden people are thinking. it wasn t very long ago that there were real concerns about the challenges faced here at the white house by the biden administration challenges including inflation, the president s approval numbers, the price of gasoline. now some of those challenges have started to ease up and democrats are thinking things might not be as bad as they first thought they c
despite china s threats. and a pivotal week for president biden s agenda as democrats aim for senate passage of climate and health care legislation, mindful that the midterms are now just 99 days away. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. let s get straight to the flood disasters in eastern kentucky right now. the death toll as of now, 35. with hundreds, hundreds of people still missing. evan santoro is on the scene for us. the governor who will join us live in just a few moments, said this is the deadliest and most devastating flood disaster he s seen in his life. reporter: i ll tell you, wolf, we took a tour of some of these damaged areas with the governor over the weekend. and the emotion was so obvious on his face. it is clear when anyone sees the devastation, it is just it is it overcomes you. people in this area of kentucky, there is a mountainous region and people are used to
buttons dragging my remote kid it looks like your generation has evolved past traditional political symbols. and there s room for everyone. yeah puke rainbows when taken good morning you were alive in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington this morning millions of americans are in the grip of extreme weather, deadly wildfires, a record-breaking heat wave, and the first alert of a much feared atlantic hurricane season buckle up. everybody in new mexico, thousands of people are racing to escape two wildfires, at least one person has died, and the number of destroyed buildings has tripled in just a few hours, a short time ago on cnn, we heard from a man who made the gut wrenching decision to evacuate with his wife and their three-year-old daughter we don t know what s going to happen with our home and my daughter was called the patents that but she thought we were leaving that we ve never come back. and i said, no, we re not leaving. we re not given up the house. i