week of diplomacy. the ukrainian president expected to arrive at the g 7 summit soon and made a push to secure more military aid for his country s fight against russia. and biden in japan says he s not worried as he con fronts a crisis at home. debt ceiling talks stalling out even as the talks settle down with less than two weeks before the government could run out of money to pay its bills. plus, my conversation with the european president as day two of the g 7 summit gets underway. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. welcome. world leaders at the g 7 summit in japan are tackling china s growing global influence and russia s war on ukraine. while a topic not officially on the agenda also looms large. allies keep asking u.s. president joe biden about the debt crisis back home. talks are stalled, and the white house accuses republicans of pushing the country to the brink of defaulting on it debts. meantime, as ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is
tonight with new developments on two key countries for this country and the free world, how to avoid default in debt and how to ensure that russia s invasion of ukraine is rolled back. president biden at the g7 summit is grappling with both. on ukraine, a milestone, with president zelenskyy due to travel from ukraine to japan this weekend. president biden gave his okay for a joint allied effort to train ukrainian pilots on f-16 fighters and other advanced aircraft. and on the debt ceiling, it looks like talks, which the president was being updated on remotely, are back on again. they resumed tonight just hours of kevin mccarthy s republican negotiators called a halt to them earlier today. we have correspondents spanning the globe tonight. phil mattingly traveling with the president in japan. what is the latest you re hearing from white house officials about debt ceiling negotiations? reporter: you know, anderson, as you point out, there was a pause, house republican negotia
- [announcer] do you have an invention idea but don t know what to do next? call invent help today. they can help you get started with your idea. call now 800-710-0020. good evening. we begin tonight with new developments on two key questions for this country and the free world. how to prevent a default on the national debt that could destroy global confidence in our economy, and how to ensure russia s ifivation of ukraine is rolled back. president biden at the g7 summit in hiroshima, japan, and grappling with both. on ukraine a milestone with president zelenskyy due to travel from ukraine to japan this weekend. president biden gave his okay for the joint effort to train ukrainian fighter pilots on f-16 fighters and other advanced aircraft. and on debt ceilings it looks like talks the president was updated on remotely are back on again. they resumed tonight hours after house speaker kevin mccarthy s negotiators called a halt to them earlier today. as only cnn can we have co
millimeter mortar rounds landed inside the u.s. embassy compound in baghdad. gillian: iran-backed forces hit 75 times in the last two months. we will bring you developments as they come in. my son has done nothing wrong. i trust him, i have faith in him. my son did nothing wrong. i did nothing wrong. did not do a single thing wrong as everybody has investigated. one single bit of evidence, not one little tiny bit to say anything done was wrong. john: well, president biden has defended his son for years, but now new legal trouble has emerged for hunter biden. nine federal charges for alleged tax crimes. good friday afternoon to you, i m john roberts. nice to spend it with you. gillian: you as well, john. gillian turner in for sandra. this is america reports . three of the nine charges are felonies that carry up to 17 years in prison if convicted. according to the indictment filed in california by special counsel david weiss, hunter failed to pay nearly $1.5 million in
consider the terms of a temporary truce. what could be an imminent deal to release dozens of hostages. a senior u.s. official and source familiar with the talks in the region tell nbc that would include hamas freeing around 50 women and children in change for 150 palestinian prisoners being held by israel. in addition, fighting would be paused for several days to allow for fuel and other aid to get in. president biden sounding optimist, saying it s looking good to bring the hostages home and we expect this deal to dominate at a pentagon press briefing that is scheduled to start any minute now. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with raf sanchez who reports from tel aviv. what more to we know about what this deal entails? whether israel is going to go along with it? do we know which meeting netanyahu is in right now? reporter: so, chris, he is still in this meeting with the full cabinet. it has been going on for an hour. we think it