let s get started with five things to know for this tuesday, may 16th. new overnight, cnn obtained new video of a man chasing a screaming woman with a bat minutes before he allegedly attacked staffers at a congressman s field office. you hear the screams there. the suspect this morning is under arrest. virginia congressman says his staffers have nonlife threatening injuries. also in washington, president biden is going to meet with house speaker kevin mccarthy again today as both try to find a way forward when it comes to the debt ceiling. mccarthy said they re not closer than they were as a treasury secretary is doubling down that america is headed for a default as early as june 1st. durham is report is now out after three years in the making. the special counsel from the trump era the fbi should have never launched a full investigation into connections between the former president s 2016 campaign and russia. but he did not recommend any new criminal charges or, quote, w
communities on the brink, as thousands cross into the u.s. daily. we are live once again at the border. plus, released on bond. the u.s. marine who held a homeless man in a deadly chokehold on a new york city subway is now out of jail, after his first court appearance. daniel penny is facing a second-degree manslaughter charge. we have the latest on this case. and the oklahoma governor is waging a war on a pbs station, the home of sesame street. why the governor says it doesn t line up with oklahoma values. we are following major developing stories and many more coming in here to cnn news central. we begin with the crisis many fear has no clear end in sight. the rush of migrants to the southern border now that title 42, which of course dates back to the covid pandemic, is over. the policy allowed the u.s. to immediately remove undocumented arrivals, it expired 14 hours ago. and over the last two days federal authorities reported more than 10,000 people in border custo
decision, how do you control so no one else that s not a human being can make those firing decisions. these are all things being developed as we speak. one consistent point, jessica, that age is already here. it is here now. and before we let you go, i also want to ask you about u.s. aid, both to israel and ukraine. but specifically the ukraine aid seems to be somewhat in limbo, both of them need to get over the finish line. what are you hearing on that front? yeah, the irony of this, and i hear this from lawmakers in both parties, is that large ma majorities in both parties, the senate and the house, want to pass both israel and ukraine aid. there is a small population, particularly among republicans in the house, who are standing in the way. the leadership won t bring this to the floor. so negotiations are under way to get over that. they ve been focused in the senate where you would have a combination of things. ukraine, israel, but also new measures for border securit
at 3:00 p.m. is important for a few reasons, kaitlan. one of which is the last meeting a week ago did not go smoothly. the lawmakers and president came out holding duelling press conferences about their own plans moving forward. that really showed you just how far apart they are. staff has been working around the clock nearly every single day since that meeting to try and smooth over what the differences are right now, but what you re hearing from people who are watching these negotiations and getting read into them, like republican whip john thune, is that time is running short and in thune s view, the right people are not in the room. they believe that having biden and mccarthy in this room is going to be really important. perhaps they ll be able to nail down some more specifics. but like you noted, kaitlan, time is running short. and mccarthy has made clear he thinks they need to have a deal in hand by this weekend if they have any hope of moving this
readiness of the military. how does a service member do their job if they re worried their kids aren t getting enough to eat? why stay in the military if getting out means both spouses can be employed? since 2005, congress has debated a tax incentive for companies that hire military spouses and it was just introduced again because every year it has failed to pass. if you want to know more, check out our column. it is up right now on cnn.com. an important read on such a critical issue. thank you for bringing attention to it. still to come, florida governor ron desantis and former president donald trump holding duelling events in the critical caucus state of iowa. their messages and how each of them is being received by voters when we come back. is electric fs different. because it s powered by the most potent source of energy there is . you.. this is the lexus variety of electrification .