and we begin this morning with breaking news on capitol hill. where a major defense bill has been turned into a debate over social issues. overnight, the republican-led house passed a series of amendments to nearly $900 billion defense policy bill. the amendments include overturning the pentagon s abortion policy, banning transgender health services for military personnel and other things. meanwhile, republican senator tommy tuberville continues to hold up military promotions over the pentagon s abortion policy, which defense secretary lloyd austin warned was a national security issue. this is a national security issue, it is a readiness issue, and we shouldn t kid ourselves. i think any member of the senate armed services committee knows that. joining us from capitol hill is ali vitali. also with us is brandon buck, an msnbc political analyst. ali, what is happening with the vote at this hour? reporter: yeah, i believe, jose, the vote is not yet closed, but that the nd
next step, a showdown in the senate. jack smith now challenging former president trump s efforts to delay his criminal trial on the classified documents until after next year s election. raising the possibility he could pardon himself. jared kushner has spoken to prosecutors about trump s alleged attempts to overturn the election. we will check in on trump s republican rivals without him in iowa for the informal launch of the republican caucus campaign. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. hollywood comes to a standstill for the first time in more than six decades. sag-aftra, the union representing film and tv actors is now on strike after talks with studios collapsed following four weeks of negotiations. in a blow to the $134 billion industry, of course, the two sides clashing over residual payments in the age of streaming and the usual of artificial intelligence to replace actors. the union president blasting the studios yesterday. i am shocked by
now congress failure to reel in post-pandemic spending is forcing the central bank to tighten credit, choke spending and heighten risk of recession. in reality, this is not debate about spending, but who is going to do the spe spending. todd: alexandria hoff has more. alexandria: june 1 is the day the treasury secretary janet yellen has given for when it is debt limit must be resolved, if not, world implications would follow. today president biden and kevin mccarthy will meet after what was called a productive phone call last night. i just finished a phone call with the president, he s flying back on air force one. we re talking about his trip there and positive things that took place and spent time talking about the debt ceiling and where we are and i believe it was a productive phone call. we can solve some problems if he understands what we re looking at. we have to spend less money. alexandria: the president arrived back from washington. in japan, president biden
just ahead, epic snowfall in california, measured in feet. so much snow, some ski resorts closed. cars buried, roads shut down, some people trapped in their homes as another major system barrels towards the state today. millions of americans will wake up this morning without a pandemic era benefit that helped them buy groceries, even as inflation has caused food prices to soar. plus at least three dozen people are dead after two trains collide head-on in greece. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for being with us. well, california under blizzard warning. parts of the gelden state have been buried in up to 7 feet of snow over the past few days as a freezing cold system moves inland over the u.s. on tuesday, 23 million americans were under winter weather alerts with many of those in california. the surprise snowstorms are also bringing high winds streaming across the southwest, and more snow tracking up across the pacific northwes
i m kind kim brunhuber. ahead we are not out of the woods yet. the threat to communities remains and waters will continue to rise even after these storms have passed. the already drenched state of california is bracing for even more storms. we ll have a report from the cnn weather center with a preview of this weekend s weather and new details in the case of the missing massachusetts mother, what she told police nine years ago about her husband. plus a huge explosion in the disputed ukrainian city of soledar as russia claims it has captured the city, this is amid new attacks in kyiv. we ll have a live report from ukraine. life from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. and we begin with extreme weather across the united states. in california, more than 25 million people are under flood watches this weekend, including the entire bay area, snrlcentra valley and central california coastline. more waves of storms fueled by a strong atmospheric river