a trump call recorded again and this time, he is heard pressuring two michigan election workers to not certify the 2020 presidential elections, the call, the promises on the call and the potential fallout today. and president biden heading into the new year with a game plan and campaign target, and as you can imagine, the target is donald trump, and the message he is planning to deliver to voters in key battleground states ahead. if you are traveling for the holidays, take comfort to know that you will be joined by millions of your closest friends that you have not met yet. the busiest christmas travel season yet is under way and we will track how is it going for you. i m kate bolduan with sara sidner and john is off today. this is cnn news central. donald trump, again, recorded pressuring officials in the futile attempts to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 election. first, it was in georgia where he called the secretary of state and everyone heard tha
you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in atlanta. we begin this hour with high stakes negotiations starting back up on the nation s looming debt crisis. just minutes ago talks resumed on the staff level in washington. but they will set the stage for a top level meeting tomorrow. president biden is expected to sit down with republican house speaker kevin mccarthy. the two men spoke by phone today as the president was flying back home from the g7 summit in japan. this new glimmer of optimism is a quick compromise appears increasingly bleak. the u.s. could run out of money to pay debts as early as june 1st. experts say that would be disastrous for the u.s. and the global economy. let s go the to white house and arlette saenz. what this what are they saying over there? the president returned to washington much the same when he left it, without any clear resolution in sight to avert a national default on the debts as early as 11 days from now. now, one thing that t
still holds part of the burned out city of bakhmut. but how much of it and for how long? and senator tim scott getting into the race for president today with florida s ron desantis not far behind. good morning, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. this monday. president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are set to meet again today as they try to strike a deal to lift the debt ceiling. only ten days in june 1st. that s the earliest estimated date the government might not be able to pay all of its bills. mccarthy spoke to the president sunday by phone from air force one as he flew home from japan. i believe it was a productive phone call. and so at the end of the phone call, what we agreed to do is we re going to have patrick mchenry get back together withese going to ask his team, get back together. so, we can walk them through literally what we ve been talking about. i think some of the challenges they may not comp
you made it. you made it to saturday, april 29th. always my favorite day of the week. good to have you along. i m victor black well. welcome to cnn this morning. and i feel like it s starting to warm up. it gets warm, cools. we re settling in, folks. we are. thanks so much for sharing part of our saturday morning with us. here s what we re watching. more than 20 million people are facing severe threats of storms again after parts of the south were pelted with baseball-sized hail this week. the main threat we re watching out for. the president can no longer ignore by not negotiating. we are still waiting for house republicans to produce a budget. they produced a ransom note. democrats and republicans spar over the debt limit. will this week s republican plan force the white house to negotiate spending cuts? we ll discuss. at least 23 people are dead after russia unleashed a deadly attack on ukrainian civilians yesterday. our team is live on scene where rescue e
i am a victim of one of the great political smear campaigns in the history of our country. the entire thing has been a witch hunt, and there s no collusion. if there were lawyers they d be disbarred for what they re doing. it s a one-sided witch hunt, and i am a victim, i will tell you i m a victim oh, they re after me for so many things oh, those prosecutors. for years donald trump has complained about potential legal problems now it s a reality for the former president we have a lot to get to this morning on the historic indictment by the manhattan grand jury plus, we ll have reactions from top republicans including former vice president mike pence. and also ahead, a look at the security measures being put in place across new york city as authorities prepare for possible protests ahead of trump s arraignment. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this friday, march 31st, i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us, and we will begin this friday w