right now secretary of state antony blinken is in the west bank, set to speak at any moment. this at the end of his three-day tour of the middle east, the trip gained new urgency following an outbreak of deadly violence. he met with mahmoud abbas earlier today and met with benjamin netanyahu yesterday in an effort to get both sides to work together to end the bloodshed. also kevin mccarthy will meet tomorrow with president biden at the white house for the first time since becoming house speaker. top of his agenda the debt ceiling. republicans with that slim majority in the house are holding the threat of defaulting on the nation s debt to demand budget cuts. and this morning two more memphis police officers have been put on leave in connection to the death of tyre nichols. that in addition to the five officers who have already been fired, charged with second-degree murder. plus, the memphis fire department has also fired three employees for their response or nonresponse
Investigation. for now, that boulder, though, is still in the home. i mean, just barely missed her. wow. they are okay, luckily. close call. close call. that s it for us. see you tomorrow, post-lakers. we will see if there are any bad calls tonight. was that humble brags right here. we re going to the lakers game. you re going, too. i don t know. i grew up not going to nba games so i m excited. it will be fun. we will see you tomorrow. have a great day, everyone. cnn newsroom starts right now. good tuesday morning to you, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill.