both men said talks were productive and repeated their stance that a default is off the table. to avoid that, though, they ll have to work out an agreement within the next ten days. my college michelle fleury explains. even before president biden met with house speaker kevin mccarthy, negotiators were once again around the table, trying to strike a deal to avoid a default. now, sources say the white house is now offering to keep spending flat from this year to next, while republicans they say they want to increase defence spending while cutting everything else by up to 22%. treasury secretary janet yellen confirmed over the weekend that june 1st is the hard deadline, when the government can no longer pay its bills. and the deadline for a deal may actually be sooner in order for it to pass the house and senate in time. and there s another worry even if they do get a deal done in time, will rank and file members of both parties go for it? the impact of defaulting would
politicsnation. we are following a breaking news story, a suspected chinese surveillance balloon has been shot down off of the carolina coast, just a few hours ago. the president confirming that he gave the order earlier this week but the military waited until the balloon could be down safety the government is now collecting the balloons remains from u.s. waters. the news comes after the faa partially shut down airspace and the region earlier today. we are bringing the latest on this breaking news story as details a marriage. and i have talked to the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee about whether americans should be worried. that isn t just a minute but first, tonight s lead, boosting black voices. right, now democrats are gaming out with the next two years will look like for the party as expected earlier today. the dnc voted to reorder democrats presidential primary schedule. elevating south carolina to lead off of that schedule. with other racially div
nhs bosses in wales they say health services are experiencing demand like never seen before, and urge people to do what they can to help. celebrations have begun to mark the start of 2023 with firework displays in auckland, new zealand and at sydney harbour the former pope, benedict xvi, has died at the age of 95. the vatican says he passed away this morning at his residence there. his health had been worsening in recent weeks. benedict served as head of the roman catholic church for eight years until 2013, when he became the first pope in 600 years to announce his retirement. he was german by birth, and was known for his conservative theological outlook. this was the moment his death was confirmed in rome bells ringing in st peter s square in vatican city. the vatican says pope benedict s body will lie in state from monday in st peter s basilica and that pope francis will lead the funeral on january 5th. here s our religon editor, aleem maqbool. cerebral by character
hello. i m pamela brown. welcome to cnn newsroom. the historic storm the new york governor called the blizzard of the century has now killed 25 people in the buffalo area. and a top erie county official says that number is likely to rise. he said the conditions have been so severe, their own rescuers needed rescuing. intense winds created whiteout conditions as 43 inches of snow dropped in just 24 hours. listen to what one family with four young kids faced, after they lost power and went in search of a heated hotel room. it was very intense. we tried to keep it together for as long as possible. because we didn t want to fight. it was like looking at a white piece of construction paper. you couldn t see anything at all. like absolutely nothing until you were probably about a foot away from even cars. with their bright lights on. you just couldn t see anything. not yellow traffic signs, not traffic. you couldn t see anything. you couldn t see a traffic light. you have t
as the streets were filled with people. ukrainian officials describe it as a precision strike aimed at a particular civilian target from the actual fighting. cnn s scott mclean is on-site for us to walk us through what you are seeing there right now. reporter: i just want to quickly point out, this is across the street from one of the streetcars that would have been writing at the time when this went off all of the windows were blown out. let me take you over this way and show you this is the actual building that was hit with this is called a house of officers. it s actually a concert hall, a really ornate concert hall from the soviet era. it s quite his work, firefighters are still putting water on this it might be difficult to see against the sky, but there is still steam coming off the building. now we are nine hours or so later. i will take you over this way and show you, this is an office building across the street. you can see it s maybe nine stories high. i see two o