latter part that president zelenskyy, excuse me, did not really flip over. he wants to be in n.a.t.o. right now and of course, that s not happening. lucas tomlinson at the white house with more, lucas. let s go back how the week started. president zelenskyy was angry and fired off a tweet he was angry there was not much more concrete steps to join n.a.t.o. we heard president biden language without a firm date and president biden later spoke in helsinki and hinted the war could be over soon. the answer is, putin has already lost the war and my hope and expectation that ukraine makes significant progress on their offensive and that it generates a negotiated settlement somewhere along the line. the best possible solution would be some sort of negotiated settlement, as you heard the president talk about, but everybody realizes, dana, that s not possible right now. some u.s. officials privately called this war a stalemate. the front lines have not changed significantly, ne
fine. a lot of you will say, neil, don t talk. anyway, we ve got more on what s happening on the price front, where are that that s all going down for the time being, but the real trouble for much of the country and up to a third of all americans is this heat wave that s gripping a good part of the country. fox weather s robert ray in galveston, texas, where it s particularly hot. welcome, my friend. reporter: neil, good good morning to you. happy weekend, happy saturday. galveston island just off of houston, the gulf of mexico. and look at that, neil, this big seawall, 20-foot seawall, jetting down. it was created after the 1900 hurricane that still killed more people in america than any other natural disaster. it is scorching here this morning. temps expected to be in the mid if 90s, dripping as i speak right now. gulf of mexico temperatures above average, and that is concerning, definitely, as our tropical storm season is about to heat up in august and into september. in
much. the next hour of cnn this morning starts now. happy new year s eve. i m victor blackwell. emma walker is anchoring later this afternoon. we are just hours away from 2024 in the u.s., but look at this sydney, australia, is celebrating right now. it s just after midnight there. we re seeing all the fireworks. let s take a moment and watch and listen. . all right. fantastic fireworks show over the sydney harbor. sydney one of the first major cities in the world to celebrate the new year heading into 2024. 16 hours before we do here on the east coast. happy new year to everybody there in sydney. let s come back home now and start with new york city putting the finishing touches on its preparations for the iconic new year s eve ball drop in times square. brinn gingras is up early on a sunday morning for us. brinn, happy early new year to you. what were you seeing? reporter: you, too, victor. thanks for that introduction. i appreciate it. listen, i m in th
this is just incredible to see. such an elab rit display and celebration there in dubai. that is wow, just impressive to watch that, as they ring in the new year, 2024, in the uae. this is dubai, just i m speechless. so cool. all right, and we re going to stick with the celebrations around the world. let s go to scott mclean in georgia, where just moments ago, you all rang in the new year as w well. what s with your glasses? is that santa on your head? a lot of explaining to do here. but basically, let me set the scene and then i ll explain the glasses. we re watching some georgian performances happening here on the stage. this is first republic square, the times square of tubleesy. you can see the crowd has been lined up here for hours and in the sky, there s a fireworks display still going on. to be honest with you, i have no idea whether this is the official fireworks display or whether this is just very excited fesitive georgians lighting off their own firework
impossible. we won this public narrative with the support of the american people between president biden and speaker mccarthy, house republicans won from start to finish. ainsley: president biden also praising its passage this is what he tweeted out. i have been clear that the only path forward is a bipartisan compromise that can earn the support of both parties. this agreement meets that test. but other lawmakers on the hill arguing it doesn t go far enough to curb spending. some republicans even suggesting there might be an effort to oust speaker mccarthy from his role. how do you. discussion on the motion to vacate. there will be discussion motion to vacate, yeah. stay tuned. the discussion about the motion to vacate is going to happen in the next week or two. brian: all right. the deal now heads to the senate with four days to go before the default deadline set by treasury secretary yellen. she is very elastic with that deadline depending on how many days pr