he s taken issue with how the war s been carried out and a brief tell fio to address president putin for the treasonous in the path. they embarked on path of betrayal and armed rebellion and the terrorist methods and answering both to the law and to the people. they claim the group controls russian armed forces and headquarters that s near the ukraine and the warmings operations and they said today that president putin is mistaken with traders in an audio message on telegram and this on treason of the motherland, the president is deeply wrong and we re patriots of our moreland and nobody turns themselves in at the request of the president and sfb, security service or anyone else. here s former cia station chief and fox news contributor. quite significant for ukraine and they re responsible for operations inside ukraine and this is a zero sum game and russia is focused on their own internal dissent and treasonous dissent. they can t take it as they otherwise would. repo
work requirements. but a lot of democrats say those work requirements are a red line. it could cost swing seat lawmakers in 2024 they warn. democrats say this whole crisis is manufactured, the only reason it is a problem is because republicans needed a political ax to swing at the democratic president they argue pointing to matt gaetz. he admitted they say, he called the debt ceiling his, quote, hostage. punch bowl has reported hakeem jeffries is conveying that message to the white house while also assuring house dems the white house is listening. at the same time punch bowl says jeffries is warning the white house they can t assume that they will have the 80 to 100 democratic votes they will need. so let s ask again as it becomes increasingly likely that kevin mccarthy and president biden will come to a deal, who can they count on to vote for it? joining me now is kayla tausche and also garrett haake. so kayla, where is the president going this weekend, is he going to camp d
he missed an opportunity to show america s face. this was maybe the big epps moment of his career and there s no video of it. there was nothing for networks to broadcast. no clips to distribute and run on loop for days. nothing to post online. newspapers and web sites couldn t even slap the announcement image on the front page. plus, run the risk of glitches and that could have been executed better. but, on the flip side. his team says the risk paid off because the guy has raised a ton of money since then. he raised over 8 million bucks in 24 hours and that s a record. and now that the twitter launch is out of the way, desantis is sticking to a more traditional campaign approach. is he doing the media blitz, fox, talk radio, podcast. and next week he is holding events in iowa, new hampshire, and south carolina. so his foot is on the gas and his sights are set on trump, he is looking to neutralize ron s strength on covid. listen. when the ron desanctimonious facts come out.
conclusion. it s going to be remarkable. have a great memorial day weekend. that does it for us this morning. yasmin vossoughian picks up the coverage right now. hey, everybody, it s 10:00 a.m. in the east, i m yasmin vossoughian in for ana cabrera this morning. urgency in washington with less than a week to avoid a catastrophic default. there s optimism that a deal is close, but can they get it done and before too much damage is done? we have a lot of hangups. do you think it s possible to get a deal by this weekend. look, we re not going to stop negotiating. this is a priority. plus, we ve got more questions about donald trump and classified documents at mar-a-lago. new exclusive reporting from the washington post, sources saying that two employees moved the boxes the day before a visit by fbi agents. what could that mean for the special counsel s investigation? growing outrage in mississippi, an attorney for an 11-year-old says the child was shot after he
happening now, mass destruction in more than 3,400 people dead after a powerful earthquake, and dozens of after o armageddon. stand by for new reporting on the catastrophes in turkey and syria as rescuers search for survivors and the death toll keeps rising and rising. also tonight, u.s. officials reveal new information on the size, cape abilities and the vae of the downed balloon. amid rising u.s./china tensions, and as president biden faces new international emergencies, he s also engaged in last-minute preparations for his state of the union address. we ll tell you what the president just said about his prime time speech to congress and the nation a little over 24 hours from now. welcome to our viewers here in the united states, and around the world, i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. let s get right to the unfolding earthquake disasters in turkey and syria and its truly devastating toll. cnn s jomana karadsheh is in istanbul. one of the most powerful quakes t