welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper. we take you into a world few get to see up close, the world of super yachts. private boats, some longer than a football field. they can cost hundreds of millions of dollars, and it seems there s plenty of buyers. since the pandemic, more people than ever are building and buying them. business is reportedly booming. they ve become status symbols for the super rich and striking symbols of economic inequality. their impact on the environment and the oceans is a topic of debate. the u.s. has seen some super yachts of russia s elite, and now your tax dollars are surprisingly being spent to keep their ships in tip-top shape. cnn s alisyn camerota takes us inside this hidden world of super yachts, and her first stop, the monaco yacht show. this is monaco. land of the ultra wealthy. dotting the harbor like crown jewels are some of the world s largest super yachts. that s no surprise considering this is the richest country in the worl
welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper. tonight, we take you into a world that few people get to see up close. the world of superyachts. private boats, some of them longer than a football field. they can cost hundreds of millions of dollars and it seems there are plenty of buyers. since the pandemic, more people than ever are building and buying them. business is reportedly booming. they ve become status symbols they ve become status symbols for the soup rer rich and striking symbols of inequality. their impact on the environment and the oceans is a topic of debat. the u.s. has seized some superyachts of russia s elite and now, your tax dollars are being spent to keep them in tiptop shape. cnn s s alisyn camerotota takes inside this world of superyachts. and her first stop, the monaco yacht show. this is monaco. land of the ultra wealthy.y. anand dotting g the harboror li crcrown jewelsls are some e of woworld s largrgest superyryach. bonjour. that s no
with anderson cooper airs next. thanks for joining us. i ll see you back here next weekend. have a good one. welcome to the whole story. tonight, we take you into a world that few people get to see up close. the world of superyachts. private boats, some longer than a football field. they can cost hundreds of millions of dollars and there are plenty of buyers. since the pandemic, more people are building and buying them. business is reportedly booming. they ve become status symbols for the super rich. their impact on the environment and the oceanis is a topic of debat. the u.s. has seized some superyachts of russia s elite and now, your tax dollars are being spent to keep them in shape. alisyn takes inside this world of superyachts and the first stop, the monaco yacht shohow. this is monaco. land of the ultra a wealthy. and dottining the harbrbor l li crowown jewel rs s are the e wo largest supeperyachts. that s no o surprise c consider thisis is the richest cocountry t
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
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