she ll be back later this week. we re lucky to have the brilliant and beautiful sarah sidener with us. let s get started. ten days left, that s it. the debt negotiations are deadlocked. the the president and house speaker set to meet soon. the republican 2024 feel is expanding. tim scott is about to announce his bid today. governor ron desantis is about to jump in later this week. and a cnn exclusive. paul whelan, the u.s. says is wrongfully imprisoned in russia, called cnn from behind bars. his message, he s confident the wheels are turning towards his release. a man accused murdering four university of idaho students will appear in court today. efface fours counts of murder and one count of burglary. and we have liftoff. a spacex rocket commanded by a woman is set to dock at the international space station this morning. it s only the second private mission ever. but nasa hopes this is just the beginning. cnn this morning starts right now. all right. here s where w
our support for ukraine will not waiver. nato will not be divided and we will not tire. [ applause ] president putin craven lust for land and power will fail. and the ukrainians love for their country will prevail. a pretty powerful speech and i would say historic for the president. good morning everyone. president biden is making a vow on the world stage, russia will lose and ukraine will win with america s help. we are live in warsaw where the president is about to meet with leaders from the eastern flank. and we will break down the millions in weapons and aid that the you is delivering to ukraine. and a new half billion dollars that president biden has announced, there is skepticism growing at home. the party is growing divided on spending more money on ukraine. some are in up with biden. and the head of the epa drinking a glass of tap water, obviously very significant near the site of the train wreck in ohio. is that enough to assure they are safe? the epa director
still without power. the extent of the death and destruction may just be coming to light. governor ron desantis is defending officials in lee county where more than half the storm related deaths have been announced. they re facing criticism for issuing evacuation orders a day later than neighboring counties. here s what governor ron desantis told cnn. is that what you ll be reviewing, looking at the evacuation orders even lee county if they had followed their own evaluation orders from what we reviewed they should have had the evacuation order sooner. the issue is they informed people and most people did not want to do it. that s just the reality. you re in a situation, are you going to grab somebody out of their home that doesn t want to. i don t think that s the appropriate use of government. i think that takes it a little too far. reporter: boris sanchez joins us live from fort myers this morning to tell us what they re dealing with there. boris, what s the latest?
Look at that camera work. less than three hours space tourists are expected to dock with the international space station. this is the second group of these kinds of astronauts heading to the iss. the crew includes three paying customers and a former nasa astronaut. separation. wow. you can see live on your screen that dragon. poppy is clapping. i am clapping. the crew will spend eight days aboard the iss and conduct more than 20 experiments. cnn is live for us this morning at kennedy space center in florida. of how is it going? well, sarah and poppy, good morning. things are going pretty well out here. it was a spectacular launch here at kennedy space center yesterday afternoon.
Require compromise and some movement from gop positions. but bottom line here, the president, speaker mccarthy, they re facing very serious time constraints. yesterday we heard treasury secretary janet yellen reaffirm she believes the u.s. could default on the debt as early as june 1st. really highlighting the urgency, the fact this is a very fast moving situation and really that the leaders that president biden and speaker mccarthy need to act very quickly in order to avert a default. for the time being, it still remains it appears the differences are vast. let s go to lauren now. earlier, poppy mentioned mccarthy has a narrow majority in the house. how does thim s impact his strategy? we re at crunch time now. yeah, sarah. he doesn t have the kind of negotiating room that he would have if he had a larger republican majority. in the back of his mind, it has to be this reality that he is going to lose conservative