everyone. thank you for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. a deal to avoid a debt default is about to be revealed. president biden and speaker mccarthy are finalizing an agreement to raise the debt limit. president biden saying this earlier today. i m about to go in and call mccarthy now at 3:00, make sure all the ts are crossed and the is are dotted. i think we re in good shape. house leaders expect the bill to be voted on as soon as wednesday. speaker mccarthy is confident the deal will pass. february 1st i sat down with the president. i said let s work together to be able to raise the debt ceiling but curb the amount of spending, to let mark be able to work again, cut red tape, get some work requirements to help people get back into work. i think this agreement frames all that from limit, save, grow. it doesn t get everything we wanted. we did a conference call with our conference and over 95% were overwhelmingly excited about what they see. they re getting a text
round-the-clock negotiations are on in washington as america faces the very real chance of a potentially catastrophic debt default. house speaker kevin mccarthy saying today he sees progress, but there are still major sticking points that need to be ironed out on everything from spending caps to work requirements. one top republican negotiator warning a deal could be reached as soon as today or they could collapse completely. meanwhile, the national deficit is growing every second, and with no deal in place the u.s. could run out of money to pay its bills, which could have a disastrous impact on the economy. the treasury secretary now saying that could happen in just eight days. cnn s covering all of the angles. what are the obstacles reaching lawmakers from reaching a deal? negotiators were in the capitol until 2:30 a.m. this morning and now they re back in house speaker kevin mccarthy s office meeting virtually with the white house as they continue to try and hash out the
russia launches another air strike into ukraine, this one hitting a hospital. the damage therine is significa. our team in dnipro getting a firsthand look at the destruction and the victims. why the death toll could have been even worse. and an investigation into the death of a navy seal following hell week leads to calls for an overhaul to the training program. we have stunning findings to share with you. a particularly busy 24 hours in ukraine. the latest reports are of explosions in the russian-occupied city of mariupol. city officials saying in a social media post that there were strikes on the occupied steel plant there. this comes after russian strikes inside ukraine on a psychiatric hospital in dnipro earlier today. that attack killed at least two, injured 31 others. you can see video from the scene showing the fire, but also the rubble of that medical facility following the strike. ukraine s president zelenskyy has called it an attack by terrorists. sam kail
one. airlines facing a stress test this memorial day weekend. aaa expects air travel to be busier than it s been in nearly 20 years. also, the washington post with quite an exclusive report this morning. workers at mar-a-lago moved boxes a day before the fbi came to pick up classified documents last year. how that etcvidence could determine obstruction. and one of the most powerful republicans in texas is facing possible impeachment by fellow republicans. the gop led committee of state lawmakers wants the attorney general removed. big basketball headline this morning. the boston celtics staying alive with a dominant game five win against the heat in the eastern conference finals, and the lsu women s basketball champs heading to the white house today. this hour of cpr thi cnn this m starts right now. but we begin with your, hopefully, long holiday weekend. memorial day travel. airports are going to be very busy, the busiest in two decades as america bounces back from
the race is on. run for the holiday weekend, but not before we tell you how jammed the roads and skies are. new data just released on crowded airports. a dress rehearsal for obstruction. a new report says mar-a-lago employees moved boxes of papers the day before the fbi searched trump s home for classified documents, and they allegedly held a practice session weeks before. what the fbi is now investigating. and the terrifying moments captured on camera after a passenger opens an emergency exit door mid flight. the incredible video from inside that plane. we are following these major developing stories and many more right here on cnn news central . it s 9:00 a.m. do you know where your holiday weekend is? it is on. let us be your guide through the fun and frustration and maybe the other f words in what looks like could be a historic holiday rush. this is a live look at reagan national airport. air travel is expected to be up by at least 11%, 3.4 million people are set