watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom. these images coming to us just moments ago. germany s chancellor welcoming ukraine s president zelenskyy after they get another multi-billion dollar aid package from berlin. they aren t seeing the migrant numbers feared. talks break the debt ceiling stalemate, the latest effort to keep america from defaulting. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is in berlin meeting with german officials. these are live images coming to us from berlin and these meetings come on the heels of the biggest batch of military aid to ukraine. meanwhile, zelenskyy is indicating ukraine will soon start taking first important steps for its expected co counteroffensive soon. inside ukraine russian artillery is pummelling targets across the country. this is video of a drone strike across the western part o
To join us with reaction to Michael Cohens testimony but, first, jug head is in a jam. Thats to the focus of tonights angle. Laura The Big Moment In Court today was supposed to be the playing of a taped conversation that Michael Cohen recorded between trump and himself back in 2016, yeah. 8 years ago where they could be heard talking about how they would buy the rights to karen macdougalls story. And on the tape cohen can be heard explaining to the then president ial candidate his plans to form an llc through which he would finance the purchase of the rights to that womans story. We know what happened, okay, get rid of this. Its so false what they are saying, such bull [bleep] laura its all bull today as well. None of the hype amounted to anything. None of it proved anything. Lets break it down for you. Remember, in this case the state has to prove that the trump organizations internal bookkeeping records were not only falsified, okay, but they also were falsified to the extent that tr
you are used to experiencing them. this one seems different. as we heard, the shear size and scope of what s expected. you re in the world s biggest refugee camp close to 1 million people are there. so describe how people there will be sheltering from this. well, the camps themselves are the largest in the world. the refugees are living in shelters made of bamboo and tarps. the shelters cannot withstand the rain and winds. they are likely to be inundated if there are heavy rains and we are terribly worried about what might just happen if the storm and the cyclone picks up at this part this side of the border. the government has been excellent in preparing the refugees and working with us in
dangerous. treasury secretary janet yellen warns of an historic financial crisis if the u.s. defaults on its debt. this is playing with fire. it could stop payments to social security recipients. it could stop payments to veterans it could raise interest rates. the government can t pay benefits because it s low on cash and can t borrow. republicans say it s up to democrats to address the debt limit. especially since they want to splurge on their partisan $3.5 trillion social spending package. they don t want a single republican vote on spending measures but they think we should have to raise the debt limit for them. republicans threaten to filibuster a debt limit hike. they want democrats to wedge the debt limit into the social spending plan which is exempt from a filibuster. democrats are already struggling to pass that bill, because of its shear size. it s inflation bomb we need to slow down because we are going to create inflation for democrats to come. democrats stuff
from 16 to 48. investigators believe that this is an isolated incident. very turn now to the dire warning about the amazon rainfore rainforest. top scientists say it has reached into a tipping point where it could turn into a savannah, a grassy plain with few trees and release billions of tons of carbon into the atmosphere. joining me now is kendra pierre lewis. thanks for having me. how bad is the situation right now in the amazon in what are some of the main causes for this. so it s really bad based on this editorian. the big driver is human deforestation. so the amazon makes its own rain because of the shear size of it but as you cut away at it it s less able to zak that zone rain so it will start getting drier and drier, and you end up with a savannah. people think of the amazon as