we are standing by for a big moment in space. a privately crewed spacecraft will dock with the international space station this hour, it s only the second time that has happened. and for the first time a woman is leading the mission. this is cnn news central. just a few hours from now high stakes talks on the debt crisis between president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy. they are set to resume in-person one-on-one. this morning it s not clear how close or how far they are from a deal. what is clear, they re almost out of time. in ten days the u.s. could default on its $31 trillion debt. if that takes place it s not exactly clear what happens, but it s definitely very bad. government bills could go unpaid, millions of americans would feel it. social security checks, medicare, veterans benefits and the salaries of thousands of federal and military employees, they are at all risk. republicans are demanding steep budget cuts with no increase in revenue. the president h
Inside the Tiangong space station's Mengtian experiment module, there's a small, dextrous arm that can assist astronauts' everyday activities, Chinese broadcaster CCTV revealed.
commander aboard the international space station. she is joined by john shauffner the mission pilot and also joined by two saudis who have made history, one becoming the first saudi woman in space. again, john, the docking process is complete. it looks like around the 11:00 hour is when they re going to open that hatch and then these four crew members will meet the seven other astronauts and then they re going to get going on some of these space experiments over the next couple of days. john? 11 people at once, that s a mignon. carlos suarez at the kennedy space center, thank you very much. kate? thank you, john. all right. so we re going to turn to this, back here in new york a mystery in new york city has ended in tragedy. two bodies recovered have been identified as two young boys who were reported missing last week. 11-year-old alpha berry and
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