the u.s. treasury pushes back the possible default deadline from june 1st to june 5th, giving debt limit negotiators to reach an agreement. the house minority leader, hakeem jeffries, joins me in just a moment r for an exclusive interview. in ukraine, at least two people are dead and 30 injured after a russian attack on a medical clinic, ukraine claims was deliberate. we ll have a live report from the war zone. and as americans prepare to set out for the memorial day weekend, cnn is at the airport and on the highways with everything you need to know about one of the busiest travel days of the year. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. our top story this evening, the u.s. treasury says debt limit negotiators have slightly, slightly more time to try to strike a deal. but it s still not clear if the two sides can reach an agreement before the nation defaults. from congress to the white
[laughter] it s the way of the world, kids. [laughter] tom hanks also received a hearted branded volleyball, in reference to his 2000 movie castaway. congratulations. considering all that context he just gave its honorary. cnn this morning continues right now. it is a wonderful saturday morning. i am glad you are part of it. good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. i m victor blackwood. what do you do with an honorary degree, though? if you have a ph.d. or a doctorate in arts, can you actually go and be a professor? some people go around and demand that you call them doctor, with an honorary degree! yes, i know a couple. okay, well, maybe i need to get an honorary doctorate so you can call me doctorate. i am doctor amara walker. thank you so much for spending a part of your morning with us. a lot going on this morning. today, millions of people heading out to their memorial day destinations. we re gonna tell you what to expect at the airport, and wha
the presidents of this surveillance balloon over the united states, in our skies is a clear violation of our sovereignty, a clear violation of international law and clearly unacceptable. we ve made that clear to china. last, night the pentagon said it saw all report of a second chinese ty balloon has been spotted flying over latin america. china claims they are civilian weather balloons gone astray, but u.s. officials say the balloon spotted over montana this week was gathering intelligence and fly near one of the country s military places that operates and stores intercontinental ballistic missiles. joining me now is abc news, reporter gary grumbach, so gary, what in the world is going on? there s so many people who are wondering, why are we not shooting this thing down? yeah you know this really does seem like it s all out of a movie, thinking from u.s. official is that shooting it down would do more harm than good. president biden was given options on tuesday, when
passengers going through these security points. the previous record was february 4th, 2019. and if that date is familiar, that was the date after the super bowl, super bowl liii, right here in atlanta. they have 500 fewer passengers during that timeframe. still, this is far from over. they are expecting 2 million passengers through the weekend here at this airport. i spoke with some passengers yesterday during that busy rush who have experienced very different scenarios. take a listen. everything has been traveling smoothly. it helps us this friday morning. so, so far, it hasn t seemed too crazy. i m a little nervous about coming back on monday. i think that one might be a bit worse. but it s a domestic flight, luckily. crazy, because we got bad news. the flight is booked. exactly. we have to be on top of the
still see plenty of open space, not too crowded, unlike what we saw earlier this morning. according to mark powell, who put out a tweet he s the spokesperson for the tsa southeast region he said that the tsa recorded, quote, the busiest morning rush ever this morning. nearly 32,000 passengers went through security check points. the maximum wait time was 30 minutes for tsa precheck, just 8 minutes. now the previous record for such a morning rush was back in february 4, 2019. if that date sounds familiar, that is because the day after super bowl liii. that record was fewer than 500 people in comparison to what we saw this morning. still, the tsa expects over 2 million people to come through this airport through the weekend, today being the busiest day, with more than 350,000 passengers expected by the end