Good morning, welcome to cnn this morning. Great to be with you. So glad youre here. Thank you for being here. Im amara walker. Thank you for waking up with us at 7 00 this morning. We do begin with some very tragic news and the devastation in hawaii. Officials now say at least 80 people are dead. That number is expected to rise. The search teams continue to comb through the destruction. Now hawaiis Attorney General is ordering a review of the states response. And today more republican president ial contenders get ready to make their case to voters at the Iowa State Fair. Well have the latest as the candidates kick their campaigns into high gear. Plus lays down the law to President Trump during a contentious hearing. Shes putting the former president on notice about any fu future inflammatory language or intimidation of witnesses. We begin with the grim news from hawaii, where those devastating wildfires have now claimed at least 80 lives. Officials warn the death toll will likely rise
stamp. in terms of ending the war, nbc news is reporting on secret talks between former u.s. officials and prominent russians to lay the groundwork for potential negotiations. while the post reports ukrainian officials say they are confident in their aim to retake substantial territory by the fall, and forced russia to negotiate. meanwhile, the white house the uk is a signatory to a convention, which prohibits the production or use of cluster munitions and discourages their use. we will continue to do our part to support ukraine. all right, there was rishi sunak there, the prime minister of great britain, jumping into the conversation. but to that point, while the white house is defending us and then cluster shells to ukraine, with president biden saying ukrainian forces are running out of ammunition. it is still turning out to be an unpopular decision at home and abroad, as biden plans to travel to europe to tomorrow, and millions of americans remain under potentially
about those peaceful pro-life protesters in iowa who are facing more than a decade in prison. their crime? praying and singing at an abortion clinic. but what if you are part of a pro-hamas protest that blocks major arteries in our nation s capital when congress is actually in session? well, the ingraham angle got exclusive video. [shouting] called the united states of america. and israel a minion and puppet. [inaudible] the hell with zionism, long live the revolution. laura: is he calling for a revolution. over there, here, both. who knows. but because he hates america, that means, of course, he is protected because a lot of people on the left don t really like america either. he is even celebrated by our anti-american establishment. now, as we told you last night, some polls are looking promising for donald trump especially in swing states just as the country faces a mine field of problems these days, so does trump. and his coming in the form may be a coordinated series
and lots of questions to answer, so let s get started. breaking overnight, a another mass shooting. this time in baltimore, maryland. at least two people have been killed, and dozens of others injured after gunfire of wraps at an annual block party. we are live with the latest. plus, supreme fallout, the reaction from both sides of the aisle to the historic rulings from the high court, we re going to take a closer look at the decisions impacting student debt relief, and lgbtq plus rights. and, legal lines, hundreds of new laws, including crackdowns and undocumented migrants and the lgbtq+ community are now being enforced in florida. what this means for rhonda santa says presidential playbook of making america florida. all of this and more is coming up. a good sunday morning to, you i m katie phang. we are following the breaking news out of baltimore, maryland this morning as america experiences yet another mass shooting that has left at least two people dead and 28 others i
chris jansing picks up our coverage right now. good day, i m chris jansing in new york city. happy memorial day. and welcome to a special edition of chris jansing reports. the agreement on the debt limit is not done but is done but the fight s not finished. the white house and the speaker s office now in an 11th hour push to pick up every last vote in congress, trying to make sure their big deal doesn t go bust, but today is also about putting politics aside and honoring the men and women who have fought and died for this country. you might have seen the sombering images out of arlington national cemetery where the president laid the wreath and delivered that memorial day address. also this hour, a second memorial day address. one you ll only see here on msnbc. this one from president zelenskyy. as he salutes the americans and ukrainians still fighting for freedom. that is just a few minutes away. but we begin with the intense pressure of step two of the debt ceiling deal