morning. absolutely. thank you. thank you. cnn this morning continues right now. we are learning more about the man in custody accused of attacking a staffer, intern for democratic congressman gerry connolly. he didn t have any particular motivation, he was on a tear. we have to assess the security we do or do not provide district offices. it s concerning and quite frankly scary. the clock is ticking closer to what would be the first debt deno-fault american history. we don t know what the economic impacts will really be. and that s the scariest part. the fact of the matter is they re now negotiating. they have to. you have to have something done by this weekend. we are nowhere near any of that. after four years and millions of taxpayer dollars, durham report is out. got his own information, which is this information plus plus plus. this report does nothing. it is absolutely a big zero. florida governor ron desantis is expected to launch
going on there. a lot going on. welcome. i m neil cavuto, this is your world. till debt do us part. right now the debt is there. we re still stuck at a ceiling of 31.4 trillion. to hear the administration tell it and janet yellen warn about it, come june 1, we run out of dough. there s no more change. we re told that we re down to our last $88 billion. nobody can say whether that is the case or not, whether there s some wiggle room there. they re still talking in the oval office. let s go to jacqui heinrich what she s hearing right now of these talks and where things stand. hey, jacqui. hi, neil. the biggest news that you just touched on, they would not confirm in the briefing early and now we re getting confirmation that the president is cancelling plans to go to australia and new guinea after the g-7. he s slated to leave tomorrow. he took a lot of criticism for planning to be out of the country for eight of the 16 remaining days before the country could default on its
at the white house with more on this. good afternoon, mark. good afternoon. we expect the meeting to begin any moment now. as you mentioned, top congressional leaders talking about the debt ceiling. we re going to get video from inside the oval office with the president sitting down with the leaders, listening to remarks before the meeting. the president, the vice president, speaker mccarthy and schumer and mcconnell. the biden administration has urged congress to raise the debt ceiling as soon as possible warning any delay could hurt the u.s. economy. the white house once again urged congress to act now and negotiate spending later. we are right now having a conversation negotiating on the budget. that s what the president has been very clear about. we want to go back to regular order and talk about appropriations. and we ve been very clear that the debt limit needs to be taken care of. congress needs to do their constitutional duty. republicans who control the house o
chatbot known as chatgpt is going to be testifying on capitol hill just hours from now. also, in ukraine a top chinese diplomat set to arrive in the capital on a peace mission. his visit comes after russia launched a huge barrage of missiles overnight and drones against the ukrainian capital. and the nba conference finals begin tonight. lebron james and the los angeles lakers will take on two-time mvp nikola jokic and the denver nuggets. cnn this morning starts right now. all right. here is where we begin. president biden will meet with members leaders of congress today trying to get some sort of progress on a debt ceiling teal. treasury secretary janet yellen reiterating the u.s. could default on its debt two weeks from now in a letter to howard liebengood the treasury will no longer be able to satisfy the government s obligations if congress is not acted to raise or suspend the debt limit by june 1. house speaker kevin mccarthy echoed yellen s urgency in the halls o
could hurt, he turned his fury on the office. broken glass, destroyed computers, some furniture. that s congressman gerry connolly speaking after a man attacked staffers at his field office in his district. the suspect now under arrest this morning and the congressman says his staffers have non-life-threatening injuries. one was just on her first day on the job. we are going to get started with the five thins to know for this tuesday, may 16, 2023. president biden set to meet with hu house speaker kevin mccarthy as time is running out to lift the dimt limit and avoid a catastrophic default. expecting a crucial vote on an abortion ban in north carolina. republican state lawmakers are trying to override the democratic governor s veto and push it through. also this morning, congress is going to be taking a hard look at the dangers of artificial intelligence. the man behind the groundbreaking but controversial