f the debt limit isn t raised or suspended. that s a new really serious warning from the treasury secretary janet yellen. we did learn house speaker kevin mccarthy agreed to go to the white house and meet with the president next week. hollywood writers now on strike. it s the first time they have done so in 15 years. production will be delayed on some of your favorite television shows. for more you on that. also, at least six people are dead after a huge pileup on i-55 on central illinois. more than 70 vehicles crashed due to low visibility from a dust storm. also new this morning, the surgeon general has a plan to tackle america s epidemic of loneliness and isolation. his six-pillar approach to build our social connections. that s ahead. and serena williams, great news, pregnant with baby number two. the tennis superstar made the reveal during last night s met gala. cnn this morning starts right now. so i m so excited about the serena williams news. i know.
if you have a credit card debt and as a family, would you say, look, let s just not pay the debt? let s pay the debt and then we can discuss what budget cuts we should make. it s important to realize what they re doing. they re doing it because they don t they want the president the economy to not do well. people on record saying that. do you think that s fair, they want the economy to not do well? i don t understand why else they re holding it hostage. i ll take that as a no. zero agreement to any spending cuts even if we default. i m open to spending cuts conversation after we pay our bills. let s move on to the banks. because we just saw the three big u.s. banks fail since march. that is extraordinary. do you expect more banks two in california. do you expect more banks to fail this year? i hope not, but there i can t say with 100% confidence until, in my view, we have a guarantee on uninsured bank deposits. i ve been calling for that since march.