developments are happening during our show. exactly. there s a lot happening at the g-7. we ll get to that and a lot more. let s get started with five things to know for this friday, may 19th. cnn learning that president zelenskyy will attend the g-7 summit in japan in person. russia s war set to be a top agenda item as world leaders vow to step up sanctions. new reporting, biden administration signalling it won t stop allies from sending f-16 jets to ukraine. that s according to sources familiar with the discussions. will we ll see what they say today. also happening today, the suspect charged with leaking military secrets will be back in court as a judge is expected to rule where jack teixeira will remain behind bars while he awaits trial. this time, disney versus desantis. a spokesman for the governor called it unsurprising given the company s financial challenges. i think disney would see it another way. and a film festival celebrating harrison ford last night.
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it floats back to you the love boat. love for cruises is back after covid nearly destroyed the industry. cruise travel is now full steam ahead. new data from bank of america suggests cruise ships are now even outpacing other forms of vacation travel. why? our business reporter is here with us. what s up? so, let s look at the cruise passenger numbers the last few years. 2019, 30 million people went on cruises. that number plunged to six million during the pandemic in 2020. 5 million passengers in 2021. then we saw rebound to 2022, 20 million passengers. 2023, estimated 32 million people are expected to go on cruises. that is higher than the 2019 prepandemic number. we see cruises, spending on cruises start to outpace airlines. this red number. and then port miami, the