struggle. the annual military parade noticeably scaled down. victory day celebrates the soviet union s triumph over nazi germany and russia usually flexes its military might. this year it was only one tank from world war ii and no flyovers of fighter jets, bombers in his speech, accuse the west of unleashi war agains the russian mother land. it comes days after a mysterious drone attack on the kremlin hours before putin s speech russia launched cruise missiles at ukraine s capital. let s bring in matthew chance to start us out. as someone who covered all things putin and moscow so closely, what was your take? well, i think you re right, poppy. definitely much smaller than we have seen in years past. i think 8,000 troops this year. 12,000 last year, for instance. there was no military flyover. usually that s a spectacular highlight of this kind of victory day parade. there was an intercontinental ballistic missile as the centerpiece of the parade. russia underlining it is
let s do it. cnn news central starts now. he shared photos of guns, targets, ammunition boxes and a tactical vest. this morning the disturbing social media posts from the gunman who murdered eight people at a texas mall. a pivotal meeting today, an attempt to keep the debt ceiling from crashing down. president biden is sitting down with top congressional leaders from both parties, but can they hammer out a deal before the u.s. goes into a catastrophic default? king pinning terrorist, that is who israel said it was targeting in an overnight military strike in gaza. now at least 13 people are dead. these major stories and many more all coming in to cnn news central. we begin with today s high stakes meeting amid a resolving the debt ceiling standoff. if there is no deal it could lead to financial disaster. in just a few hours president biden will meet at the white house with these four congressional leaders, house speaker kevin mccarthy, senate majority leader
our viewers joining us around the united states and the world. i m bianca nobilo. and i m max foster, ahead on cnn newsroom. i saw people running, i saw my manager looking to us, because they were terrified and scared. this is not the texas miracle as greg abbott likes to call it. we re living in a texas nightmare. these people think it s safer for them to be here, already in u.s. territory hard the barbed wire. border is not open, it was not open and it will not be open subsequent to may 11th. ukraine is doing everything it can to prevent russia from bringing home a victory may the 9th. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom. with max foster and bianca nobilo. it s monday, 8:00 a.m. here in london, and in allen, texas, authorities are processing a shooting that left eight people dead. and others wounds. people are placing flowers on a makeshift memorial. and the mayor led prayers and condolences. we now know one of the people killed in the
on the kremlin, which russia has called an attempt to assassinate president putin. this video, which has been circulated on social media, and the bbc has now verified shows the moment the drones hit the building. ukraine claims russia is using this accusation as a cover to launch an attack. president volodymyr zelenskiy has been speaking at a news conference in finland. we don t attack putin or moscow, we fight on our territory, we are defending our villages and cities. we don t have enough weapons for this. . . , ~ ., ., , this. that was ukrainian president volod m r this. that was ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky this. that was ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky responding . this. that was ukrainian president| volodymyr zelensky responding to accusations by moscow that that drone strike was launched by ukraine. our russia editor, steven rosenberg, is in moscow and has sent this report. flying in from the left, what appears to be a drone. then an explosion over
assassination attempt on president putin. this is the video we ve received via social media in russia. the video circulating quite widely on media right now. we can t100% verify the video but are monitoring teams are looking at this right now and we will be joining them teams are looking at this right now and we will bejoining them in a moment to talk more about it. nobody was hurt, kyiv hasjust moment to talk more about it. nobody was hurt, kyiv has just said the attack is staged and is being used to justify further attacks on ukraine. however russia editor is in moscow with the latest. moscow with the latest. within the last few minutes moscow with the latest. within the last few minutes the moscow with the latest. within the last few minutes the kremlin - moscow with the latest. within the j last few minutes the kremlin press service has issued a statement giving more details of this. the kremlin says overnight there was this attempted drone attack on the residence of