in a chokehold for several minutes on a new york subway on may 1st now stands accused of second-degree manslaughter for recklessly causing his death. the manhattan district attorney s office bringing the charge after numerous witness interviews, a review of photo and video footage and discussions with the medical examiner. the prosecutor telling the court witnesses observed neely making threats and scaring passengers, adding penny approached neely from behind and placed him in the chokehold, taking him down to the ground. when the train arrived at the next stop, penny continued to hold neely in the chokehold for several minutes. two other men helping to restrain his arms. at some point mr. neely stopped moving. the defendant continued to hold mr. neely for a period and then released him. penny s lawyers argue he risked his own life and safety to protect himself and fellow new yorkers, resulting in the unintended and unforeseen death of mr. neely. adding they are confident pen
good morning, everyone. we begin this hour with breaking news overnight. last-minute changes to house speaker kevin mccarthy s debt limit bill. the rules committee worked through the night, ajudge at 5:20 this morning as mccarthy scrambles for republican support ahead of today s possible vote. breaking news just in. ukrainian president zelenskyy has just had a conversation with chinese president xi jinping. that s notable. they had not spoken since before russia invaded ukraine. also, a multi-state manhunt underway this hour for four inmates who escaped from a mississippi jail. one them accused of killing a man and stealing his truck after breaking out of prison. where that investigation is this morning. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. we begin on the u.s. economy and breaking news. house speaker kevin mccarthy reversing course and making big changes to his debt limit plan in the early morning hours as he scrambles to try to get enough republican vot
downgrading the outlook for entire banking sector warning of rapid deterioration, my exclusive interview with a senior chairman and former ceo of goldman sachs is next. a russian fighter jet forces an american drone to crash into the black sea, fears growing of escalation as the battle in bakhmut intensifies further, a ukrainian soldier on the front lines is my guest the tonight. and ron desantis does a complete 180, florida governor says backing ukraine is not in america s best interest. it is the opposite of what he said when he was in congress. you will hear for yourself what the kfile found. let s go out front. good evening, i m erin burnett. out front, rapid deterioration those are the words used by the bond credit rating king moody, how they re describing the bank sector in the united states downgrading outlook from american banks to negative. warning of sharply rising deposit costs and go on to say, quote, pressures will persist and be exacerbated by more increases
, heart pounding body cam. footage of those critical and terrifying minutes. officers rushing toward the gunfire, and now the killer s family is speaking up about what they call his mental health challenges. officials say the smoke pouring into the skies over indiana is definitely toxic. we are live on the scene of this huge recycling plant fire. thousands have been told to evacuate these stories and more all coming in to cnn news, central. there is an emergency unfolding in eastern indiana. happening now toxic smoke billowing into the air over the city of richmond, this as fire crews are making progress. they have contained the fire to the plant itself, but they are still battling that plant at the fire still very much burning, as it has been for the last day. 2000 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes, and officials say it could be days before the danger clears. omar jimenez is live for us on the scene, omar you ve been there now for some time described the situa
angeles and san francisco and new york city? there was also the related issue of the soft on crime soros-backed district attorneys. larry crasser in in philadelphia. george ghast toen in los angeles. san francisco s jessica dean ended up being recalled in june. crime remains an arsenal. for a while i thought it would dominate the cycle but in january the football bounced again to baby formula. that month began an ever worsening supply of formula after a recall plant shutdown and supply chain issues but in february, putin surprised the world with the invasion of ukraine around the global and america many offered to help. would that war affect voters in november? or would it be a domestic cultural war because in march florida s governor desantis signed into law the bidding war for sexual identity from kindergarten through third grade. and when disney s ceo denounced the law the company became a lightning rod and desantis invoked revoked the special tax status. and but then in m