thank you so much for joining me. ukraine s president zelenskyy is looking for continued support in the war with russia. the leaders have responded, releasing a statement saying, quote, we reaffirm our unwavering support for ukraine for as long as it takes. president biden is expected to have face-to-face talks with zelenskyy. in a significant win for ukraine, the u.s. has signalled it will now permit allies to send f-16 fighter jets to the w war-torn nation and support in the pilot training. western leaders are also weighing their options to confront china s increasing military power. cnn s phil mattingly is in hiroshima, japan. what do we expect could come from president biden s meeting with zelenskyy? reporter: it s interesting. this will be the first time they ve met in person since president biden s surprise visit to kyiv that was so symbolic in the moment, but also at the time, according to officials involved in that meeting, when the president arrived, very subst
solidarity with other industries. while this incident came about spontaneously, they did find that organizers from amazon and starbucks unions showed up to help them and vice versa. sneets. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredericka witfield. president biden will be meeting with president zelenskyy at the g7 summit in japan. ukraine already scored a key victory after the u.s. has signalled it will now permit allies to send f-16 fighter jets to the war-torn nation. other g7 leaders issued a statement of support, saying, quote, we reaffirm our unwavering support for ukraine for as long as it takes. high on the agenda, western leaders are also weighing in on how to confront china s increasing military power. phil mattingly is in hiroshima, japan. what can we expect from this highly anticipated meeting between biden and zelenskyy? reporter: you know, the symbolism is obvious. we ve seen it not just here in hiroshima, but also over the course of the last ten days with pr
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.
Uncertain intentions and even more uncertain goals. Theres a second group, small group. Honestly theyre willing to plunge this body into chaos and this country into uncertainty for reasons that only they really understand. Voting yes is at the least a disruptive overreaction. In reality its selfish, bad for conservative policies, and bad for america. Those pleas by republicans could not save Kevin Mccarthys speakership. Its a gop civil war as a small group of farright lawmakers joined all democrats in voting to remove him. Well have much, much more from a historic day in the house in just a moment. Amid yesterdays chaos President Biden was reaching out to allies trying to reassure them about americas support for ukraine. And also ahead donald trump is now under a gag order in his Civil Fraud Trial. Well explain what led to the judges decision. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this wednesday, october 4th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. An extraordi
With new York Attorney general Letitia James that trump fraudulently inflated his wealth by up to 3. 6 billion to get more favourable loans from lenders. In the ruling, judge engoron writes trumps legal team has responded to the ruling. In a statement, the former president s attorney said the decision comes ahead of the start of a civil trial against mr trump that begins on monday. I spoke about all this earlier with our correspondent peter bowes. Tell us what thejudge said in this ruling. The judge essentially agreed with the Attorney General in new york that has brought this civil case against the former president. Its been a long running investigation into the Business Affairs of mrtrump, his organisation and members of his family. The allegation was that, as the judge has now agreed, the former president acted fraudulently in exaggerating his assets, the value of his golf courses, his apartments, including exaggerating the size of his own apartment in the Trump Building in new york