week of diplomacy. the ukrainian president expected to arrive at the g 7 summit soon and made a push to secure more military aid for his country s fight against russia. and biden in japan says he s not worried as he con fronts a crisis at home. debt ceiling talks stalling out even as the talks settle down with less than two weeks before the government could run out of money to pay its bills. plus, my conversation with the european president as day two of the g 7 summit gets underway. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. welcome. world leaders at the g 7 summit in japan are tackling china s growing global influence and russia s war on ukraine. while a topic not officially on the agenda also looms large. allies keep asking u.s. president joe biden about the debt crisis back home. talks are stalled, and the white house accuses republicans of pushing the country to the brink of defaulting on it debts. meantime, as ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is
japan for the g-7 summit, he says the meetings will bring peace closer, live to heiroshim in a few moments. president joe biden believes the country will not default on its debt but the two sides stopped talking late friday night. we ll have more. and later, florida governor ron desantis takes a swipe at his potential rival for the white house, donald trump, saying it would be easy to be the front runner. announcer: live in cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with paula neeson. volodymyr se lensy is now in japan where he will be meeting with world leaders at the g-7 summit. he arrived a short time ago, you see him there, tweeting he ll be having important meetings and that, quote, peace will become closer today. he s there to boost support ahead of ukraine s expected counteroffensive. now, ahead of his visit u.s. president joe biden agreed to support efforts to train ukrainian pilots on f-16 fighter jets and several allies have, in fact, expressed interest in transferri
tonight with new developments on two key countries for this country and the free world, how to avoid default in debt and how to ensure that russia s invasion of ukraine is rolled back. president biden at the g7 summit is grappling with both. on ukraine, a milestone, with president zelenskyy due to travel from ukraine to japan this weekend. president biden gave his okay for a joint allied effort to train ukrainian pilots on f-16 fighters and other advanced aircraft. and on the debt ceiling, it looks like talks, which the president was being updated on remotely, are back on again. they resumed tonight just hours of kevin mccarthy s republican negotiators called a halt to them earlier today. we have correspondents spanning the globe tonight. phil mattingly traveling with the president in japan. what is the latest you re hearing from white house officials about debt ceiling negotiations? reporter: you know, anderson, as you point out, there was a pause, house republican negotia
- [announcer] do you have an invention idea but don t know what to do next? call invent help today. they can help you get started with your idea. call now 800-710-0020. good evening. we begin tonight with new developments on two key questions for this country and the free world. how to prevent a default on the national debt that could destroy global confidence in our economy, and how to ensure russia s ifivation of ukraine is rolled back. president biden at the g7 summit in hiroshima, japan, and grappling with both. on ukraine a milestone with president zelenskyy due to travel from ukraine to japan this weekend. president biden gave his okay for the joint effort to train ukrainian fighter pilots on f-16 fighters and other advanced aircraft. and on debt ceilings it looks like talks the president was updated on remotely are back on again. they resumed tonight hours after house speaker kevin mccarthy s negotiators called a halt to them earlier today. as only cnn can we have co
storm in florida s history. right now, more than 1.2 million people are still without power. duke energy, which provides flower power to central florida, says it could be days until it s restored. here is ron desantis earlier today, on the latest efforts. over the last 72 hours, there have been over 1100 confirmed rescues made by first responders and likely many more than that and those are the reported ones as of 6:00 this morning. we have called in the army corps of engineers at the request of the counties to help with the damage to the water system, and i know that some of this is lee county water utility. some of it may be the platinum line as the core is working with all of those groups. they are meeting again today to figure out what the best ways to go forward. clearly, having those core services, like the water and like the electrical, are really top priorities after the life rescue mission. one of the most hard-hit cities and florida was fort myers. check out thi