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ahead on cnn newsroom, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy will attend the g-7 talks in person. well go live to hiroshima and london for the latest. congress and the white house could be close to a deal to avert a default on the united states debt, but will there be a cost for democrats? disney cancels plans for a $1 billion campus in florida but makes no mention if this is related to the house mouses ongoing spat with governor ron desantis, as he is expected to make a big anno...

democrats at this time. >> the whistleblower doesnt make committee rules, sir. >> that happened. jim jordans weaponization of government hearing goes off the rails. his so-called fbi whistleblowers are getting paid by a trump supporter and recently had their security clearances revoked. thats just one example of how toxic the republican brand has become as speaker kevin mccarthy allows the most extreme members of his caucus to run wild. also tonight, the rapidly growing field of repu...

hi there, everyone. its 4:00 in washington, d.c. with a gap between the reality of our post-january 6th politics and the republican partys alternate reality with its paranoid delusions about the deep state and the glorification of the capitol insurrection has never been wider. todays hearing on capitol hill by the so-called weaponization committee led by ohio republican jim jordan, involved, according to the republicans on that committee, fbi whistleblowers talking about supposed abuse...

>> tonight, clashes on capitol hill. at the so-called weaponization hearing, republicans spent the day questioning questionable witnesses. democrats called it a clearinghouse for testing conspiracy theories for donald trump. then, disney raising the stakes in the feud with ron desantis, scrapping a billion dollar development in florida. the impact it could have on his upcoming presidential run. a major settlement between deutsche bank and jeffrey epsteins victims. we will break down wh...

the republican nomination. it comes on a day the company he has targeted, disney, decided to hit him with a billion dollar blow. we will have more on what disney just naturally. but on desantiss run sources of telling cnn he will file paperwork next week. medical today were donors and supporters. a new york times report or listened in. im going to read you a quote from that new york times story. it begins with something ron desantis said on the call. quote, you have basically three peo...

days. we have new video to show you, bakhmut getting absolutely pummeled in shelling. this shows the devastating toll the war has taken on this city in particular the past year. this as ukraine prepares for the counteroffensive to try to reclaim occupied land. sam kiley joins us from eastern ukraine. sam, good morning. >> reporter: hey, poppy. >> what can you tell us? >> reporter: oh, sorry. there is a rather heavy wind condition here, so difficult to pick you up. but i think the main ...

as pressure mounts back home over the debt ceiling. stunning new video of a police pursuit caught on camera in iowa an officer injured after clinging onto the hood of a suspects car. the first state in the nation to ban tiktok entirely. what does that mean? what happens if you cross state lines watching videos on your cell phones? the answers to all of your questions on cnn "news central". >> shards of metal left behind in flames after ukraine said it shot down dozens of russian mi...

a barrage of missiles raining down on ukrainian cities, and russian says they took out major munitions, but ukraine says they took out most of them. a drought fueled by climate change is drying up the colorado river. leaving game. umpires are walking off of the diamond not because of the players, but because of their parents. the shortage of umpires. all of this coming up on cnn "news central." president biden has wrapped up the first day of his big trip to japan. this morning he ...

general jack keane >> but breaking tonight, house republicans looking into what they call the weaponization of the federal government. they say federal employees, fbi employees specifically who have talked about it, have faced retaliation. its another blow to the bureau thats already enduring greater scrutiny in the wake of the special counsel conclusion that it should not have opened an investigation into the trump-russia collusion case. the john durham report. democrats on that commi...

the reason behind your suspension was it found you to have espoused conspiratorall views orly, in writing and indicated support for the events of january 6th, is that correct, yes or no? >> that is the language that they placed on the letter. >> thats a yes then. do you believe its important for federal agents to have allegiance to the united states, yes or no. >> it is absolutely important that personnel have allegiance. >> do you believe you should have allegiance to the united state...