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hello, everyone. thanks for joining me this saturday. im fredricka whitfield. >> we begin this hour in washington where right now negotiators are back at the table as they race to end the debt ceiling standoff. republican leaders and white house officials are returning a short time ago, after a marathon session lasted well into the night, the clock is ticking, to get a deal in place, before the u.s. defaults on its loans. the national deficit continues to soar. with no rise to the borr...

on them. the brigade had been operating in a high-intensify combat zone inside gaza on friday. the idf says the three hostages had either managed to escape or were abandoned by their hamas captors. meantime, another hostage has died while held captive by hamas, according to the israeli prime ministers office. her death means there are now 129 hostages who remain in gaza, 21 of whom have died. a source tells cnn that the head of israels intelligence agency is expected to meet with qatar...

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. im 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 leade...

im fredericka witfield. ♪ >> a historic moment for all of the world to see after 70 years, great britain has a new monarch. king charles iii was crowned today during a coronation ceremony at westminster abbey. the nearly 400-year-old crown was placed on his head officially marking him as the new king. >> god save the king! >> god save the king! >> also being crowned, a new queen. king charless wife camilla receiving her crown during that ceremony. there was elation over the coronatio...

fredericka witfield. we begin this hour with a murder investigation in dallas, texas, where police say a woman was shot and killed by her boyfriend over an abortion. 26-year-old gabriella gonzalez was shot in the head the day after she returned from colorado, where she went for an abortion. lets go straight to isabel rosales. what more do we know about this investigation? >> alex, police are piecing this together, looking through surveillance video that captured the shooting and also t...

thank you so much for joining me this saturday. im fredericka witfield. ♪ history unfolding before our very eyes today in london. for the first time in 70 years, a new british monarch has been crowned. the nearly 400-year-old st. edwards crown was officially placed on the head of king charles iii today at westminster abbey. the sacred coronation ceremony was filled with tradition and pageantry, a culmination of a seven-decade journey from being heir to the throne to becoming the mo...

we begin this hour in california. significant flood threat is intensifying. powerful drenching storms hitting the northern and central parts of of the state. brought on by an atmospheric river. governor newsom declared a state of emergency. a levy breach forcing evacuations in monterey county. the california national guard is now on the scene in santa cruz to support emergency services. around 15 million people are under flood watches across california and nevada. for some residents, t...

atmospheric river is raising water levels and leaving a trail of destruction. a levee breech iach is forcing evacuations in monterey county. governor newsom has declared a state of emergency. >> we cant live like this. how do i live like this? how do i have my kids live here or my elderly mother live here? >> mike, a lot of people are trying to reassess how much longer can they endure this. >> reporter: right. you know a couple people made the decision to leave just a few minutes ago. ...

that ensures bank deposits and overseas financial institutions. the agency says all insured depositors will have access to their deposits no later than monday morning. the fdic ensures deposits of up to $250,000. why did this bank fail so quickly? >> it is an old school bank run in a modern economy. you can point to two reasons. the first is that the fed has been increasing interest rates since 2022. that has an effect on thing banks assets, which means its unrealized bonds were worthl...

hello, everyone. thanks for joining us this saturday. im fredricka whitfield. a desperate man hunt is under way in texas, a gunman killing five people including an 8-year-old and police are racing to a house in cleveland, texas, overnight. on reports of an active shooter. at least three others were wounded in a brutal attack. and now the search is on for the suspect who took off before police arrived on the scene. cnns ryan young is following this breaking story for us. so tell us what...