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and remembering an icon. ♪♪ >> tina turner the queen of rock & roll. ♪♪ and we begin this very busy hour with very latest from washington where time is literally running out for negotiators to reach a deal to raise the debt ceiling. theres just one week until the treasury secretarys estimated deadline to stave off what could be a devastating debt default. top credit agency has now put the countrys aaa credit rating on negative watch. pointing to partisanship as hindering a so...

lindsey reiser in for ana cabrera. this morning new pressure on ron desantis after a stumble at the starting line. the florida governor looking to reframe the narrative today after his 2024 rollout on twitter was marred by tech issues. the desantis team spinning it as a victory. >> we had a huge audience. it did -- it was the biggest theyd ever had. it did break the twitter space, and so were really excited with the enthusiasm. >> his critics had a different take, trump jr. calling it ...

>> thank you. >> great pleasure to be here. an honor to be speaking about tina this morning. i know john feels the same way. >> thanks, gentlemen. "cnn this morning" continues right now. >> sorry about that. we have got so many people here that i think we are -- we are kind of melting the servers, which is a good sign. >> is it? i dont want to jinx this. we played it on air all three hours this morning -- >> we still have an hour to go. >> look, that is about how ron desantis launche...

♪ ♪ tom: its the christmas season. which is according to andy williams the most wonderful time of the year. but not everyone is into that and theyre tired of all of the good cheer but would it surprise you to know a new study find that declining invitations to holiday parties is actually good for you. many people say yes to invites when they want to say no. you see theyre afraid their friend will be angry and cross them off future party lists. but researchers found, quote, people t...

day weekend. something we have not seen since before the pandemic. i am talking away before. try 2005. what is it say about you the consumer in 2023? the rush is on in washington. that negotiator scrimmages strike a deal this weekend. to avoid a default its now expected to hit around june 5 that is four days later than they originally told us. no matter can we forge a deal right here we will ask houston freedom caucus scott perry. blue dog democrat both are here and only here. the rush...

♪ ♪ ♪ deadlocked. 11 days left on the clock and debt ceiling negotiators are moving farther apart. >> much of what theyve already proposed is, quite frankly, unacceptable. is the risk of default only growing? ill speak exclusively to republican senator bill cassidy in moments. and show of unity, president biden gives ukraine fighters a sky-high advantage. >> we have ukraines back. >> after scrapping part of his world trip for debt ceiling talks is the u.s. on shaky ground on th...

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♪ russia launches another air strike into ukraine, this one hitting a hospital. the damage therine is significa. our team in dnipro getting a firsthand look at the destruction and the victims. why the death toll could have been even worse. and an investigation into the death of a navy seal following hell week leads to calls for an overhaul to the training program. we have stunning findings to share with you. ♪ a particularly busy 24 hours in ukraine. the latest reports are of...

>> leaders of the worlds wealthiest democracies sent a message to russia and china during the second day of the g7 summit. ukraine president volodymyr zelenskyy is among the non-member leaders invited to the summit. he is boosting support for his country in the war with russia. zelenskyy is expected to address some leaders tomorrow, but today he held sit-downs with some leaders. >> providing military aid to ukraine was one of the items for the g7 leaders, but the leaders of japan, germ...

president biden gives ukraines fighters a sky high advantage. >> we have ukraines back. >> but after scrapping part of his world trip for debt ceiling talks, is the u.s. on shaky ground on the world stage? national security adviser jake sullivan joins me exclusively from japan. plus go time. president trump readies himself for his biggest gop challenger yet. >> it is easy to be a front-runner and harder to dig in. >> reporter: as the field expands will any crack trumps hold on the pa...