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everyone. poppy is off today. im erica hill. thanks for being with me this morning. lets get started with five things to know for this memorial day, may 29th, 2023. joe biden and kevin mccarthy made a debt ceiling deal. now they have to sell it. can they get the votes before default on june 5 th? >> russia shot down a record number of missiles ahead of the long awaited counter offensive. >> search and rescue operations under way right now after an apartment collapse in iowa. seven peop...

at every single stop now, reporters are looking, is he interacting with the crowd? is he take shaking hands, tae -- staying long enough? if youre advanced staff, you have to stay at least an extra 30 minutes to show, hey, he likes people. >> i saw tweets, what pizza is he having? is he talking to voters? do we have a timetable as to when other candidates will jump in? rumors about tim scott, mike pence and others. >> i think tim scott will come in. may 22nd is the date where theyre cir...

democratic lawmaker fo peacefully protesting gu violence on the state hous floor. today, after the vote, pearson made it clear this is not over >> you cannot expel hope [applause] you cant expel [inaudible [applause] you cant expel our voice! you cant expel our fight! [inaudible >> so lets get back to work -- >> yeah! >> - >> yeah! >> on monday, nashvill officials returned state representative justin jones to his seat republicans also removed him for protesting gun violence on the hous...

Security. We will have more on that later myanmar is a country in the grip of a war largely forgotten, by the outside world. And today we have a Special Report from the frontline. Rebel forces there are fighting an intense battle against the military regime. In the past seven months, a country wide insurgency has made gains conquering large swathes of territory. The fighters, among them a group known as kndf, are now presenting the Myanmar Military with the biggest threat to its rule in years. P...

Lets work with each other to try to make it better. i think his idea is a bad one. >> you evolved on this. you changed your position back -- you said you actually -- i think it was getting into the race for state senate. you said you got into it because the republicans were trying to pass to get rid of the assault weapons ban. you now say you dont believe that there should be an assault weapons ban. >> yeah, i was 29 years old. ive learned a lot since then. at 29 years old, i thought there were ...

Degraded. in any material way. im opposed to what governor newsom is talking, about the 28th amendment. we have the second amendment, lets work with each other to try to make it better. i think as ideas. but >> evolved on this, if changed your position back, he said you actually, getting into the race for state senate, he said you got into it because the republicans were trying to pass to get rid of the assault weapons ban you now say you dont believe that there should be an assault weapons ban....

Skepticism and frustration about this. essentially lawmakers wlare lef with a take it or leave it situation. they could not vote for a law that a lot of the policies in here, leave it and the country could experience the first ever debt default which could have c catastrophic consequences around the world. this is leading law makers in a difficult position here in the 11th hour. now we are hearing the loudest concerns from the members of the far right of the house republican conference. theyre p...

The u.s. and chinese officials have agreed to meet in early october in washington look, the president has outlined all of the things that china has been doing against america whether it be theft of intellectual property. the forced transfer of technology, manipulation of currency. dumping products in the u.s. that are much cheaper than american manufacturers do. these are issues the chinese will have to agree to change. the last time we were at this position back in april the chinese renegeed on...

To move on. do you know professor john barrett, correct? anyway, this is a law school professor who tweeted you told him in june of 2017 that he was flying -- that you were flying out from iowa to new york city to be on cnn regularly because you were hoping to be noticed as a trump defender and get a position back in iowa. you then went on to describe the mueller appointment of the special counsel as ridiculous and a little fishy. that mueller investigating trumps finances would be going too far...

A key person of interest now there have been reports that he has even been removed from his position back in riyadh and well have to set that hasnt yet been confirmed but certainly he is a key person as is the bodyguard of mohammed bin the crown prince he too is also being identified by authorities as a possible ringleader of this operation and there are growing calls for the diplomatic community to be a little of anyone involved allegedly in the disappearance of this saudi journalist our corres...