f the debt limit isn t raised or suspended. that s a new really serious warning from the treasury secretary janet yellen. we did learn house speaker kevin mccarthy agreed to go to the white house and meet with the president next week. hollywood writers now on strike. it s the first time they have done so in 15 years. production will be delayed on some of your favorite television shows. for more you on that. also, at least six people are dead after a huge pileup on i-55 on central illinois. more than 70 vehicles crashed due to low visibility from a dust storm. also new this morning, the surgeon general has a plan to tackle america s epidemic of loneliness and isolation. his six-pillar approach to build our social connections. that s ahead. and serena williams, great news, pregnant with baby number two. the tennis superstar made the reveal during last night s met gala. cnn this morning starts right now. so i m so excited about the serena williams news. i know.
there and even though he missed he had this huge grin. it s all act your attitude. attitude can manifest a lot of things. they both have good attitudes. we ll see what they manifest for tonight. jeff, thank you so much. as always, we love having you here. cnn this morning continues right now. treasury secretary janet yellen warning washington it has just 31 days to pay america s bills or risk catastrophe. this bill has to be between biden and mccarthy. it s political arson. it s time for republicans and democrats to sit in the room and act like adults and make sure that the united states doesn t default on our loans. a tragic scene in central illinois. a dust storm led to a series of pileups. now that the dust and smoke has cleared, you can see what s left of this horrific and deadly crash. several vehicles and even semis that had jackknifed, air bags were deploying all around us. the fbi releasing a new picture of the suspect who allegedly gun
administration is adding legal consequences for individuals that don t use those legal pathways, kaitlan and poppy, so what they re trying to do is to deter illegal immigration, asking migrants to do it the legal way. rosa flores, thank you very much for being there. we ll keep coming to you as we approach this may 11th expiration. what happens as kaitlan says may 12th. until then, released this morning, the surgeon general is laying out framework to tackle loneliness and to, quote, mend the social fabric of our nation. we re going to break down what they re saying should happen next. but before we go to break, the world folk music saying good-bye to canadian song writer gordon lightfoot. he died on monday at the age of 84. his death comes less than a month after he cancelled his tour for this year. canadian prime minister justin trudeau described him as one of our greatest singer-song writer who captured our country s
mcfadden a registered sex offender at his residence. he was scheduled to appear in court yesterday morning but he didn t show up. officials are still trying to identify the remains. now they say they are not looking for a suspect and there is no threat to the community. this morning, backpacks are being banned at public schools in flint, michigan. the flint board of education voting to enforce the policy through the rest of the school year over concerns about firearms, weapons and other threats they believe backpacks make it easier for students to hide weapons and clear backpacks don t completely fix the issue, they say. the school district superintendent says they re very sorry for any inconvenience, but, quote, when it comes to the safety of our school community, we won t take any chances. also this morning, jenny craig now warning all of its employees to start looking for other jobs because mass layoffs may be on the way for the company. nbc news reporting this morning that the
go head to head. it feels like we re dream duel. kind of forget sometimes just how magical it is to see two of these amazing athletes. this just doesn t happen everyday. no. it s funny to think of them as old guys. right. 35 and 38 respectively. nba years, they are older players. but when you watch them play, they re so cerebral in the way they go about the game because they have been doing it for so long. the mind games they play against their opponents. the interesting thing against each other, they can t really do that because they both know the other one so well. they ve played against each other. there s not really those mind games. i think it s just going to be some fantastic basketball. yeah. the steph curry quote, attitude can manfest a lot of things is so great. wa did he say again. that was last week? that was sunday after he had that incredible game. but he missed five free-throws in the last two or three games. he was saying, that s not like him. but he was sa