japan for the g-7 summit, he says the meetings will bring peace closer, live to heiroshim in a few moments. president joe biden believes the country will not default on its debt but the two sides stopped talking late friday night. we ll have more. and later, florida governor ron desantis takes a swipe at his potential rival for the white house, donald trump, saying it would be easy to be the front runner. announcer: live in cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with paula neeson. volodymyr se lensy is now in japan where he will be meeting with world leaders at the g-7 summit. he arrived a short time ago, you see him there, tweeting he ll be having important meetings and that, quote, peace will become closer today. he s there to boost support ahead of ukraine s expected counteroffensive. now, ahead of his visit u.s. president joe biden agreed to support efforts to train ukrainian pilots on f-16 fighter jets and several allies have, in fact, expressed interest in transferri
take in bilateral meetings. with the prime minister of italy, given he s been on quite a travel spree. mr. zelenskyy will continue to try and solidify military support as he and his country get ready for what is a much anticipated counteroffensive on the ground in ukraine. we will continue to bring you live developments there from japan as we follow president zelenskyy s movements there. now, phoenix mercury star brittney griner made her long awaited return to the wnba on friday night in the season opener, it was her first regular season game since being detained for ten months in russia last year, the two-time olympic medalist received a standing ovation from the crowd as she was introduced, griner scored 18 points in just 25 minutes of playing action. phoenix, though, fell to the los angeles sparks, 94-71. griner had major support in the crowd as you can imagine, u.s. vice president kamala harris and the second gentleman met with
know, wenyou know, went on this spending and travel spree. he was unfortunately the tip of the iceberg it appears. it looks like there may be dozens and dozens of these conferences. bill: bob cusack is with us, managing editor of the hill. good morning to you. good morning. bill: tip of the iceberg means what? this is another problem of gsa, another example of government gone wild. with record debt and deficit this is part of the republican narrative that they are portraying the baltimore straeugs, whether it s gsa or fast and furious. we had the leak investigation. this is an ongoing problem, and congressman micah who is in a tough re-election battle is sinking his teeth into it. bill: you had the vegas conference. an awards conference in alexandria, virginia which costs quite a bit too. there were a number of drum sticks bought and passed out to participants at that event.