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good morning, everyone. it is friday! friday! i m so happy to have my long time erica hill with me today. and next week. thank you for getting up super early. great to be with you. a lot going on this friday. let s get started with five things to know for friday, may 26th. the house negotiators are moving closer to avoid a default. it would lift the debt ceiling and cap spending for two years. memorial day weekend kicking off to be a very busy travel summer. aaa expects air travel to be higher than pre-covid levels. airlines face staffing shortages and air traffic control problems. two workers in mar-a-lago moved boxes of papers one day before the fbi visited the former president s home to pick up classified documents last year. the post also reporting that he had classified documents in his office at times and showed them to others. also in texas, lawmakers recommending articles of impeachment against the state s attorney general. they re accusing ken p ....
hello, everyone. thanks for joining me this saturday. i m 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 borrowing limit, the u.s. will default on its loans which could be catastrophic to the economy. the treasury secretary now is saying the deadline for an agreement is just eight days away. but talks are teetering on the brink, with at least one top republican negotiator warning that a deal could come together as soon as today, or fall apart entirely. cnn is following the latest. good morning. you re on capitol hill, and you spoke to the house speaker kevin mccarthy. what did he say? is he optim ....
2023. russia baselessly accusing america of being behind the drone attack on the kremlin. ukraine denies any involvement in that. we called the white house and pentagon. waiting for their reaction. another regional bank may be in trouble. shares of pac west are plunging 50% after the bufrpg ank could seeking a sail. police arrested the gunman accused of shooting five women inside of a medical center. one was killed. the suspect caught after an hour s long manhunt. and jack smith is looking into how the trump organization handled surveillance footage from mar-a-lago. and may the 4th be with. carrie fisher will get a star on the hollywood walk of fame today. star wars fan? um i can say i haven t seen star wars . i didn t want to admit. but i ve always loved her. and i m glad to see her honored in this way. let s get to the breaking news. this just coming in. russia is now accusing the united states of being behind that drone attack we told you about yes ....
awesome. damian lillard like he does, coming through in the clutch to beat the pacers tyrese halburton. it was extra special for lillard. went to college in utah at weber state, wore his school jersey for the competition. so he was really pleased he was able to come through and win that three-point competition. the all-star game, team lebron versus team giannis. see it all on tnt at 6:00 evening. i m taken by mcclung. the reaction from people was priceless. he looks like somebody i used to kappy off of math class in high school. he doesn t look like a slam dunk champion. incredible. thank you so much. that s what makes it awesome. what are they supposed to look like? the next hour of cnn this morning starts right now. and good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. good morning. i m boris sanchez. former president jimmy carter is receiving hospice care at his home in georgia. what we know about his condition and what his family i ....
headed to florida. you can see it from outer space. we re going to tell you when and where it is expected to come ashore. and taylor swift fans rejoicing this morning. we ll have the new tracks she dropped while you were sleeping. cnn this morning starts right now. a very big newsday. it is friday. we re going to start with russia getting major show of support from china as the war rages in ukraine. beijing just announcing this morning that chinese president xi will head to moscow next week for the first time since the invasion they began. he will meet face-to-face with president putin. russia is desperately trying to turn the tide. china is thinking about sending weapons to help. but beijing has been casting itself as a peacemaker and chinese officials insist that is what this meeting is all about. translator: china will uphold an objective and fair position on ukraine crisis and play a constructive role in promoting talks for peace. cnn s will rippley li ....