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in-person meeting with g7 leaders as the u.s. plans to announce more military aid to the country worth hundreds of millions of dollars. on again, off again as talks to extend the united states debt ceiling start and stop, the hope of a deal happening this weekend becomes dimmer. and syrian president bashar al assad welcomed at the arab league summit after a 12-year suspension. i'll talk to an expert on how he's being received. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with laila harrak. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy touched down in hiroshima, japan, j...

Only with xfinity xfi. download the xfi app today. british officials and the european union have two weeks to reach a deal. a summit set to begin tomorrow. boris johnson ran on the promise of delivering brexit with or without a deal. according to the "associated press," he compared brexit to climbing mt. everest and told lawmakers britain was nearing the top. benjamin hall reporting live in london. benjamin? >> reporter: hi, trace. they are trying to get to the top. they are scrambling up there. they cannot seem to reach the summit. we had been optimistic all day long. we are hearing that a ...

Voice. and his later albums everyone oh, no, you're great again. >> you live your whole life building all these experiences into your first album. and that's your first album, your whole life's experience. and your second album is okay, we need another album. >> it's true. >> you didn't think about it. >> i just got to get to the summit. it's like climbing mt. everest and not knowing thou climb down. >> absolutely. not enough. it's like bombing, like chappelle says. bombing is the greatest thing that can happen to a comedian. >> because it frees you. >> well, got that out of my system. >> libe...

So far this year, 11 people have died while climbing mt. everest. at just over 29,000 feet, it is the highest peak on earth. let's discuss now. joining me from skype is woody hartman who reached the summit just last week. woody, i'm so glad you joined us. as you said, you summited the mountain on may 23rd at the very time these tragedies were happening. you say yur experience. what happened? >> yeah. i like many fellow climbers left at about 7:30 p.m. from camp on the edge of the death zone. at 7:30 p.m. on may 22nd. really trying to squeeze my summit bid into a very small weather window this ...

It's difficult to breathe. every time you take a breath, it's like you've just run a mile or something. and part of the effects of the sickness is you end up with a really bad headache. and it must be so many times worse when you get past 25,000 feet. >> it is. and you have to remember, because there are the crowds on the top, many people are waiting for somebody to get on or off the line. and as they're waiting, they're using up their oxygen. if they run out of oxygen, they immediately can't think well, and start to freeze. so, with these crowds, you're going to have an increase in deaths, i'...