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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 tre...

on them. the brigade had been operating in a high-intensify combat zone inside gaza on friday. the idf says the three hostages had either managed to escape or were abandoned by their hamas captors. meantime, another hostage has died while held captive by hamas, according to the israeli prime minister's office. her death means there are now 129 hostages who remain in gaza, 21 of whom have died. a source tells cnn that the head of israel's intelligence agency is expected to meet with qatar's prime minister to discuss getting hostages released. right now, families of the other hostages ...

solidarity with other industries. while this incident came about spontaneously, they did find that organizers from amazon and starbucks unions showed up to help them and vice versa. sneets. thank you so much for joining me. i'm fredericka witfield. president biden will be meeting with president zelenskyy at the g7 summit in japan. ukraine already scored a key victory after the u.s. has signalled it will now permit allies to send f-16 fighter jets to the war-torn nation. other g7 leaders issued a statement of support, saying, quote, we reaffirm our unwavering support for ukraine for...

i'm fredericka witfield. ♪ >> a historic moment for all of the world to see after 70 years, great britain has a new monarch. king charles iii was crowned today during a coronation ceremony at westminster abbey. the nearly 400-year-old crown was placed on his head officially marking him as the new king. >> god save the king! >> god save the king! >> also being crowned, a new queen. king charles's wife camilla receiving her crown during that ceremony. there was elation over the coronation in the streets of london. tens of thousands lining the streets to catch a glimpse of the royal f...

fredericka witfield. we begin this hour with a murder investigation in dallas, texas, where police say a woman was shot and killed by her boyfriend over an abortion. 26-year-old gabriella gonzalez was shot in the head the day after she returned from colorado, where she went for an abortion. let's go straight to isabel rosales. what more do we know about this investigation? >> alex, police are piecing this together, looking through surveillance video that captured the shooting and also they're speaking with witnesses, including the victim's own sister who heard the shooting unfolding....