good morning. a good one. good weekend. how was yours? it was. happy mother s day? i slept, my kids made me breakfast. it was a beautiful day. i hope you had a great weekend. let s get started with five things to know this monday, may 15th. president zelenskyy is in the uk this morning meeting with the british prime minister. the visit is the latest a series of high stakes meet agz cross europe. russia experience az string of battleground setbacks. also, illegal border crossings dropping by 50% in the days after that immigration policy known as title 42 was lifted. that is according to the homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. he warns it s too early to know if the surge peaked. president biden is supposed to hold another round of debt ceiling talks tomorrow with kevin mccarthy and the other congressional leaders. yesterday, the president sounded opt m optimistic. ron desantis headlining big political events in iowa this weekend. the florida governor making
wow. you know what? they re angry. they every right to be angry. they re not getting a lot of answers. their health, lives are in jeopardy. good morning, everyone. good to have you back. good to be back. i missed you guys. we know. we like having the threesome back. she didn t miss us. of course i missed you. we have outrage growing in ohio after a toxic train crash. families demanding to know if their own homes are safe. we take you to east palestine. plus, a cnn exclusive this morning. the special counsel investigating former president trump subpoenaed his former white house chief of staff mark meadows. we ll tell you why he could be a crucial witness. and a blackhawk helicopter fell from the sky and crashed in the middle of a alabama highway. what we re learning about the tragic training flight two killed two national guardsmen. we begin in east palestine, ohio. there are reports of fish and animals dying. air smells like chemicals. residents demanding an
in the end it s veeck yags or oversight to harass the biden administration like hunter biden s laptop, for example. there s no equivalence. we were attacked. it s not the same thing as republicans are about to do. california democratic congressman adam shift calls out the republicans for false equivalency of investigations. it comes as the biden team is optimistic about the incendiary pernss serving the committee. the united states government hit i its debt limit as congress failed to act. we ll go through the treasury s extraordinary measures to make sure the country can pay its bills. also ahead ukraine s allies meet to map out what s next as far as military aid for the war-torn country. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, january 20th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for joining us. the treasury department now is forced to take extraordinary measures so the government can continue paying its bills. in a letter to congressional leadership yester
she passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by family. there is joy and celebration this morning as countries are starting to ring in the new year. we are counting down until 2023. right now live pics from seoul where it just turned midnight. fireworks. all right. [ speaking non-english ] [ speaking non-english ] if you play this day right, you can celebrate almost every single hour. one of the biggest bashes will be happening in new york city. gloria pass mean owe is live in times square. no pandemic restrictions this year. a lot of celebrating expected. how big of a crowd are organizers expecting tonight? reporter: we are expecting thousands and thousands of people. as you said, this will be the first time that covid restrictions will be lifted. the past few years this event had been significantly scaled down. you know, phil, this is an iconic location, an conviction kay of bringing in the new year. there is no place like it. times square in new york city, t
revealed. right now, the nation s focus returns to the u.s. capitol as we await the most comprehensive account yet of crimes committed against the united states on this sacred ground. welcome to cnn special coverage of attack on democracy here on cnn. i m jake tapper, about an hour away from the rare prime time presentation on this committee and let s be clear, what will happen in the hearing room tonight is not just about the mob that stormed the capitol on january 6th, specifically, it is a month s long campaign and conspiracy to undermine democracy in america. it s about a president and those around him desperate to hold on to power at any cost, even if it meant destroying the american experiment. committee aides say we will hear and see interviews conducted with trump insiders for the first time. we expect that to possibly include members of the former president s family, as well as former senior administration and trump campaign officials. the hearing will showcase l