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good morning, everyone, and welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. i m vick for blackwell. good to have you along. the summer travel season kicks off. millions of people are heading to their destinations for memorial day weekend. we ll have the latest on what to expectation at the airport and what to know if you re hitting the road. and lawmakers inching closer to a possible debt ceiling deal. could today be the day they reach an agreement to avoid default? we will have the latest on the negotiations. take back what is ours. those are the words from the chief of ukraine s armed forces in a new video posted online. is the counteroffensive we ve been talking about for some time now imminent? we re in ukraine with the latest. frightening moments onboard a flight after a passenger opened a door in the air. how does that even happen? we re going to show you the terrifying moments ahead. let me tell you, if that could happen i would probably just pass ou ....
welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, december 17th. i m amara walker. i m omar jimenez in for victor blackwell. look, we are looking at a lot of things, watching a lot of things. namely, the biden campaign are accusing donald trump of parroting adolf hitler after the former president made disturbing comments about immigrants at a rally. senators are working on big immigration changes as they try to reach a deal on ukraine funding. severe weather impacted millions at the start of last-minute christmas shopping and holiday travel. and in israel the idf facing scrutiny after soldiers accidentally killed israeli hostages in gaza. prime minister benjamin netanyahu acknowledges international pressure but adds, we are in a war for our existence. and could not just rocks, but hot rocks that glow brighter than the sun be the key to helping us end our dependence on fossil fuels? we will look at the new innovative way to address the climate crisis ahead on cnn thi ....
this points to even more evidence of possible obstruction by trump. former white house attorney ty could be is my guest. plus, putin tonight caught in a lie. russians denying a ship was tacked. new video shows a ukrainian grown droen slamming into that ship. in fact, robert kennedy jr. pulling 20% in the new cnn poll. so who are his supporters? and should biden really be worried? let s go out front. the washington post with significant new reporting this hour. two of trump s mar-a-lago employees moved boxes of documents at the residence, trump s residence, just one day, one day before the fbi and a prosecutor visited his home to retrieve classified documents. so just let me give you a sense of the time line. this is in june of 2022. it was after a subpoena had been issued. it was the day before the fbi was scheduled to come get documents. sources familiar with the matter telling the washington post that investigators believe that timing is suspicious and a sign ....
zelenskyy which is just hours from now? just hours from now. the symbolism is quite strong. it is the first face to face meeting president biden and president zelenskyy have had since president biden surprised the world by showing up in kyiv. the deliverable side of thing, the u.s. is preparing roughly $300 million defense assistance package. it is really flowing the times of munitions ukraine needs. it has been a focal point for u.s. assistance. and this is a critical one. this is not just from the bilateral meeting with president biden. it is what president zelenskyy can do not just with g-7 leaders. the g-7 has been steadfast in its support with a degree of durability that i think even surprises some of its staunchest boosters. it is the other leaders that have been invited. invited.ountries that have bee as it pertains to ukraine and russia s vegas invasion of ukraine. to share his views and more importantly, to talk about a diplomatic pathway out. if not to peopl ....
she ll be back later this week. we re lucky to have the brilliant and beautiful sarah sidener with us. let s get started. ten days left, that s it. the debt negotiations are deadlocked. the the president and house speaker set to meet soon. the republican 2024 feel is expanding. tim scott is about to announce his bid today. governor ron desantis is about to jump in later this week. and a cnn exclusive. paul whelan, the u.s. says is wrongfully imprisoned in russia, called cnn from behind bars. his message, he s confident the wheels are turning towards his release. a man accused murdering four university of idaho students will appear in court today. efface fours counts of murder and one count of burglary. and we have liftoff. a spacex rocket commanded by a woman is set to dock at the international space station this morning. it s only the second private mission ever. but nasa hopes this is just the beginning. cnn this morning starts right now. all right. here s w ....