deserved for this. the whole game. it's what being a journalist is about. what you, and matt, and that team did, shimon. >> thank you. we continue with cnn this morning right now. i don't think trump can win a general election, but that's a nice way for him to dis people like tim scott, who's a formidable candidate. >> that was senator tim cassidy. today, tim scott will officially announce he's running for president, giving trump yet another gop challenger. we are also learning a top republican is going to endorse him. >> and paul whelan, the ex-marine stuck in prison in russia calls cnn from a russian prison camp and gives us an exclusive interview. coming up, you will hear his own voice and his plea to the u.s. government. also, the latest spacex mission is about to dock at the international space station. it is carrying a decorated former astronaut and three paying customers. we have new details on their

week-long stay in space this hour of "cnn this morning" continues right now. overnight, president biden rushing back to washington from japan for these debt limit negotiations. just hours from now, he is set to meet with house speaker kevin mccarthy again. they'll meet at the white house. as time runs out to reach a deal on preventing basically economic calamity. there are less than ten days to go before the government potentially defaults on its debt. before he left the g-7 summit with world leaders, biden told reporters that many of the demands from house republicans have been, quote, unacceptable. >> i think there are some maga republicans in the house who know the damage that it would do to the economy and because i am president, and presidents are responsible for everything, biden would take the blame. and that's the one way to make

sure biden is not re-elected. >> arlette saenz is live at the white house. arlette, good morning. kevin mccarthy did talk about the phone call he had with biden over the weekend oas productive. that was just yesterday as biden was pflying back on air force one. does that bode well for the in-person meeting today? >> president biden as he arrived back here at the white house last night said his conversation with house speaker kevin mccarthy went well. this meeting here at the white house later this afternoon really offers an opportunity to the two men to try to re-set the conversations about how to avert a default, after negotiations that played out over the weekend really played out in fits and starts. the president and mccarthy had that phone call yesterday, which led to negotiators, a meeting for a little over two hours, up on capitol hill, to try to lay the groundwork, heading into this meeting today. but the two sides do still remain incredibly far apart, in their approach to a budget

agreement. one of the key issues, sources have said, is around the level of spending that they need to agree on. the white house has proposed freezing spending at the current year's levels, while republicans want to see spending revert back to physical year 2022. one of the top negotiators for republicans, congressman garrett graves says the numbers are the base line, if they're able to reach an agreement on that, everything else will cascade into place. it still remains unclear whether the two sides can come together on that matter. the president, while in japan, warns that he believes republicans have adopted extreme positions and says that in order for an agreement to be bipartisan, republicans also need to be willing to make some concessions. these are all issues that are likely to be raised during the president's high-stakes sit-down with kevin mccarthy this afternoon. but really, this meeting comes at an urgent moment. you heard the treasury secretary over the weekend once again reaffirm that she believes that june 1st is a hard deadline for

the nation to try to avoid a potential default, which would have catastrophic economic consensuses across the board. additionally, also in place at this moment is the fact that it takes time to get legislation passed up on capitol hill. the house speaker would need to coral his republican caucus and get democrats onboard with any type of proposal. so what is clear in this moment is that time is very quickly running out, with a default potentially occurring in as little as ten days. this really highlights the urgency of the president's meeting with house speaker kevin mccarthy this afternoon. and really raises the question whether the two of them will be able to come any type of agreement to avert a default. >> let's hope they can. arlette, thank you for the reporting. american paul whelan, an ex-marine, wrongfully detained in russia for more than four years speaks to cnn in a rare interview. whelan called cnn from a remote prison camp about 200 miles

outside of moscow. the last time he spoke with cnn by phone was in december, shortly after the release of wnba star brittney griner. that was the second prisoner swap between the u.s. and russia that did not include whealan. today, in an exclusive, he told cnn he fears being left behind again if an agreement is made for the release of wall street reporter evan gershkovich, who was detained two monthsespionag just like whealan. despite his concerns, whealan's tone was optimistic. >> i remain positive and confident on a daily basis that the wheels are turning. i just wish that they would turn a little bit more quickly. >> i'm more confident now, you know, i feel that my life shouldn't be considered less valuable or important than others who have been previously traded. and i have been told that although evan's case is a priority, mine is also a

priority. >> you heard him there, saying he's more confident now. whealan also says that this is his message for president biden. >> freedom is not free. it comes at a price. but the loss of freedom is even more costly. and i pay that cost every day that russia holds me. please follow through with your promises and commitments. truly make my life a priority and get me home. >> u.s. officials are scouring the globe for options that could draw russia to the negotiating table and secure the release of both whealan and gershkovich. the republican primary field expected to get a little bit more crowded officially today. republican senator tim scott of south carolina will announce his presidential bid. he'll join a growing group trying to stop president biden from a second term. that list includes former president trump, former u.n. ambassador, and former governor of south carolina, nikki haley, former arkansas governor asa hutchinson and radio talk show host larry elder.

and ron desantis, about to make his bid official later this week. joining us now, cnn political commentator and attorney, bakari sellers. and cnn senior political commentator, scott jennings. good morning, guys. >> good morning. >> bakari, let me start with you. tim scott has quite a story. quite a life. what do you think it means for the party writ large in this pri primary. >> first of all, i love tim scott, i adore tim scott, i think he's a man of character. i think he says things he actually believes. we disagree 180 degrees on policy, but i know tim scott and i can actually say that his character is something that this political process needs more of. now, with all of that being said, those pleasantries out of the way, i don't think he stands a chance of being the republican nominee. i think that he will be able to tell a good story, when people hear about his upbringing, where he comes from, i think they will be drawn to that. he's a good orator. he'll have questions about

policy depth, et cetera, but i just think this field is donald trump's and donald trump's alone. >> scott, now to you, i actually am curious what you think of that. because that is the sentiment of a lot of people, that this is donald trump's party. and it's not going to be senator scott's or nikki haley's or anyone else in the end. >> well, what bakari said is certainly what democrats want, is to run against donald trump. i'm so glad that tim scott is running, because i think he's one of the most influential, optimistic, conservative voices in the country. his story, as bakari said, is incredible. and his whole message of personal responsibility versus constant victimhood mentality is a conversation this country needs to have desperately. we need to have it in the republican party. we need to have it as a nation. and when you hear tim scott speak, and when you see him do retail politics, you can see how he could catch on. i agree that right now, donald trump's in a bit of a dominant position. if you just look at the polling, but that's the purpose of

campaigns. and i think tim scott will really stand out in this field. the reality is, if we nominated tim scott, we would probably win the presidential campaign by 15 points next year. if we nominated ron desantis, same thing. if we nominate trump, it's a much dicier proposition for republicans. and i think tim scott's optimism will be infectious in this field and i'm glad for it. >> scott, i wonder if you think too many people are writing off tim scott too quickly as a vp contender. they've been doing this before he even officially jumped in. he has a ton of money. he now has support of the number two republican in the senate, john thune. mike rounds last wednesday told the washington examiner that he would also support tim scott. are we underestimating his ability in a positive message to win the primary? >> i think there are people who just want donald trump to have the nomination. they include donald trump and his people, all the democrats, most of the political media. i mean, everybody that has a vested interest in having donald trump is trying to say this primary shouldn't even exist.

this is the purpose of campaigns. to allow somebody like tim scott, who has a frisk message and a terrific story, to go out and perform. tactically, one thing you said is very important. he brings $22 million from his federal account into this campaign. not to mention an outside super pac. this guy has got the money to play for quite a while. and i'm telling you, when you get him out in retail settings, it's going to play. tim scott is infectious guy. when you see him in person, people will say, hey, why not this? i bet on horses, not politicians, but tim scott is one of my favorite people in this campaign. >> they're more predictable. >> they are now. that's for sure. >> bakari, now to you. i want to ask you about the fact that tim scott and nikki haley, both from north carolina. both firsts. tim scott, the first black republican senator and nikki haley, the first asian american governor of the state. just curious if you think that that is a problem. in other words, that they're going to step on each other's

toes, the ability to get the gop to support them. what happens? >> no. they won't step on each other's toes. like i said earlier, this race is donald trump and to a lesser degree ron desantis and everybody else. even in south carolina, the race between nikki haley and ron desantis is a race for third place. one of the larger things that scott mentioned about the people who want donald trump to be the nominee, he forgot that 35 to 40% of the republican base also want donald trump to be the nominee. what tim scott's campaign will do, though, and what nikki haley's campaign will do is a larger conversation we're going to have in this country, a larger conversation we'll have throughout the campaign, particularly tim's campaign. because it's going to go a long way in helping a lot of disgruntled voters absolve themselves of some type of white guilt. and we'll have that conversation about race. it's going to be a robust conversation about race. and they're going to say, you black folk, go look at tim, look

at nicky, you can be them, too. and i think that totally misses the point. we heard about individual responsibility versus victimhood. i think that even tim scott will tell you, and nikki haley will tell you that in south carolina, where mothers -- black mothers are three to four times more likely to die during childbirth, it ain't victimhood. it's actually being who you are and present in this country. and that's going to be a conversation we have. it's not going to be, look at tim scott, go be like him. it's a conversation on where we are in this country and how far we have yet to go. >> bakari and scott, thank you both so much for that. >> thank you. >> it's rare you get a republican and a democrat disagreeing on what a good guy -- you know, they both spoke so highly of his character. differences on policy. >> you don't hear that much from both sides of the argument, of the aisle. all right. memorial day air travel expected to be really backed up this year. new warnings that delays are likely, so brace yourself.

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time. >> i will try not to complain. >> you never complain. but a lot of people do. they get very angry. so what should they be prepared for? >> we always show up early, too. we're always the ones -- >> not me. >> we never cut it close. i've only been paged at the gate once. this is going to be a huge weekend for air travel, and it's listen been huge, which is so interesting. the saying that memorial day weekend is the unofficial start of summer travel. but it's really already gotten off to this early start. look at the numbers from tsa. 2.65 million people screened at airports nationwide yesterday. that's a 12% increase over the same day last year. 2.21 million people on saturday. 2.66 million people friday. that is a pandemic-era air travel record, broke the record we set back on the sunday after thanksgiving, when everyone came home all at once. so we've not seen a number that high since back in 2019. airlines insist that they are

right-staffed can right-sized for this huge summer travel season. but the big question now is whether or not the faa, and its air traffic control system can handle this. and we just saw over this weekend, on sunday, there were issues at an air traffic control facility in denver, which caused the faa to impose a ground stop for about an hour for flights inbound to denver. this is a story we've been covering in a big way. in fact, we have new exclusive reporting that really sheds light on the meltdowns of last summer. a little-known faa facility known as jacksonville center handles pretty much every commercial flight coming in and out of florida, was short staffed for 200 shifts over a seven-week period. cnn documents found out. and that caused 4,622 delays. this is why airlines are warning you to show up two hours before a domestic flight, three hours

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the naacp has issued a new advisory about traveling to the state of florida. it states florida is openly hostile towards african-americans, people of color, and lgbtq plus individuals. before traveling to florida, please understand that the state of florida devalues and marginalizes the contributions of and the challenges faced by african-americans and other communities of color. during governor ron desantis' administration, the state has

banned the teaching of critical race theory, politick edblocked course on african-american studies, and passed several new restrictions on voting. cnn has reached out to governor desantis' office, as well as florida's official destination marketing organization called visit florida. we have yet to receive a response from them. desantis was asked about the potential of this happening back in march. >> what a joke. what a joke. yeah, we'll see how effective that is. it's ridiculous. and we're proud to be leading the nation in tourism. this is part of the reason why, you know, our country, you know, goes through all of these -- we get involved in these stupid fights. this is a stunt to try to do that. it's a pure stunt. >> joining us now, the president of the naacp, doc johnson. thank you so much for coming on the show, derek. >> thank you. good morning. >> you just heard the words of desantis himself calling this

call by the naacp a stunt. how do you respond? >> well, the governor has perfected the art of doing stunts to gain campaign contributions. unfortunately, this will impact people's lives. we should not use race or othering as a tool to weaponize against people. and unfortunately for a large percentage of the floridians, that's what he has done. therefore, we are advising african-americans and others that if you travel to florida, beware that your life is not valued, that we have a political landscape that could cause harm as we prepare for the 2024 elections to right-size the political landscape in the state of florida. >> i want to ask you what you intended to accomplish with this. what are you hoping happens because of this advisory? >> well, we have talked to our members in the state of florida, partner groups, individuals in the large african-american

communities. and so for many, they were asking, what should we do? and we understand that many conventions are going to be held in florida. so we are advising our members and others that if you go, be cautious of how you operate in the state, that if you have another choice to hold your convention, consider a place outside of florida. but also, let's -- if you have to go there, let's support the local community as we prepare to change the political landscape. we didn't end here overnight. it was because of the election. so we have to prepare for the next election, so we can get rid of him once and for all. this other -- the othering that we have seen first by trump, now by him, is not only un-american, it's dangerous, and we have to right size this landscape. >> i want to ask you your comments on this. the florida chamber of commerce sensed in a statement about the advisory that y'all sent out. and here's sort of what it says. regarding the national group's notice to certain travelers, we

have no comment. however, on the economic diversification front, in just the last few years, florida has moved into the number one spot in the united states for black-owned businesses. and number two for hispanic and number two for women-owned businesses, as well. when you hear those numbers, what they are saying is, look, african-americans and hispanics are doing quite well here when it comes to running their own businesses and being able to make money here, and being able to live decent lives. how do you address that with this new ban? >> first of all, that's propaganda language. over the last several years, it wasn't because of anything he did in policy. florida by geography is an attractive place where people would like to go. but he's fighting the largest company in the state with disney around tourism. they just pulled out $1 billion. he is minimizing the quality of education by taking away the diversity for children to learn.

he has sought to cause harm by saying that every citizen can carry a gun without a permit. those are not business-attractive policies. those are regressive policies that are going to hit a dead end. so you can spin whatever language that you would like to have. the policies that he has put in place are harmful policies to far too many individuals. and i can tell you, what disney has been doing, what we have this call for, it is a trend that's about to pick up. not slow down. >> yeah, he and disney are in a massive fight over that lgbtq plus law that was put in place, which critics call the don't say gay bill. i want to ask you about some numbers and your thoughts on this. in 2022, there was an exit poll in florida that showed that 13% of exit polls, black voters liked desantis and that when it came to latino voters in florida, they voted for desantis

as governor, according to cnn's exit polls. the black voters there voted for desantis, 13% of them. that's not a small number. what do you say to those folks who voted for him. now, we have to also, with a caveat say, that this happened before some of these bans came into place. like the banning of critical race theories and schools of dei and colleges and the blocking of the ap course on african-american studies. but curious to your thoughts, 13% of the black population is no small feat for a republican candidate there in florida. >> well, i have never seen an accurate exit poll in 30 years. nor have you, nor have that network. and i'm surprised that you would repeat an exit poll number. exit polls are historically wrong and misleading. therefore, whatever the number or percentage of individuals who voted for him, that's prior to these bad policies. now we are living in the reality of an individual whose governing. how someone campaigns and how they govern are two different realities. now we are witnessing firsthand

how we're governing. and he's governing to a small vocal minority of the community, not the majority interests of florida nor is he governing towards the future of florida, which will not look like the small minority that he's speaking to in this moment. >> derek johnson, you and i don't love the polling, but it is a measure. the best measure that we can often get, because we can't talk every single person in the state, but i appreciate you coming on. i appreciate you stating your thoughts on why you're putting this advisory in place. i appreciate your time. >> but it's not about love/hate the polling, it is an inaccurate measure that people stopped using, because it has been so inaccurate over the last 30 years. >> all right. thank you so much, derek pip appreciate you coming on the show. >> thank you. the spacex rocket heading to the iss, the international space station, is going to dock in just minutes. it's only the second all-private mission to enter the space

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three, two, one, engines full power and liftoff falcon 9. >> copy, one alpha. >> there you go! we have liftoff. that was the spacex rocket pa blasting off sunday to the international space station. it is only the second all-private mission to the space station. it's now set to dock within the next hour. that will be pretty great to see. so you're looking at live pictures of the spacex crewed dragon capsule approaching the iss. and this mission is making history for several reasons, including carrying the first woman from saudi arabia to sp space. >> to the people around the world, well, the future is very bright. and i would like you to dream big, believe in yourselves, and believe in humanity. >> joining us now is retired

nasa astronaut, mike moss mimin. >> he's done that from space, as well. >> the coolest background. it's great to see you. just so people know, he has been to space twice and completed four spacewalks. also the author of the upcoming book, "moonshot: a nasa astronaut's guide to achieving the impossible." and you've done it. you have done it. what is it like to see these private astronauts doing it? >> it's actually very gratifying. this is something that nasa has wanted to do for a long time. i was selected as an astronaut in 1996, at the beginning of the space shuttle program. they had hoped, before that, 15 years earlier, when a shuttle first began to fly in the early '80s. they had hoped that it would be a commercially viable vehicle. that's what nasa has had as its goals for many years. that didn't work out. we had a couple of accidents with the space shuttle. we weren't ready for that. but now we are doing that. this is the second private astronaut mission.

there's more to come. aisle really gratified that these goals we've had for a long time are coming to fruition right now. >> your friend and fellow astronaut, peggy whitson making history as the first woman to command a private space flight. what do you think about this? because she's done this before, you know, for the government. now she's doing this as a private astronaut. >> yeah. >> it's so interesting. >> she's kind of the adult supervisor on this one. because she's an acxiom employee. the deal they had that acxiom and this company arranged with nasa a few years ago was to get access to the international space station with new astronauts. with private astronauts. they wanted at least one experienced nasa astronaut onboard to command. and so that's peggy. very experienced astronaut. the first woman to command the space station. she was my boss for a while. my astronaut classmate and my boss the last few years at nasa. they wanted one former nasa astronaut to do that. she's going there as part oaf

her job with acxiom to fly in space with these other people you need at least one person to kind of supervisor. >> knows what they're doing. >> makes sure no one gets into trouble. exactly. >> you say the word "work," which is why i think you say, look, private space tourism isn't really the right term for this. because this is ant quote/unquote joy ride, which as you know, has been criticized by some. this is -- they're doing work. >> this is -- this is different. they've trained for months to do this. i trained for years, peggy and i trained together for years to go to space. this is a little bit different. but it's not just a joy ride. it's not an amusement park ride. it is going to the space station for ten days of work. they have over 20 projects they're working on, biomedical research, life science research, human adaptability to space, a lot of educational outreach will be done as well. these four individuals have trained to do work in space and to make a difference and use the private astronaut mission, the

commercialization of spaceflight to do good research, i think, and to inspire people. it's a little bit different. it's not just a joy ride. it's not really tourism. >> we have to mention this. you were a first. the first to tweet from space. >> there you go. >> take that, neil armstrong. >> yep! >> walk on the moon, tweet from space. >> it's all cool for us. it's all way more than we have done in space. >> it's really dcool for me, to. now that i've left nasa. it's interesting, the crew they announced to go to the moon, i guess it was last month. i got to see them there in town in new york. and i was so excited for them. what we're accomplishing now, sending people back to the moon, this privatization of space is things that when i joined nasa, i was hoping to get a chance to see. and even though i've left nasa, now i get to enjoy what these other folks are doing. it's very exciting and i appreciate you covering it. >> thank you. we appreciate you coming here and congrats again on the book. >> good to have you. it is the hottest ticket in

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>> but you can still sing it. >> it's a monday morning. taylor swift and her loyal fans shaking off the rain at the sold-out show in foxborough, massachusetts, over the weekend. it's the biggest show in the country and swifties are paying up. in fact, one massachusetts dad spent, ahem, $21,000 for his daughter and her friends to see the pop star after his original ticket purchase fell through. lucky kids. swift's tour is posed to be one of the highe est grossing toursf all time. what is the number? >> okay, this morning's number is $2.6 2.6 million, that's how tick tickets have been sold to taylor swift's eras tour. and many of those are for out of towners. and what do out of towners also spend money on? they spend money on food, hotels, merchandise, and

transportation. and that is a major jolt to local economies. this is an estimate of how much it is generating for u.s. cities nationwide, we're talking $100 million to billions of dollars. my goodness gracious. why? for example, they're spending thousands of dollars a night for just one single hotel room and we're talking about this throughout the entire nation. what a jolt for local economies. not just for taylor swift. >> there's a whole economy following this one person. it's fascinating. i just am wondering how much money is this particular tour going to take in from just the si ticket sales alone? >> it's going to be an all-time highest grossing tour. this is the highest grossing tours ever, ed sheeran's, elton john, u2, taylor swift's eras at $600 million. she has very few tour dates compared to these other folks

and has not yet gone international. this is an incredible amount and i think this is going to make taylor swift a billionaire. why? her tours -- her eras tours gains her at least $500 million. her prior net worth was $570 million. you don't have been to a genius to figure out that that gets you over the $1 billion mark, guys. >> you know what? if anyone's going to -- i think it's awesome. she has been like writing her own music, fighting for the rights for her music, standing up for what she believes in. go, taylor. >> all the things. >> she's making out and so are the cities that are supporting her smconcerts. harry enten, thank you so much. >> thank you. here's a question for you this morning. who should get to fly first class? >> i have one seat in first class and one in coach. the price is the same because your flight was canceled. >> oh. well, uh -- >> um -- >> i'll take the first class. >> jerry? >> what? >> of course he would. so that's funny, but this might not be so funny.

a reader wrote to "the new york times" ethicist with this question. my husband flies first class and puts me in coach. is that fair? the wife writing her husband justifies flying alone in first class because of the cost and the fact that her kids, ages 12 to 16, might feel alone if i were to travel in first with him and leave them in the rear cabin. i feel that is unfair. back now with us, harry enten, who's shaking his head. very quickly. also we've got cnn chief business correspondent, christine romans. harry, so you going to put your wife and girlfriend or whatever in the back and just take the front seat? >> no, i will not do that, because i actually want to maintain the relationship that i'm currently in. this is the type of thing that makes me want to apologize for all men out there. what the heck is this guy doing? and although i'm not a marriage counselor, the word "divorce" comes to mind very quickly. >> it's like he's don draper and his wife is the nanny.

it's just really, really crazy. he says the kids are 12 and 16. i have a 12-year-old and a 16-year-old, and we love flying together, but sometimes i do get upgraded. it's the big question, do we switch off, my husband goes, then i go, the older kid gets to together. and every now and then, i get asked, do i want to be upgraded and i say no. i think this is a terrible, terrible sign for this woman. why doesn't he just travel with his family in coach? i really don't get it? >> i have to say, i know she's being very quiet and she's just like, i'm not going to touch this. >> i pitched this story. >> you did pitch this story. >> my husband sent it to me. i don't know why he sent it to me. >> maybe he was trying to show you what a nice guy he is. >> i wouldn't go as far as divorce. that is just -- we can work things out. but i have had the situation where you get upgraded. so i would send alcohol or anything that i could back. but i have switched places. i have switched places.

>> but he didn't ask -- your hubby is too nice. >> with the age of my kids -- your kids are younger than mine, but don't let them go to first class by themselves. you'll never put them in coach again. keep the whole family back in coach, so people don't have too high of expectations. >> good advice. >> thank you, guys. that was fun. all right, now to this. another bit of fun news this mo. our chief investigative correspondent, mom and now law school graduate, a big congratulations to our very own pamela brown who graduated from george washington university with her masters in law studies this weekend. she says i've learned many lessons going back to school, but most of all i've learned to listen to those little voices pushing me to seek more out of life. so, pam, while at school has been a pivotal member of cnn in general and especially the investigative unit and before that as senior washington correspondent, all while raising

two kids. here is what she told forbes magazine last year, as you watch her accept her diploma, folks. >> here she is with the kiddos. >> with her kiddos. let's pull that video back up. she said my son really likes that he goes to school with his backpack and mommy goes to school with her backpack and it's been a fun thing to share with my kids that mom is doing the same thing and it's helped encourage them to get ready for school that after i take them to school i'm going to school, too. pamela, we are proud of you and in awe of you and proud to work for a company that supports people doing that. >> where does she find the time? >> i don't know. probably lack of sleep. talk about a cinderella story, not just pam's, meet the man who went from selling golf lessons at a public course in california to sinking a hole in one at yesterday's pga championship. boom. michael block is here with us next. >> there he is. we tried electric unicycles. i think i'veve got it!

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did that go in? >> that is not the movie "tin cup" that is the real thing, a real life version of the movie. an incredible moment at yesterday's pga championship in rochester, new york. michael block acing the 15th hole and capturing america's heart. block is a 46-year-old club pro who normally teaches golf for a living at a public course in california but yesterday he was paired up with rory mcilroy one

of the game's best and block stole the show finishing 1 over par, good enough for 15th overall and an automatic invitation to next year's tournament. >> it's amazing. i'm living a dream, i'm making sure that i enjoy this moment. i've learned that after my 46 years of life that it's not going to get better than this. there's no way. no chance in hell. so i'm going to enjoy this and thank you. >> choking up there. >> it's so cute. michael block, mr. "tin cup" himself joins you now live. michael, the emotion in your voice was incredible. when you hit that shot did you have any idea that like, yeah, i just nailed this one? s>> i hit it good, but i didn't see it go in and rory stops all of a sudden, he turns around, he's got his arms open and is coming and giving me a hug. i'm going, what is going on right now?

he's like -- he goes, it went in the hole. i was like you've got to be kidding right now under these circumstances that it went in the hole. crazy. >> what's it like when a dream actually comes true like that? >> 100%, it is a "tin cup" moment without a doubt. i am a club pro, i teach golf, i'm a head golf professional in mission viejo and for me to be out with please guys, rory mcilroy on sunday, justin rose on saturday and to have the rochester people out here that are the biggest supporters of golf i have ever seen in my life was absolutely unbelievable and it was a dream come true. >> you know, you're one of those guys, a lot of guys are like, yeah, out on the course with their buddies i could play on the pga, i'm good enough, i could make t but you actually did. you actually did. can you tell us about the phone call that you got after this inviting you to play? >> yeah. yeah. i'm sitting there enjoying a moment with my family and

friends afterwards and i get a phone calling from michael the tournament director at the charles schwab challenge. so i'm heading to fort worth this afternoon to play at colonial the rest of the week. i won't be back at work until next week so i need to cancel a couple lessons. it's a good thing. i think they understand why. i think they understand why i can't teach them tomorrow. >> i think they're going to understand. hey, speaking of lessons, so we understand that you charge $150 an hour for lessons. i hope your students locked in that rate with you because i think you can charge a lot more now. what do you think? >> yeah, i have a feeling my wife is going to make me charge more. yeah, no, it's been great. i don't know. i kind of feel bad about charging more for a golf lesson, i'm pretty good with $150 an hour no matter what. >> the embrace, i don't know if we can play t but the embrace of your wife embracing you after this was like pure joy.

>> she almost killed me, yeah, she almost choked me out on that one. yeah, it was great. she was very emotional, as i was, too. she hadn't seen me cry outside of one other time in my life until this week and i literally woke up on my bed crying this morning, it was pretty crazy. >> that is so beautiful. now, you're crying with joy. what are you going to do with that golf ball? did you get to keep it? are you going to enshrine it in some way? >> i don't know yet. yeah, it's still sitting in my golf bag, i don't even know where my golf bag s it's been such a whirlwind ever since that moment, but, yeah, it's crazy. i can't wait just to be on the plane and sit back and relax and be able to soak it in and be able to respond to all of my friends that have wished me, you know -- you know, what i've done, it's been insane. i can't wait just to respond to everybody and tell them thank you for all the support. >> some curious folks in the control room want to know what your bar tab was last night after that hole in one.

>> well, as far as i know it was all hosted, so, yeah, i definitely -- i definitely -- i definitely had a couple and i was lucky enough that brooksy went away because i knew brooksy was going to put it all on my tab for sure. it was a good moment and i was lucky enough to have -- i had brooks koepka win, too, and he is such a great guy and everyone was the whole week. >> i love these moments. cherish it. we're really happy for. >> you congratulations. that's amazing. all right. we're going to head over -- we appreciate you coming on. kate bolduan and john berman, my buddies are going to take it away. cnn "news central" starts right now. ♪ an 11th hour meeting with the u.s. now just ten days away from potentially defaulting on its debt. the stakes in washington are incredibly high as