tom carper will retire next year. he announced that decision last hour in wilmington. the 76-year-old thanked president joe biden for his friendship and support. lizzo taking time during a nebraska concert to make clear she opposes a major new law there. nebraska's governor will sign a twelve-week abortion ban into law. also part of that legislation, lemts on transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care. >> you are valid. you deserve to be here. these laws are not real. you are what's real. and you deserve to be protected. >> thanks for your time today, hope to see you tomorrow. "cnn news central" starts right now. ten days to a potential disaster. the deadline for a debt deal is creeping closer. the two sides are talking but

they still appear to be far apart and there are warnings that avoiding default might not be good enough if they come too close to june 1st when the u.s. potentially runs out of money. tim scott is running. the senator from south carolina the only black republican in the senate announces a run for the white house. scott may be hoping to run on a message of positivity, but if he goes, can he win if other candidates go low? and the suspect in the idaho college murder case appearing in court for an arraignment. 20-year-old bryan kohberger facing the death penalty if found guilty. when it came time for him to enter a plea, he and his attorneys remaining completely silent. the latest from court. we're following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to "cnn news central." washington is running out of time and money.

president biden and speaker mccarthy will meet this afternoon to once again try to avoid a u.s. default. that nightmare scenario could happen in just ten days. treasury's funds are already dwindling and without a deal uncle sam won't be able to pay out social security, medicare and military salaries. this weekend urgent negotiations resulted in the same-old standoff. mccarthy wants major spending cuts, biden says the republicans are holding the economy and his agenda hostage. any signs of progress coming out of a meeting today? >> importantly they are still talking and both sides seem to be saying that these conversations have been productive. that is a change of course from on friday when we saw that those two sides faced a major setback, paused negotiations, which resumed again over the weekend. that call also crucial between the president and speaker mccarthy as president biden was making his way back on air force

one from japan. both the president and mccarthy calling that call productive. the president last night saying that call went well. so today the white house negotiators and speaker mccarthy's deputies met for another three hours today. congressman patrick mchenry one of those negotiators coming out there saying we are at a very sensitive point but saying there is good will on both sides to try and reach an agreement. but what's really notable here is how far these sides remain just ten days away from a potential default. not only over the specifics of a potential deal, some of those sticking points like work requirements, for example, for just on the basics of what that top line spending number will actually look like. where federal spending will be capped and for how long. we know that the white house has proposed capping spending for next year at this current year's levels. house republicans say that spending needs to go backwards to at least fiscal year 2022 and that it appears remains one of the major roadblocks here. something that has yet to

actually be resolved. all of this ahead of this crucial meeting between president biden and speaker mccarthy later today. we know the president yesterday when he was in japan, he was asked whether or not he could guarantee that a default would not happen. a question that he was posed by so many world leaders at that g-7 summit. the president saying he cannot guarantee that, putting the onus on republicans saying he doesn't know republicans won't do something that will lead the country to default. >> i want to bring in lauren fox who's on capitol hill for us. lauren, what are you hearing from lawmakers? >> reporter: yeah, i mean after this several hour long meeting in the speaker's office between white house negotiators and republican negotiators, one thing became clear. they are at a very critical moment for these talks, not just because of the high-stakes meeting happening later today between the president and kevin mccarthy, but also because this is a moment they are going to have to decide are both sides going to give some major concessions in order to get a

bipartisan deal because time is starting to run short. here is what patrick mchenry, one of those republican negotiators, told us. >> we're at a very sensitive point here and the goal is to get something that can be legislated into law. i think people have good will. i don't think there's any interest in us delaying these tough conversations, and so we want this to be productive. we want this to be a productive week. >> reporter: and these negotiations, brianna, have been going on for more than a week now and still no major signs of progress, no major breakthroughs to speak of when it comes to either those spending cuts or other issues related to permitting reform, work requirements, clawing back some of that covid money that remains unspent. that just shows you how long of odds this is really to get a deal at all at this point. the other thing to keep in mind is how long it's going to take

on the floor in both the house of representatives and then the u.s. senate to get any deal passed. it does take some time to get lawmakers all on the same page in the house, it takes 72 hours for lawmakers to have an opportunity to read legislation before they vote. that timeline can always be moved up in the u.s. senate, but any one senator could really stall this progress. so that just gives you a sense with ten days to go, they're starting to seriously run out of time, brianna. >> yeah, the house can move quicki quickly, the senate cannot. lauren fox, thank you for that live from capitol hill. it's official, republican senator tim scott has formally launched his presidential campaign in his hometown of charleston, north carolina. scott is the first black u.s. senator from south carolina. today he drew on his own personal biography as he kicked off his white house bid. have a listen. >> this is the freest, fairest land where you can go as high as

your character and your grit and your talent will take you. i bear witness to that. i testify to that. that's why i'm the candidate the far left fears the most. >> cnn's eva mckend is in south carolina where he made his announcement this afternoon. i've heard his stump speech where he tells his personal story and gives his vision for the country. it is positive, markedly positive compared to other front-runner for the gop nomination. i wonder is that a deliberate campaign strategy for scott? >> reporter: it certainly seems to be, jim. it seems as though he has very little appetite to get into mud slinging against his fellow republican opponents. that will be his immediate challenge going up against his fellow republicans in this hotly contested republican primary where the former president leads the pack. we actually heard from trump

today and he wished tim scott well. we asked senator scott about this and he thanked him. but we didn't see any direct attacks against trump or governor desantis, for instance. but this was largely a speech in two parts. the first part really focusing on his personal biography, arguing that this country is a land of opportunity, not oppr oppression, and really going after the left. take a listen. >> reporter: our party and our nation are standing at a time for choosing. victimhood or victory? victimhood or victory? >> victory! >> victimhood or victory? >> victory! >> grievance or greatness? >> greatness! >> i choose freedom and hope and

oppor opportunity. >> reporter: so you can hear there the call and response nature to this speech really almost felt like a church service. if you want to say that he tried to go after his opponents at all, i guess you could say the line grievance over greatness could be seen as a thinly veiled come at trump, but largely he stayed away from that. the second part of the speech really was an indictment on president biden, arguing that he is too weak and that this country needs new leadership. so this will be a difficult road ahead for senator scott. he will spend the next several months introducing himself to voters. many folks here in south carolina know him and know him well, have known him for a long time from when he held local office here. but the challenge now is for senator scott to introduce himself to voters in iowa and new hampshire. >> yeah, the line victimhood or

victory could also be seen as directed at his other republican opponent, the former president. eva mckend, thank you so much. plenty of politics to discuss so let's bring in a white house correspondent for pbs news hour. laura, thanks f sharing part of your afternoon with us. scott's speech more uplifting than we've heard lately. how do you think that responds to the republican base which has been going with the policy of resentment. >> this republican base, still a third of it or more, actually believes the 2020 election was stolen. they subscribe to a lot of the ideologies that former president trump is putting out there as well as ron desantis who we expect to jump in very soon. there hasn't seemed to me, at least when we look at the 2022 and the candidates that were picked in the republican primaries there as well as so far what has played out over this very short so far

presidential primary any appetite among the base to move in the direction that senator scott is trying to articulate right now. >> case in point, donald trump remains far and away the front-runner and on the point of trump's chances we saw in 2016 that more candidates in the field dilutes the vote and trump advances. >> a lot of the republican strategists that i talk to in battleground states like arizona say that the more candidates that jump in, the more that that helps trump in any of the primary states. and also even though senator scott is trying to project this optimistic tone, i think former governor nikki haley has also tried to do that at different times, both from south carolina. but they do align and i think it's very important to say this, they align on almost every single policy aspect with former president trump and with ron desantis, particularly on

abortion and trying to restrict transgender rights. >> yeah, scott has a voting record that falls pretty closely in line with donald trump's policies. notably someone that was prominent in the crowd there in south carolina today in his hometown of north charleston was the number two republican in the senate, john thune, who was endorsing tim scott. that endorsement obviously resonates here in washington and perhaps in south dakota as well but does it hit the base? does the base look to these endorsements as a sign whereof they should lend their vote? >> i don't think they do. what i see when i go to these rallies, you don't hear them talk very much about establishment republicans other than to say they don't agree with them. that they aren't aligned with them anymore. they regularly attack senator mitch mcconnell and even kevin mccarthy and other leading republicans. senator john thune is a part of leadership in the senate, but he's not someone that i think the real republican base is

looking to or will determine their vote based on. >> laura, there's a huge meeting coming up later today at the white house at about 5:30. house speaker kevin mccarthy sitting down with president biden to talk the debt ceiling. what are your sources at the white house telling you about expectations at this meeting? >> the white house has tried to project all of this optimism heading into these meetings. there were fits and starts over the weekend, but a white house official was telling me today as they head into this meeting, there's frustrations over two big things, which is they feel as though mccarthy and his team in recent days tried to propose more extensive cuts on snap, that's food assistant programs which the president has a red line on that on. he does not want to pursue more cuts on that at all beyond what was potentially in the republican bill that they passed. and also on the sheer number of spending caps. so i'm told by the white house official that republicans are proposing six years worth of spending caps. they're looking more at the two-year range.

so they're heading into this meeting trying to be find common ground on those areas. it's anyone's guess if they're going to exit this meeting with any deal or not. >> a lot of ground to make up and the horizon is getting bleaker and bleaker. that june 1st deadline is looming. one more question, president biden obviously has some experience with facing that cliff of falling off the -- essentially that the debt ceiling is here and there's going to be a fiscal calamity potentially. he was vice president in 2011 when the u.s. had to see its credit rating get downagregrade. how does that experience inform what he's doing now? >> it's fully informed it. the president said he would never negotiate around the debt ceiling. his lesson that he took away from the 2011 fiscal crisis is you don't negotiate on the debt ceiling -- you don't tie it to anything in negotiation. there needs to be clean debt ceiling increases.

the lesson that republicans took away from that, which senator mitch mcconnell articulated at the time, that is the debt ceiling is a hostage worth taking to extract things that republicans may want, even if it means markets being put into turmoil or the potential threat of default. now, there are democrats that are really frustrated with the white house because they feel even though that's the position that president biden entered the negotiations with, which was not to negotiate around the debt ceiling, they feel as though he's been dragged into a negotiation around it and they're not happy with the way the talks are going. >> yeah, it's interesting. fiscal cliff crisis. you said it way easier than did. thanks so much. barely holding on, ukraine loses ground and russia claims victory in the brutal battle for bakhmut. but ukraine says the fight isn't over. we'll tell you where things stand ahead. plus, one year of pain and unanswered questions. parents of the children killed in their classroom in uvalde, texas, still seeking a full accounting of the slow police

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one about eight kilometers, five miles into russian territory. now, an exclusive video that this legion supplied to cnn, when you zoom in you can see some support for their claim, which we can't independently verify, that they attacked the local headquarters of the fsb, the secret police in russia, and also claim to have knocked out a russian tank in this engagement. as of mid-afternoon when we were in touch with them, they said they were ongoing. local authorities in russia have confirmed that they have been invaded, albeit on a limited basis. the regional governor of belgorod says the situation is intense and almost all civilians have evacuated or fled from that village and there is artillery in use. now, the russian legion is described for this operation by the ukrainian armed forces as

being an independent group of russian citizens. and that is true in that they are russian citizens, but they are kind of trying to keep them at arm's length when it comes to this cross border incursion, but frankly it couldn't have been done or would not have been done without the full support of the ukrainian armed forces and these people in ukrainian uniforms who have been fighting already very heavily south of bakhmut for ukraine. but yes, they are russian dissidents all dedicated to trying to endi the putin regime. they have in the past conducted covert operations inside russia but never admitted responsibility. here with a nod and a wink they are. these are at the very least ukrainian-backed russian rebels. >> and can you tell us, sam, the state of the fighting in bakhmut, who has long now been

this sort of stand that russian and ukrainian forces have been taking, really leaving the city just to be a shell of itself? >> reporter: well, it's just a pile of rubble now. i think that's how the president of ukraine effectively described it when he said that there was nothing there for the russians to take. the ukrainians are saying that they still have a small foothold in the southwest corner of the urban area itself and more importantly that they are controlling the outskirts of the city to the north and the south, essentially flanking the wagner mercenary group that claims it captured it over the weekend, but that leaves the mercenaries now very, very vulnerable. >> we see the pictures, it is a ghost town. sam kile why for us, thank you much. jim. we're joined with retired air force general cedric leighton to talk about the significance of this.

let's talk about the attack in belgorod, russia. we know russia has sent a lot of forces in. is it significant for ukraine to strike there? >> absolutely. the reason is it is actually the site of a major air base and that air base happens to have nuclear storage facilities at it. so that would be one reason to actually go there. you also pointed out something very important here. this is a staging area. every single thing that the russians have been doing in this part of the country has actually come from belgorod and they moved in this direction basically every time they have gone through here. so the big idea here is that it is a symbolic target. but the fact that the ukrainians can go there more or less with impunity, that is pretty significant. >> let's talk about bakhmut. russia has announced it has it but the ukrainians are saying they're still on the outskirts.

amount of military, troops, military hardware. why? was it worth it? why the focus? >> bakhmut for most western analysts, they say it has no strategic significance. one of the key things when it comes to balk khmut it is sitti on a road that heads up this way towards kharkiv. that very fact means that the donetsk region is something that the russians want to take, not only for the significance of getting the road but they also want it for political reasons, capture the remainder of the donebas. >> they tried to take the whole country and couldn't do it so they want to take all of this. so the ukrainians say we still have the advantage because we're on the outside and can move in any time we want to. is that spin having lost a major battle or is that substantively true? >> well, it could be both

actually. the reason i say that is when you look at bakhmut and you look at some of the very specific areas right here, as sam mentioned we have the ukrainians to the north and to the south of the city, in the southwestern part. around here there are ukrainian elements still active. all of this, if the russians have all of this, that is a significant victory for them. however, like you said, this has taken over nine months to accomplish. far more than the battle of st stalingrad itself and that very fact shows that both sides have expended a lot of manpower and everything to capture this. >> okay, let's talk about because ukraine is as we reported last week has begun shaping operations in the eastern part to prepare for a major counteroffensive. is there any advantage to having russian forces concentrated here to give ukrainians the ability to strike here and here and here in short order?

>> potentially yes, because if the russians concentrate their manpower on bakhmut, like you pointed out very correctly here, the ukrainians have the possibility of going in and cutting them off this way and potentially even this way from the southwest. they could also use this area around kherson to cross the river and that makes this land bridge -- >> potentially vulnerable. >> a very vulnerable area. >> we know that was a goal because we know the russians wanted to connect territories they had prior. is it vulnerable? something to watch if or when, or when by all accounts the counteroffensive starts. cedric leighton, thank you very much. uvalde officials speaking out as we approach one year since the massacre at robb elementary school. we hear from the families of children who survived.

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people of uvalde, texas. city official have no events planned for the anniversary. they have banned mparking aroun the city plaza, robb elementary school and the healing murals out of respect for the families who are depending accountability for the officers who failed to rescue their children during the 77 minutes the gunman terrorized them before he was shot and killed. here was the mayor of uvalde just a short time ago. >> in a year's time they still don't have answers to simple questions they should have gotten. i mean i'm the mayor. i've been one year. i haven't got one briefing from anybody from day one, not one. nor has the county judge. so if it's frustrating on us, you can only imagine what it does to them. >> we're joined by cnn senior crime and justice correspondent shimon prokupecz who has been on top of this story seeking answers since day one.

it's clear from this press conference that there is frustration not only from officials who are trying to get answers but also from the families who are coming to you seeking information. >> reporter: yeah, and i spoke to the mayor last night before our documentary aired. i've talked to the mayor several times, we've interviewed him. he's pretty pissed off because he's been asking for information for the last year. he's only learning information when we bring him information. in fact he's forced a resignation and nearly fired one of the police officers because of our reporting. so certainly you can tell that his frustration, it's not lessening. i think he's at a point where he thinks he'll start to get some information soon, but he needs that information so he can make decisions about police officers at the local level that are still working for the uvalde police department. of course all of this happening, as we aired our special last night with families coming to us

asking us to show them video of the moments their individuals were rescued some 77 minutes finally after police breached the classroom. at one point we show jamie torrez, the enclosury -- chloe torrez, after she was placed on a bus and blood all over her body. the blood you're going to see is not her blood. it's the blood of others that were injured and sadly died in that classroom. she used that blood so the shooter could think she was dead and just a warning that this video that you may see here, you may find disturbing. >> i was on the phone with the police officer. >> oh, that was you? okay. >> if you want me to stop, let me know, okay? are you okay or do you want me to stop? are you okay or do you want me to stop? are you okay? >> you all are going home to

your moms and dads. she's not here. ome to >> you can go home to your dad, okay? >> it's a lot, right? do you want to stop? >> it's definitely stressed her out, ptsd, like all of that. she has all of that. she can't walk into a restaurant or any kind of building without counting every exit and the doors. >> she counts exits? >> yes. if we go to mcdonald's, she sits closest to the door as she can. >> boris, you can tell it's just a really difficult year for these families. the reason why they wanted to see this video and why they asked us to show them this video because they're trying to get some answers about what their kids went through to try and

start this healing process and get some closure for these horrific events. many of them still struggling as they're waiting for answers and try to move on. certainly the next few days are not going to be easy for them. >> that is so difficult to watch that footage and it's made all the more agonizing by what you point out. these unanswered questions and what appears to be an utter lack of accountability. shimon prokupecz, thank you so much for your reporting and stay on top of this. coming up next, the man charged with killing four university of idaho students has just appeared in court. he and his lawyers are staying silent, letting the judge enter his plea. we will have the latest from that hearing. plus facebook's parent company, meta, has slapped with a $1.3 billion penalty by european regulators. details on what prompted the record-breaking fine, coming up. s immigration experience and what life must have beenen like for them.

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the man indicted for murder in the stabbing deaths of four university of idaho students was back in court here just a short time ago. when asked to enter his plea, bryan kohberger and his lawyers remained silent. a judge entered not guilty pleas on behalf of kohberger. he faces multiple murder and burglary charges and could face the death penalty if he's convicted. veronica miracle is here with more details for us. veronica, walk us through what happened. >> reporter: well, brianna, to start off the hearing, the judge read bryan kohberger his rights and then he went and listed the five counts, the five charges

that he's facing, four counts of murder and one count of burglary. kohberger said that he understood the charges that he is facing. as you said, when it came time for a plea, he remained silent and did not enter a plea and his lawyer stood up and said, your honor, we are standing silent. because of that the judge had to enter not guilty pleas for him. i just got off the phone with a university of law professor who told me this is highly unusual and it could have happened for a number of reasons. the first being that this case is under high scrutiny. there's a lot of attention on this case and so entering a plea either way would offer a characterization. obviously if he entered guilty, he would assume guilt there. if he entered not guilty, then it's possible people could have been outraged that he wasn't taking responsibility for his alleged actions. so by not saying anything, there's no characterization either way. i'm also told that sometimes the parties are negotiating behind

closed doors. it's possible that the defense and the prosecution talked about this. if there is some kind of agreement, some kind of plea agreement that could be happening behind closed doors. and lastly it could just be that he doesn't want to cooperate. so a number of reasons here. but i am told this is highly unusual. now, with today's not guilty plea entered on kohberger's behalf, now the prosecution has 60 days to announce whether they will be pursuing the death penalty. when kohberger was told that he faces potentially life in prison or the death penalty, he remained emotionless. no visible reaction. his trial date has now been set for october 2nd and it is expected to last at least six weeks. brianna. >> very strange. thank you for walking us through that. there are also two other hearings today and these have to do with a judge's gag order. tell us about that. >> reporter: yeah, there's a lot happening. so there's this nondissemination

order that's in place and it's essentially put in place by the judge and it has stated that nobody involved, the attorneys for people who are involved in this case, the prosecution, the police, they are not allowed to make any comments, not allowed to publicly comment on this case. so the gonzalves family has been fighting this because they want information to be released and ask both sides about what is hatching, witnesses, family members, so that is currently under way. we'll see if the judge decides to amend this order or remove it which would allow people to speak. but right now there's no freedom for anyone to talk about this case. >> veronica, thank you for the very latest. a lot happening in this case. boris. a warm welcome at the international space station. a former nasa astronaut and three pairing customers arriving for a week-long stay.

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now. facebook parent company meta is facing a record-breaking $1.3 billion fine today. european regulators say the social network giant wrongly transferred european facebook data to servers here in the u.s. meta calls that decision flawed and unjustified and says it will appeal the ruling. also, flights in sicily are back on after eruptions of heavy volcanic ash covered runways, grounding flights on sunday. pictures and video footage show the ash blanketing planes and roads in the area. mount etna is europe's tallest active volcano. and it was a hole in one for the ages. club pro michael block sent golf fans into a frenzy without even realizing what he had pulled off. >> let's go! >> no. no way! no way.

did it go in? >> yeah, the golf equivalent of a swish there. that hole in one helped block secure not only a pga tour exemption to play in this week's tour event but also a spot to play in next year's pga championship. outside all the craziness, block usually teaching golf lessons at a public course in california. he spoke to cnn this morning about a wild weekend. >> 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. for me to be out here with these guys, rory mcilroy on sunday, justin rose, and to have the biggest people out, supporters i've ever seen in my life was absolutely unbelievable and it was a dream come true. >> block will tee off at the charles schwab challenge this thursday. not just the hole in one, four great rounds of golf from the club pro this weekend.

>> this impressive video. i wish they had seen the impressive video of brianna keilar celebrating off screen. she's from mission viejo. we're tracking a private space crew that is onboard the international space station after a 15-hour journey to get there. peggy whitson and three paying customers make up the team which docked only a few hours ago. you can see them floating through the hatch and into the iss where they're joined pby th crew already on board. they'll spend the next eight days working on scientific experiments and more. carlos, a lot of historic firsts on this voyage. they just made it inside the iss. so what comes next for them? >> reporter: well, boris, right now the two americans and the two saudis, while they get to work, they have got about eight days at the international space

station to perform a number of experiments from testing out a new communication system to taking a look at the effects of microgravity in the production of stem cells. as you said, boris, seven astronauts that are already on the international space station welcomed the four-member crew earlier today after they lifted off from kennedy space center here on sunday. peggy whitson, she is the commander of this space mission and she was the first one to make it from the dragon capsule onto the iss. we heard from a few of the astronauts shortly after they made it onto the international space station. one of them was the mission pilot, john shaufner who talked about what it's like to be on the iss. here's what he said. >> it's an honor to be here and make new friends in space. the first time i've done that for sure. so i've been dreaming or working toward this since i was 8 in a

young astronauts club watching gemini pilots do their thing. we had cardboard boxes pretending to be gemini pilots. you'd think having that much time to prepare i'd have some better words than this. but it's having a chance to be here and fly with this amazing new crew. >> reporter: we also heard from the two saudis that are on this flight, mission specialist ali arkani spoke in arabic and english. he said he was making space friends. the other mission specialist is the first saudi woman to make it into space. she said she hopes to serve as a role model for other women in saudi arabia as well as the arab world. the astronauts made it out to the international space station in 15 hours and 35 minutes. we're told that is a record for a dragon crew.

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