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states, and all around the, world i'm paula newton. ahead on cnn newsroom, back from the, brink the u.s. congress passed as a compromise deal to spending the federal governments that ceiling for two years. a song speaks on the ground outside a collapsed building, waiting for -- inspectors day before the accident. and, a -- sure pose submitting -- mount everest to a missing climber, we will show you this uptick rescue. >> live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. >> and so president biden's knee only thing needed now to suspend the debt ceiling, and avoid an economic meltdown that could have impacted the entire world after weeks of talks that run hot and cold, mostly hot in the u.s. senate on thursday, more than 63 to 36 to pass the

critical legislation after cleared the u.s. house the day before. now that was following the vote to the president issued a statement thanking lawmakers, saying tonight, senators from both parties of voting to protect the heart of current economic progress we have made, and prevent a first ever default by the united states. together they demonstrated once more that america is a nation that pays its bills, and meets its obligations and always will. cnn's melanie is a known was on hand for those votes, and she has the latest now on capitol hill. >> well after weeks of intense negotiations and it just days to go before the default deadline, congress has averted an economic disaster. the senate on thursday night passed a bill that would raise the debt ceiling until 2025, and also limit future spending and the fatality in the senate was 63 to 36. they needed 60 republicans and democrats to come together to

pass this bill and they did. chuck schumer talking about this bill after the vote. >> the fault is the giants word hanging on for america's head, but because of the good work of president biden, as well as democrats in the, house and a democrats in the senate, we are not defaulting. democrats said from the start, we must take default off the table. for a long time, republicans, many republicans in the house resisted, house republicans were ready to take default hostage, in order to pass a radical, you are right agenda, that never could have passed with the american people. so tonight, the outcome is very welcome news for the economy, and american families. >> and at the bill now heads to president biden's desk for his signature, but it was not always an easy road to get here. first of all, they had to hammer out a deal which took weeks, usually they try to do these things in a matter of, months it was a very complicated fiscal agreement, there were, blowups points where it looked like it was

going to go completely off the rails. then the other half of the battle is they had to sell the steel to their members. there was opposition from both republicans, and democrats. democrats do not like the stricter work requirements, food stamp recipients, they do not like at the energy permitting reforms, and republicans thought the bill does not go far enough, to cut spending. they also do not like that it will hike at the top ceiling for two years, until after the next presidential election. ultimately, a coalition of members came together in the middle to get this done, and avoid what would have been the first ever default. melanie simona, cnn, capitol hill. >> with us from los angeles to cnn senior political analyst ron brownstein, who's also senior editor at the atlantic. it is done, ron crisis averted. now what i want to know from, you what does the steele tell us about the state of american politics? and really, it is to preview those battles to come. >> yeah, i mean, as we have,

said it was extraordinary that we were in this position to begin with, given how really peripheral and minor policy is that we were debating were. i mean, the mismatch between the and, and the means, the means you know, participating a -- to get a small change in a one sixth of the federal budget, which is spending, that is all we talk about, to get changes in work requirements, essentially have no impact on the budget, and some minor changes in -- it was all crazy that it came to this. it is at least somewhat reassuring that there was enough critical mass in the center to prevent the u.s. going off the cliff in an unprecedented way. >> yes, and a bigger point that perhaps the bar has been set much lower these days. a huge victory in d.c..

okay, ron, i'm going to ask you to choose now, because i know you have said both speaker mccarthy and president biden can both count this as a win, but really politically will it help one more than the other do you think right now? >> no i think it helps biden probably in the sense that the alternative would have been potentially very risky. obviously, you look at the polling, where people might or might not say that republicans are to blame, but he is the president. if the domestic and global economy collapse into catastrophe, you know, there is no way he walks out of that where he is. so i think avoiding that was worth it for biden, to essentially renounce what he originally set out, which is that he was not going to negotiate around the debt ceiling. i think it was a very revealing kind of measure of the way biden has approached his presidency. he has criticized republicans, he is called out the maga faction, and so, fourth but in

the and, he chooses to try to make the system work rather than going to war against the side of the grounds that it is pursuing a radical agenda. it was very measured throughout this whole process, and that did allow him to bring this to shore with relatively minor concessions to republicans, certainly not many more concessions than he would have to make in the budget process anyway later this year given the republicans -- >> yes he certainly wasn't spiking the ball in the end zone of the white house the past few days, we will see what he, says he is expected this week on friday. i want to ask, you how does this process, do you, think serve to tame or involved in the flanks of either party, and i ask because if you go to congressman chip, roy freedom caucus, if we look at what he, tweeted the enemy foretold by our founders the -- so powerful they crush freedom, i refuse that path, the fund tyranny, live free. not to be outdone, right but democratic progressive way, aoc,

alexandria ocasio-cortez saying, you are cutting through, assistance you are pushing through a disastrous, pipeline you are causing harm to the environment, and your holding the entire u.s. economy hostage. ron, what do you think, does it embolden, them or does it really -- this bipartisan deal which actually the votes came out, they were not -- at all. >> yes, no, i don't think it takes them in the sense that they are lowering their ambitions, but it does kind of underscore the limits of influence. you know, house republicans that don't have a comparable lover to demand changes for biden, again, even this deal has measures to reduce the potential threat of a budget shutdown later this year, and with discretionary spending, which is only won six of the federal budget, and is way too small of a lover to impact the long term deficit trajectory.

that is already -- so there isn't that much more, i think, that they can do. they can hold a lot of hearings to embarrass the administration, or score points against, them but i think that the right and republican party are not going to have any more options like this, where they have something where biden clearly has to deal with it. if anything, remember in 2020, five the next big fiscal fight is going to be the expiration of the trump tax cuts, when the leverage will switch back to democrats if they have even won chamber of congress, much less the white house. so i do, think you know, probably we will see fairly modest legislative achievement, you know in the remainder of this congress, and i think the left and right will be out there, banging and making their case for change, but it is going to be very hard to find -- >> yes, it certainly as you, said you already see them in electoral mode.

immediately went and campaigned off the no vote. ron, i have to thank you for holding your hand through the last few weeks, certainly a -- appreciated. >> thank you for having me. >> donald trump, now says he does not know anything about a new report on his and from the cause of documents, cnn has learned federal prosecutors have an audio recording of the former president talking about a classified plan to invade iran. >> all i know is, this everything i did was right, we have the presidential records act which i abided by 100 percent. it is a continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all-time, it is a hoax. it has to, it has to do more than anything else with trying to interfere with the election. >> okay, we have more now from cnn's senior legal affairs correspondent. >> former president donald trump today campaigning in iowa,

refusing to take questions on the bombshell revelation he was recorded discussing classified information. >> mister president, why did you take classified documents? >> but continue to claim he is a victim of federal investigators. >> i am a victim of, it they have come after me, they have come after many things. >> this after cnn's exclusive reporting that prosecutors now have an audio recording of trump talking about a classified plan to invade iran, while he was at his bedminster golf club months after he left the white house. among those attending the meeting, several trump aides, and two people working on an autobiography former white house chief of staff mark meadows, none of them had a security clearances. -- forecourt conversations with, journalists and writers. >> they become automatically declassified when i took them. >> trump under investigation

for settling of national security secrets, as previously insisted that he declassified any sensitive material in his possession. >> if you are the president of the united states, you can declassified by saying it is declassified, even by thinking about it. >> but sources tell cnn, trump claims to still be in possession of a pentagon document, suggest he would like to share it, and acknowledges the limits of his ability to declassify it. all of this undercutting his own defense. asked if he had ever shared any information at cnn's town hall -- >> not really, i would have the right to, by the way -- >> what do you mean not really? >> not that i can think, of let me just, tell you i have the absolute right to do whatever i want to do. >> the summer 2021 reporting comes out of trump's new jersey golf club, now the second confirmed state where he is had classified information, after the fbi walked out of his mar-a-lago estate in florida with boxes of top secret

documents. the trump campaign saying, the doj has continued interference in the presidential election is shameful, and this investigation should seize wasting the american taxpayers money on democrat political objectives. >> when we search bedminster, there were no classified documents or for documents. >> former trump lawyer -- who left trump's legal team in recent weeks, says the classification status of the document trump is her talking about is irrelevant based on the laws that are cited -- in summer 2022. >> the doj is investigating these willful retention of national defense information. whether it is classified or declassified, it is not an element of that offense. >> our thanks to paula reid for that report. now officials in iowa are expected to -- in the coming hours about the latest on that building collapse there on sunday.

on thursday search teams and cadaver dogs enter the site and, building a no police say to people who were previously unaccounted for have now thankfully been found safe. three others remain missing. plans to demolish the building are now on hold. officials said repair work had begun just days before the apartment building collapsed. >> the permit originally was issued to start the repair work, when that permit was issued, it was issued with a passing mark on it. when that permit was moved from passed to incomplete, we have a system here that on the outward facing programs, and i think we are pulling that up, it failed and the inspection never failed, it was that it was incomplete. so basically it was still in progress. >> now as officials grapple with -- families of the missing are waiting an absolute agony.

-- has been sleeping on the pavement outside the building, where his father may be trapped under the rubble. he is desperate for rescuers to find his father. there is a risk the rest of the building could come crashing down at any point. the 18 year old would be getting ready for his high school graduation on saturday. he says he can't pull himself away from epstein. >> i haven't slept, i've been here for three days, at night, all night, just waiting for anything. >> what is happening for you this weekend? >> i'm supposed to be graduating in three days. walk across the stage. we have finals this week, a try to go tuesday, to school, and as soon as i walk in i broke down i was crying i could not do it. you know, all the, people my, friends they see, me i don't know if i will be able to go to the graduation. >> his family hasn't given up hope, though and they continue to urge officials to keep

searching. now a u.s. judge has approved a settlement agreement for the family of -- she is the cinematographer who is fatally shot by actor alec baldwin on the move is the 2021. not just family filed a wrongful death lawsuit about baldwin and producers in the film rust last, year in alleged numerous industries -- violations i settlement was reached in october and was formally approved on thursday. she died after a prop gun held by baldwin fired a live round of ammunition. financial details of the settlement have not been made public. kyiv under attack for the 63 day, still, ahead the heartbreaking story of a mother and daughter killed by missile debris as they try to get into a locked bomb shelter.

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ends, but we must be sure that when it does, we have credible arrangements in place, to guarantee ukraine security in the future, and to break russia's aggression. >> and in the meantime, there is outrage over the deaths that three people, including a nine-year-old girl and her, mother both killed by missile debris as they try to get him to a blocked bomb shelter. cnn senior international correspondent sam kiley reports. >> grief has struck again in kyiv, overwhelming a grief when a loved one's taken. three people killed here, in russia's latest attack on ukraine's capital. 3 am -- debris from a downed missile, and a child. a fatal accident in an all too

deliberate attack. such events are driving support for ukraine from nato, europe, and beyond. >> that is why every european country that borders russia, and that does not want russia to -- should be a full member of the eu, and there are only two alternatives to this. either, they are keeping -- >> nato's weapons are already in use in ukraine's east. now they have launched a campaign inside russian territory, at least -- frontline villages in russia. >> the original sin of russia's invasion of ukraine compound it as it is by their continued targeting of civilians, the absolute brutality of their occupation has ceded ukraine, and unassailable position on

the moral high ground. they put a hold on to, that even as they prosecute their own campaigns inside russian territory. >> a massive attack is ongoing, the lives of local people, primarily in -- and nearby villages are in danger. >> anti-putin russians in ukraine's forces claim to have raided his province, a second time, at broadcast these warnings. stay in your, homes do not, worry soldiers of the russian volunteer court are not in court with civilians. >> they claimed to have hit russian ammunition, dumps and other military targets. they say they were driven out with heavy casualties. still, ukraine now holds the initiative on this front. russia continues to rain misery from the sky. the -- lost his life, and nine year old daughter in this raid on kyiv.

nothing matters anymore, he says, there are no more people left. sam kiley, cnn. >> as many of us found out a hard, way tripping and falling in front of a crowd can be a very embarrassing moments. coming up, we will have president biden's -- after his trip.

>> republican presidential hopefuls are ramping up their efforts to take the spotlight of former president donald trump who has so far dominated the polls. as more candidates into the race to try and stop trump, analysts say that is exactly the scenario that could help them win a nomination. cnn's jeff zeleny explains. >> so far, donald trump is getting almost everything he wanted from the republican presidential campaign. >> there is no way it could lose iowa, let's see what, happens i do not think so. we would have to do some really bad things to lose at this point. >> including a list of rivals that is growing by the week. -- becoming remarkably crowded. >> i think it is advantageous

to, trump i did not want. that >> treaty is a loyal republican who came to see florida governor ron desantis the other night, and a sizing up several contenders. she offered pointed words of advice for those entering the race. >> stay for a while see what happens, but then didn't stay too long. we need to be the democrats. >> a summer approaches, the rock publican field is starting to burst at the seams, with former vice president mike pence, and former new jersey governor chris christie said to jump in next week. joining former governor nikki haley and senator tim scott from south carolina, former arkansas governor is that hutchinson, an entrepreneur -- who are already in the race. north dakota governor -- is also poised to announce next week, and new hampshire governor for -- promises a decision soon. in virginia, governor glenn youngkin is not ruling out a run later this, year if some contenders lame out. >> if that can't stand the, way that benefits -- trump will win by the power. and, that is why we will see if

we learned our lesson, and if we learned it well. >> an influential evangelical leader in iowa said the party should not repeat the mistakes of 2016 when trump claimed the nomination with a divided republican electorate rather than facing a head to head match with one strong opponent. >> my concern is not how do they get in, it is when do they get out, and when do they give america a clear choice between the -- >> a big field is precisely what trump is making, on and basking in, as he shook hands and took questions at a series of small events in iowa. he is making, clear his fixated on one rival above all. >> run as i call him, ron desantis. >> the former president seized upon in leading argument, desantis made to voters here this week. >> we could bring back george washing, thinner do not know that he would be able to get it done in just four years. >> and sought to mark his pitch that he's eligible for two terms, not simply one more like trump. >> you don't need eight years, you need six, months we can

turn this thing around so quickly. who wants to weigh eight years, you don't need eight years. >> and in new hampshire thursday, desantis sitting back at trump. >> why didn't he do it his first four years? >> as the campaign intensifies, signs are emerging and is far too early to presume it is a two man contest. as candidates begin blanketing the, state against the republican nomination battle early next year. -- also believes the field is cluttered, in her, mind it is already a one man race. >> president trump already made america great, now we need him back to fix it. >> she drove for hours to catch a glimpse of the former president aside one of his iowa stops. >> do you think others should step aside, let him, run and focus on president biden, or do you think a competitive republican primary is fine. >> i wish they would step aside, but they, won't and i do not know if it is ego, they won't. and, more keep coming, it is like, common mike, pence really mike, give it up. >> okay, we think jeff is

albany for that report from iowa. now the white house says president joe biden is fine after he tripped and fell at the air force cavity thursday, the president was returned to his seat, there you see him go down after delivering the commencement address in colorado, where he stumbled over what apparently was a sandbag onstage. cnn's phil mattingly picks up the story. >> for several hours on thursday, president biden's address and efforts at the air force academy commencement address were very much like what has been tradition over the course of several presidencies, several administrations. the president attending a service that academy commencement, giving those remarks, and then standing oftentimes for hours to hand it diplomas, shake hands, and salute every single cadet that is in the graduating class. the president was no different, for more than 95, minute standing there and handing out every school diploma, exchanging, salute and shake hands. everything was normal until the president, finished at the very alaska that receiving his

diploma, president turning around to walk back to his seat and tripping over a stand back. you could see in the video itself, the president pointing to the sandbag, and that was not necessarily the most opportune spot to some degree, white house officials very quickly taking to twitter, making clear reporters of the president was, okay the president himself upon return to the white house, well, he had a -- >> i got sand bag. >> and as you just saw, there what health officials have continued to repeat over the course of the, night the president's, find no ill effects of that, fall obviously walked on his own -- back to a, state participated in the end of the, ceremony traveled back to washington, the real focus for the president and this white house, watching the senate, vote the final vote on detailing agreement to taking a major, major high stakes, and potentially economically catastrophic threat off his plate. that white house officials, say is what he was really focused, another way back to washington, d.c. not in the fall, but at

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>> one of mount everest at least climbing seasons, 12 people died trying to reach the summit to the world's tallest mountain, live estimating, but one malaysian climber is not on either list thanks to a guide found in clinging to a rope. he says whereas picks up the story. >> at the ominously named death

zone of mount everest, during one of the deadliest climate seasons on record. nepal a guide -- carried out a rare and almost impossible rescue mission. it was midnight when he saw immolation climate clinging to a rope, shivering in freezing temperatures. just over 1100 feet away from the 29,000 feet high summit. the air, too thin for humans to breathe, and for helicopters to land. >> it was important for us to rescue, him even from -- money can be earned anytime, left like, that he could have died. we have saved his life by -- >> you convinced his client to abandon this summit climate tenth, so they could save assimilation climates life. he wrapped this extra --

math and held him down with another guides help. we had brought him down from -- carrying him on our backs, because dragging was impossible. it took 5 to 6 hours to get from 8500 meters to 7900. it took very difficult. >> from there a helicopter lift the climber down to base camp. the favorable spring weather is gradually turning even more unpredictable, due to climate change. 11 people died on everest in 2019, a climbing season that saw unprecedented traffic and long delays, the same death zone near the summit. this season, nepal issued a record 478 climbing pronounce, so far 12 people including an american have died. the highest number for eight, years and another five are missing.

the unidentified climate was put on a flight back to malaysia last week, thanks to -- his name was kept off the list of the mountains victims. he's a soares, cnn. >> i'm paula newton, for our international viewers, world sport is up, next for viewers who, north america i will be right back with more cnn newsroom.

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state's new immigration law, the governor on desantis calls it the strongest anti illegal immigration legislation in the country. it limit social services for undocumented immigrants, puts more requirements on their employers, and require certain hospitals to ask patients about their immigration status. june marks pride month, and many parts of the world, and it is a time dedicated to celebrating the lgbtq community. in florida, some events are being scaled, back or even canceled because of a new state law targeting drag performances. cnn's victor blackwell has our report. >> plight across florida will be noticeably less colorful this year. festival -- canceling -- lgbtq celebrations. potential consequences from governor understands there's no law that many believe targets public jack performances, a mainstay of pride events. >> welcome to -- first bite event.

>> it is very disheartening. >> christina coordinator of pride and safe -- canceled the orlando area event that was planned to include jack performers. according to the new loss and best desantis just weeks ago, local governments are banned from issuing public permits for events that include some muddled live performances. venues risk steep fines, losing licensing if a child's president, normally admitting a child would be a first degree misdemeanor. >> once the bill was signed, i said we can restructure the, event make sure it is only 18 and up for that portion. they went and spoke with the performers, and came back to me and said, we are really sorry but we just do not feel safe. >> organizers canceling its annual pride parade, they reached an agreement with the city to host a slimmed down festival, jack performers were welcome, but anyone under 21 was not. >> i was in the closet for so many, years i still feel -- >> pride is on, but track, indoors only.

>> or example jackman go will be taking place inside our civic center, and it will be where we are requiring i.d.s and also asking folks to go ahead and pre-register online to participate. >> -- orlando restaurant hamburger marries host jack shows most, nights is called a federal lawsuit against the, state he claims he is losing a business because of the new law. desantis's office has not responded to cnn's request for comment on the lawsuit. >> we have a street party with a stage, performances out front during pride, we usually get three or 4000 people on the street watching. that is something we cannot do. >> at the start of a month that is in part celebration of visibility, some feel that the sunshine state is shoving them back into darkness. >> now with the governor stepping in, the legislation that is going through, we are moving back in time. it is unfortunate for us, and everybody else in the state, because of what, they are doing

it is heartbreaking. >> victor blackwell, cnn, orlando. >> so thursday was the first day of this year in caribbean season. and if right on cue, a tropical storm, there, is currently churning in the gulf of mexico, so what are experts predicting for the season, cnn's -- reports. >> no one is predicting a near normal 2023, atlantic hurricane season. >> near normal, which depending on where you, live may have a very different meaning. >> there is nothing good about in your normal hurricane season in terms of hurricane activity, we are expecting a busy season. >> busy indeed, forecasters predict up to 17 tropical storms could develop, of those, 5 to 9 could become hurricanes, and possibly four of those could become major hurricanes, category three or higher with sustained winds of up to 129 miles per, hour or stronger. >> that raises the prospects for significant impact. >> on day one of the season,

the national hurricane center is already checking a potential tropical system in the gulf of mexico, they say it could develop into the season's first named storm, if that, happens it will be arlene, the name topping the list for 2023. in this case, the naacp says landfall is not expected. a major storm of any severity could be devastating for parts of florida, where many are still trying to recover after the category four hurricane ian hit last year. >> we are just hoping it does not happen again, it would be really bad like a, fitted especially after we just opened up to the public. >> along with noah -- they expect a slightly below average season, when that will last until november 30th. i am laura geary reporting. >> in the meantime, severe weather in western texas caused major flooding to highways thursday, people had to be rescued as their vehicles became submerged. heavy rain caused road closures, in the meantime is have a,

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after starting ozempic, she says something changed. >> it is like someone has just come along, and switch the light, on and you could see the room for what it is. all of these vapes and cigarettes, they just do not look attractive anymore. it is very, very strange, very strange. >> ferguson is one of many patients taking drugs like ozempic for weight loss, through say they have also lost interest in some addictive behaviors. doctors told cnn patients most commonly reported in effect on alcohol use. it may be because if these drugs, in a class known as -- have an effect not just in the gut, but also in the brain. it is something being studied at the national institute of health, for researchers who just published a paper showing the active ingredient in ozempic reduced what they called binge like alcohol drinking in rodents. >> we believe that at least one of the -- how this drug -- it is by reducing the effects

of alcohol, so -- in our brain which is double. so these medications are likely to make alcohol less rewarding. >> it is not just alcohol and nicotine, patients have even told the atlantic it had effects on behaviors like nail-biting, and online shopping. >> there is a lot of overlap on the biological mechanism that at the regular -- in general. so, it is possible that medications like -- acting on these specific mechanisms in the brain, they will help people with a variety of addictive behaviors. >> clinical trials in humans are needed to prove that, once that is underway at the university of north carolina, looking at the effect on alcohol and tobacco use. sherrie ferguson says ozempic has helped her lose 38 pounds, even better, she says it is how

it has made her feel. >> the waiter takes off your mind, it is far greater than any pounds that could come off your body. >> we reached out to the maker of ozempic, as well as -- which makes a similar medicine, both companies that right now they are not running trials of their drugs for addiction. it traditionally has not been a market that has been appealing to pharmaceutical companies because drugs really haven't been successful in selling well, although doctors emphasize there is a huge unmet medical need here. mark a heart used disorder affects almost 30 million americans, and only 5% currently receive treatment. researchers are hoping that perhaps these promising early results will charles more interest into the field. >> that was mike terrell for us. now, marissa is making its streaming on debut, the european space agency is set to stream images on youtube directly from the red planet. it is not truly live, the images will in fact refresh every 50 seconds or so. this event is in honor of the

20th anniversary of the launch of the esa mars express, which took three dimensional images of mars searches. i remember well, the stream will go live at six pm central european time, or noon eastern time on friday. i will be tuning in to see that. now can you spell -- for one teenager that was a 50,000 dollar question, and he got it. listen. >> can you say it for us. >> sam o file. >> p s a m hem o p h. i l -- >> that is correct. >> look at them, that is how 14-year-old -- won the national spelling bee on thursday. the middle school, or his just a middle schooler from florida, he took on the top prize of $50,000. he was the last one standing at

some 11 million students who entered spelling competitions right around the world. congratulations to him, and pulling, newton thank you very, company i will be back with more cnn newsroom in just a moment.

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