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good friday morning, everybody. i am erica hill with rahel solomon. poppy harlow is off today. nice to be friday. >> isn't it? >> we are here for that. five things to know for this friday. june 2nd, the debt ceiling bill on its way to president biden's desk and once signed the threat of a u.s. default is off the table until after the 2024 election. >> also, new questions this morning about that partial building collapse in davenport, iowa. just days before the wall came crashing down an engineering firm said, quote, bricks appear ready to fall imminently. you can see the gap in the new pictures. three people are still missing. the former president now responding to reporting that they have him on tape. the denver nuggets one step

closer to making franchise history after beating the miami heat, they are up taking the first game in the nba finals. an eighth grader crowned the new national spelling bee champ. we will put him to the test when he joins us live on cnn this morning which starts right now. >> i think our spelling bee champ will spell us under the table. >> i think so too. once upon a time i was a good speller. >> i believe that. i absolutely believe that. >> before texting was a thing and now i'm aging myself so i will top there. >> debt limit, the crisis finally over this morning. >> on this vote the yeas are 63. the threshold being achieved,

the bill is passed. >> they passed it late last night. president biden is now set to sign the bill and address the nation later today at the white house. senate majority leader chuck schumer giving a thumb's up after the deal passed and been billing it as a victory for democrats. >> house republicans were ready to take default hostage in order to pass a radical, hard right agenda that never could have passed with the american people. so many of the destructive provisions in the republican bill are gone. this bill was a total rejection of what the republicans wanted and look at the vote, that proves that our strategy was the right strategy. >> that strategy was rejected by some members of his own party, some senate democrats refusing to vote to support that agreement. >> we should never have been put in this position to begin with. this is about paying the ransom to a bunch of hostage-takers and

that is not how we should run this government. it's not good for the people of this country. >> cnn congressional correspondent lauren fox joins us live from capitol hill this morning. the debt limit deal ends up with decent bipartisan support in the house and the senate. what is the feeling there this morning? >> well, it's a coalition that you probably are going to see again, erica, as the year drags on. that's because you have divided government here. you have a house of representatives controlled by republicans. you have democrats controlling the senate and the white house and i just want to go back to the amazing feat last night in the u.s. senate, not because they passed that, but because they were doing it so quickly. they had about a dozen amendment votes, and one after another chuck schumer, the majority leader, was keeping track of how long each vote was taking. i just want to tell the american people, usually the u.s. senate does not move that quickly. typically it takes them about an hour, sometimes even more to

have a single vote. last night they kept members on the floor trying to move through about a dozen amendments very expeditiously and finally got there shortly before midnight, but one thing that became very clear last night, this is a bipartisan coalition. you're going to see again at the end of september lawmakers will have to pass their spending bills. we also know they have to pass a farm bill. they made some assurances last night there could be another supplemental spending bill for ukraine, so this is a bipartisan coalition that is going to have to come together on capitol hill again and again, because we're in divided government, erica. >> and we will see how they end up doing it. lauren, appreciate it. thank you. new this morning, former president donald trump responding to cnn's reporting that special counsel jack smith has audio. trump is recorded telling two people without security clearances that he cannot share

the information. here's how trump responded when asked about the documents at a fox town hall last night. listen to this. >> first of all, do you know who this call may be with? >> i don't know anything about it. all i know is everything i did was right. we have the presidential records act which i abided by 100%. biden has 1,850 boxes with a lot of classified stuff that he's not supposed to have in his case, i have the right to declassify as president. >> cnn's paula reid joins us now. part of the team that broke the story. what do you make of trump's response? >> there's a lot to unpack there. certainly in his first public comments in response to our first on cnn reporting about this audio recording, first of all, he tries to suggest that he did nothing wrong. that's something we've heard repeatedly from the former president whenever there are questions about his conduct. he then goes on to do something his attorneys have done also in the court of public opinion

which is try to conflate his obligations under the presidential records act with his responsibilities to protect classified material and defense information, right? he is saying we completely complied with the presidential records act which requires him to return any materials that are produced during his presidency to the government. they belong to the american people. now, we know they did not fully comply with that because they returned 15 boxes on their own to the archives after the government suggested, hey, i think we're missing some things then the fbi searched his mar-a-lago property last august recovering even more materials. but here on this recording, the concern is that he is suggesting he is still in the poe 1egs of classified materials. here once again he suggests he has the power to declassify those but what our sources tell us on this recording he suggested he is aware of the limits of his ability to declassify so even though he's trying to say i did nothing

wrong, it was the presidential records act, i declassified them, that just doesn't comport with the facts or what our sources tell us about the recording. >> paula, as you know, there are the political implications and legal implications. does trump's constant denial impact the case against him? >> well, it's something certainly prosecutors will take note of. it is not a crime to lie to reporters or at a town hall. they will take note of what you say publicly but only a crime if you lie to investigators. if voters feel they've heard this again and again, they may sort of tire as some of his competitors on the campaign trail have suggested. there's a core group of people who believe that the former president is, indeed, the victim of a political, quote, witch-hunt, a politically motivated investigation. that's why we're hearing on the trail so many attacks against the fbi, but you when listen to

a recording like this, it's clear, this is not an unfounded investigation. will it result in charges, that's though unclear. >> paula reid, thank you. with new details this morning about what happened in the days leading up to that partial building collapse over the weekend in davenport, iowa. just four days before this wall came crashing down, engineers had warned parts of it could crumble. the city has released that report and pictures, three people are still believed to be inside. we've been going through the report and, bryn, what are we learning. >> four days before the partial collapse, work was under way to fix the facade and the city just released a proposal from the engineering company, that's dated on may 24th. the collapse happened last sunday, four days later on may 28th. part says there are several large patches of clay brick

facade separating from the substrate and appear ready to fall imminently. you see a gap between the brick exterior and the rest of the building and it talks about windows that had been bricked over, quoting, the clay brick facade on and between these openings is bulging outward by several inches and looks poised to fall. now, this is what we're talking about. you can see the cracks between the building. where those windows used to be, then there's this from elsewhere. the window openings were never filled with brick or block. this helps explain why the facade is currently about to topple outward. words like fall imminently, poised to fall and about to topple outward appearing throughout the report as we see more pictures. one masonry contractor who did not work on the building but did put in a bid said he saw

evidence of a big problem when he was inside a few months ago and he says he was at the scene shortly before the collapse sounding the alarm. >> you can just hear noises and see debris falling and there's a guy working and i said, if you value your life, get away from that building and an hour later i heard that the building fell. >> now, remember, there are three people still missing in this building. rescuers can't go in because of the fear of that building collapsing on them, families sleeping on the concrete next to this building trying to see if they can get -- hear from any word from their loved ones. the city did have some response to this paperwork and say they are adding an additional demolition company to assist with the recovery and demolition work shoring materials, equipment and heavy rescue and repovlsen equipment which will arrive later and they're holding a press conference later today. we should get more details on

what's the next move for this building but still such a tragic scene in iowa. >> it is and tough for the families. brynn, thank you. heavy rain triggering chaos and dangerous flash flooding shutting down highways and streets near lubbock pushing this heavy truck and several vehicles off the roadway. just take a look at this dramatic water rescue. >> you're going to get wet but hop out. >> yeah. >> i got you. all right. come on. go this way. watch out. watch out. watch out. >> crews rescued and worked to rescue several people stranded on this flooded highway that looks more like a river here. these pictures just incredible. officials say nearly seven inches of rain fell in a two-hour time frame near o'donnell and drivers should expect detours as roads are shuddered. >> that is rough. the trump/desantis rivalry getting heated on the campaign

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with more big names expected to jump in next week but for now all eyes on the two leading contenders, former president trump and florida governor ron desantis. they are both campaigning in early primary states while escalating their ongoing feud. jessica dean is live in manchester, new hampshire. good morning. the focus is on trump and desantis as they make these first big campaign swings. what are they saying? >> reporter: well, good morning, rahel. it was a big question about how these two men would interact. for months before desantis got in the race, he really wouldn't say anything about the former president while taking a lot of incoming from trump and now that he's in, we are seeing him starting to go back. he's calling it a counterpunch while trump really trains his eye on desantis. the two leading contenders making key stops in early voting states. >> hello, new hampshire. >> reporter: florida governor ron desantis continued his first

campaign swing with a series of stops in new hampshire. [ crowd chanting ] while former president trump was in iowa. desantis is campaigning on a conservative platform making the case a two-term president would be best. >> it will require a daily grind for not just one term, but i think for two full presidential terms. >> reporter: hitting trump on a potential vulnerability that he can only serve one additional term. >> when i heard desantis go out and say dark and talk about eight year, we need eight years. you need six months. we can turn this thing around so quickly. >> why didn't he do it his first four years? >> reporter: james spillane switching his endorsement from trump to desantis citing trump's treatment of his former press secretary kayleigh mcenany. >> he can't be trusted to stay loyal to the people who have supported him in the past and it's a problem and those kind of negative attacks and the vitriol

does not play well. >> reporter: desantis held a series of events thursday appearing on stage and also amongst crowds where he talked to voters. he was asked by a reporter why he wasn't taking questions from voters. >> what are you talking about? i'm out here with people. are you blind? >> what? >> are you blind? >> reporter: they're crisscrossing the country as the republican field for president is growing more crowded. both former vice president mike pence and former new jersey governor chris christie are expected to enter the race next week. north dakota governor doug berg a bergam is also expected. trump commenting on his competition at a town hall event. >> i don't understand what they're doing. it is what it is. you know, really go after the one who is second and i think

that's going down so much. >> reporter: you can tell who is in his head, the one who is second, governor ron desantis. he is on to south carolina today before returning back to where he started the week in iowa. he'll be there for an event with senator joni ernst and erica and rahel, we are seeing this primary season heat up. it is only june of 2023. >> jessica dean, thank you for that sobering reminder. things are heating up and it's only june. >> jessica dean is about to get a lot of airline miles. as we look at what's happening, the word woke you've heard, it's gone from a battle cry usedly black lives matter protesters to a political term that seemingly is used to describe ideas the conservatives don't like. >> former president trump is saying the word has lost meaning

as he tinges to use it. >> i don't like the word term. woke, woke, woke. half the people can't define it. a lot going on with the military and the woke. they're not learning to fight and protect us from some very bad people. they want to go woke. they want to go woke. >> okay. >> let's bring in "new york" magazine commentator, errol lewis. do you think it is ironic we have republicans arguing about what woke is and what woke isn't because i'm old enough to remember just a few years ago when woke was something very different. >> 36 months ago, entirely different universe. yeah, look, it's typical of trump to sort of change the terms of the debate as it suits him in the moment. he can execute those kind of flip-flops within one speech actually and his followers are not that interested in the

niceties or particulars of being consistent about this or that term so, look, what he has done and i can't believe the republican challengers don't quite get this yet, but what he has done since 2015, since 2016, all throughout his political career, what he has done is redefined and scrambled what politics is. the desantises of the world and all the other politicians are acting as if voters have a list of issues. if your promises match their list they'll support you. that is not what trump support is about at all. it is about him and him personally and woke means whatever he decides it means that day in that moment and his followers are not particularly interested in any of the rest of it and i think ron desantis is going to discover that as he fails to close the gap, the 20 to 30-point gap between the two. >> there is a larger -- in we take the 30,000-foot view, it's

what it symbolizes and feels it has become this license or maybe it's underscoring the shift to grievance politics. real or imagined and mostly imagined in many cases that all of a sudden there is a comfort level and almost an encouragement to attack anyone and anything that is different from you and somehow blame whatever ills you or bothers you on whatever is different, either how someone feels, looks, whatever it may be so it's become also -- when i see it, it's become this effort to run on exclusion as opposed to inclusion and it seems sadly effective. >> oh, yeah, it's very effective. listen, the election of donald trump was the primal scream of the white working class that thinks that washington is lying to them, wall street is exploiting them and hollywood is laughing at them and that hasn't gone away. and really it just all now consolidates into this idea that we've got these enemies out

there, and we're going to support the person who helps us fight against them and that's what january 6th was about and that's what the trump phenomenon is about and what the presidential election will be about, at least the republican primary will be about so woke is a nice little buzzword and consolidates the whole thing and it's them who are causing the problem. that might be immigrants, people of color, that might be the education from k through 12 all the way through the academy about ideas and books that you're not comfortable with, the transgender movement, lgbtq rights, all of it gets dumped together into one sack and people say, like, there's this woke stuff, diversity. we don't want diversity. we don't want inclusion. okay, you don't want any of those thing, that's fine. it's a good way to lose a general election by the way but it is a real movement and people feel very put upon. they have good reason to, frankly. there is an economic underpinning that is real. people are losing their livelihoods, the

deindustrialization of the country has not stopped so the politicians who want to exploit that are really what we're seeing. they're driving the bus. >> errol, we don't have a lot of time left but say some of donald trump's challengers are not understanding what his support really is about. so what would a third candidate, not a desantis but a third candidate need to do to really swing things in their favor if they're misunderstanding the trump support right now? >> the republican party and those who want to lead it have been putting this off for a long, long time but they're going to have to sort of decide what are the principles on which the party is based and go on a massive, massive educational program to try to talk to people about what they believe, about free markets, about, you know, evangelical christianity and the morality in politics and so forth. you don't hear people talking about that. it's this tribal pull of those are your enemies and i'll go smash them for you. that's not how you do it.

they've now gravitated to somebody who is a master of that kind of politics and his name happens to be donald trump. >> well, it's going to be a lot to watch. >> it's only june. >> it's only june. >> plenty of time. >> the good news is we'll get to see a lot of you. >> thanks. reminder as we mention the president will make remarks later tonight and we'll have those for you about the signing of that debt bill. dana bash will be moderating a presidential town hall with former vice president mike pence. that is wednesday live at 9:00 p.m. eastern so be sure to watch that. this sunday join jake tapper as he moderates a town hall with former south carolina governor nikki haley. a lot to watch. coming up, six days, six waves of attacks. another day of strikes from russia. we are live on the ground in ukraine. bill cosby now facing a new sexual assault lawsuit. details on the allegation. the latest one which dates back to the '60s is just ahead. retired right? u knoe

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a potential red nag for the u.s. economy this morning. big chains like macy's, costco,

warning shoppers are pulling back when it comes to spending and say they see consumers changing up what they're buying. nathaniel meyerson joining us to explain. what we're hearing, what are these reports telling us. >> shoppers are being much more careful right now about what they're buying and how they're spending. you look at macy's sales. they said sales dropped 8.7% last quarter from a year ago. the company said people were buying less clothes and they were shifting spending from paying for essentials to spending on travel. shifting some of their discretionary spending and the ceo called it a reallocation of spending. then you look at dollar general. dollar general reported earnings yesterday. a good way to look at the state of lower income shoppers. sales increased 1.6%. that's not very much.

dollar general, the typical customer makes under $40,000 and the company said that they're really squeezed right now. they basically have very little income to spend on anything discretionary and so that's why we see sales nudge up just a bit and the stock yesterday plunged about 20%. the ceo said that more of their shoppers had to rely on food banks and dip into their savings to afford groceries. >> those are two interesting snapshots we're getting. what else are we seeing? >> yeah, so there's other clues in to shopper behavior right now. costco, they said that shoppers are switching from premium steaks and expensive meats into cheaper items like pork, canned tuna, chicken. that's potentially a recession sign and home depot, a decline in home improvement projects. best buy, we see a drop in electronic spending but it is a good time to be a beauty retailer right now.

people are still shopping for lipstick, makeup, alta beauty sales up 9.3%. >> a lot of lipstick and makes sense. people probably reach their limit when it comes to home improvement projects. you only need so many tvs. i like that we're ending on a bright spot. nathaniel, thank you. as nathaniel just laid out, people shifting from buying physical -- yes, music -- like clothing to instead spending more on experiences like travel. i want to bring in christine romans. this is part of what we have been seeing, right, that people have shifted where they're spending but people are also now calling for perhaps a discretionary recession. >> discretionary recession. it doesn't mean that the economy is in a recession but consumers are being careful and focusing on essentials then the must haves like taylor swift tickets and airplane tickets and a trip to the bahamas. people are spending money on

essentials at those big box stores but then outside of that they're going out to eat more and doing more traveling and they're buying big experiences so they're calling this a discretionary recession. if you're selling couches and made a good point, if you're selling touches or tvs or sporting goods, you've already loaded up and experiences people are going for and different moment for the american consumer that holes up the american company. >> two-thirds of the economy, depends on consumer spending. when we look at this and talk about this a lot with the both of you in terms of signs we can look at, so many mixed signals in the economy because it's one we haven't seen before. is there a sense of overall how the american consumer holding up the economy is doing? >> surprisingly well and resilient. the word i keep using about the economy and consumer is resilient. every report where i see cracks start to form, then the next one shows the consumer is still spending. i think basically people are still just so scarred by the covid experience, we're coming

out of that and behavior has changed. people want to splurge. that's why lipstick, for example, and makeup goods and, you know, stuff for your pets. >> taylor swift tickets. >> and taylor swift tickets so people are being smart about their priorities for spending and gas prices are down more than a $1.10 from last year so that's good for the american consumer but grocery prices are still too high so that's why they're really having to zero in on the essentials and be careful on the other stuff. >> one thing propping up the consumer is the labor market and we get the next labor report in less than two hours from now. what are you expecting? >> probably still pretty resilient, strong, but flowing. i was looking at these numbers with my producer, since we started raising interest rates, the fed in march 2022, 4.7 million jobs have been added in the economy. is that remarkable with higher interest rates, it has been a very strong job market.

we're looking to see signs it's cooling. that could be a good thing. >> we'll watch that in about two hours and have that. >> nice to see you guys. christine was talking about spending on experiences. if you want to see billy joel at madison square garden, you want to hurry because he's moving on out. ♪ that's what it's all about. mama, that's moving up and i'm moving out ♪ >> officials at madison square garden confirming billy joel will end his record-breaking ten-year residency at the garden. his ten final performances set to kick off in october and will conclude with his 150th lifetime show in july of 2024. joel actually first performed at the garden in 1978 and holds the record for most consecutive performances by any artist at madison square garden. >> so you have gone three times. are you a super fan. >> i do love billy joel.

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success. denver's 9-0 at home in the playoffs and take game one. >> the denver nuggets are breezing past the miami heat last night. clinching game one of the 2023 nba finals. it was the franchise's first ever finals game and the team led by double digits for most of the second half. cnn's sports anchor andy schulz joins us now and the nuggets dominating last night. >> yeah, they did. good morning, guys. the nuggets and fans waited 47 years to play their first nba finals game there in denver and coach mike malone wanted to really make sure they were ready for the heat, so much so he gave the team a pop quiz about the game plan at shootaround. they show no rust from the days off. jokic had a triple-double while only taking 12 shots. jamal murray also had 26 point, nuggets had a 21-point lead to

start the fourth. the heat made it interesting going on an 11-0 run to start the final period to get within ten, but they couldn't make enough shots. jimmy butler had a playoff low 13 points as the heat -- they only shot two free throws all game long, an nba playoff record and they took it 104-93. >> the most important thing, win a game and i'm trying to win a game in an impossible way. i know i don't need to score to affect the game and think i did a good job today. everybody contributed, a.g., jamal, mike, everybody who played contributed and it's a great thing for us. >> we missed a lot tonight and we'll be better in game two. that's what it is so we'll take this and learn from it and be back in two days. >> today and tomorrow off days there in denver, game two of the finals will be sunday night at

8:00 eastern. rahel and erica, bad news for the heat. teams that win game one at home in the finals go on to win the series about 78% of the time. >> ooh. >> the heat have defied expectations this entire playoffs, but this matchup against the nuggets might not be the best one for them. >> that is a crazy stat, 78% of the time? >> yeah, denver has to be on fire. i used to live in denver, i was a reporter. they have to be going nuts right now. >> such a big deal. so great to watch. stay with us. we want your take on this game changer potentially in a region that we know can be rather uncomfortable certain months of the year, hot, sticky, especially when we're talking about football season and specifically the training season. lsu players, could it be a potential edge maybe on the competition. they have a new way to beat the heat. take a look at this. >> oh, my god. >> that's not bad, right? >> that's for real. >> got it for practicing games this season.

>> that's crazy in that's right. >> that feel good, bro. >> i swear, swear. >> all season too. >> i need this. >> air conditioned helmets. this is wild. the university unveiling the new gear. the air is inside the helmets. hear the reactions. players seem to be pretty happy about it, andy, i mean, this is remarkable. they have a five-hour life before they need a recharge. >> i don't know if you've been to baton rouge in september when the humidity is about a thousand percent, i have. i can't imagine having a helmet on for a practice or game but the reaction from the guys is amazing. and i'm actually surprised it took till 2023 for us to get this kind of technology in these helmets but i can guarantee you this once other players in other campuses in the south start hearing about this they will be clamoring for these same lsu helmets. >> that was my thought. how did it take so long to get here, but here we are. >> how long will it take for

everybody to follow suit? we'll watch for that. coming up, sandbag. president biden laughing about his fall. what the white house is saying. a woman walking on a california beach when she came across this. it's actually a foot long tooth from an ancient mass to done. she didn't realize what it was, she posted it to facebook to see if anybody knew what this was, well, a paleontology collections adviser at the santa cruz museum knew. they both went to the beach and the tooth was gone and a man found it while jogging on the beach. they picked it up and now the tooth is going to be displayed at the museum. pretty cool.

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welcome back. a judge has approved a settlement in the wrongful death of halyna hutchins. she was fatally shot with a prop gun by alec baldwin on the "rust" movie set. the settlement was announced last october, but just received court approval. cnn's chloe melas joins us now. it's been a long time coming. what do we know? >> the financial details of this settlement have remained confidential and that is mainly because this involves a minor child. so matthew hutchins filed this lawsuit shortly after the death of his wife on behalf of himself and their son who was 9 at the

time. he is now 11 and a guardian ad litem was appointed on his behalf and know there will be structured annuities split up and paid to him when he's 18 years old and again when he's 22 years old. i want to read a little of what the judge had to say in this order. he writes that this is a fair, appropriate settlement and it's in the best interests of andros. we knew in the fall that alec baldwin and matthew hutchins had come to this agreement. they have never said what the financial terms are but always knew it was contingent on the film "rust" being completed as part of this settlement. matthew was made an executive producer on the film "rust" and that movie just finished filming. we don't know when it's going to come out but we do know that proceeds from that film, when it eventually is distributed will go to matthew and his son as part of this settlement and insurance moneys so i've reached

out to alec baldwin who i previously interviewed about all of this. we haven't heard back from him just yet. he is recovering from hip surgery but all of this news is coming amid the fact that as of right now, alec baldwin has been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing in the shooting on the set of "rust" so that is still pending in new mexico. we're waiting for the d.a. to fully clear him sometime this summer but, again, we've reached out for further comment and reached out to matthew hutchins and the family for comment as well. >> chloe, thank you. >> thank you. cnn this morning continues right now. >> it could have been catastrophic economically and globally. >> the bill heads to president biden's desk for his signature. >> right up to the deadline and that's when everything magically comes together. >> because of the good work of president biden as well as democrats in the house and democrats in the sen