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as of now. the white house and republicans have an agreement in principle on the debt ceiling. but it's hardly a done deal. ask ukraine's top general issues a pointed message for his soldiers, russia, and the world. >> live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with michael holmes. >> u.s. officials have finally reached a tentative deal to try to avoid that looming debt crisis. the white house and republicans say they have agreed in principle to raise the u.s. debt ceiling and cap government spending. the deal, meant to avert the first u.s. default in history, which of course would have had disastrous consequences worldwide. he's how the u.s. house speaker, kevin mccarthy, characterized the breakthrough. >> after weeks of negotiations, we have come to an agreement in principle. we still have a lot of work to

do, but i believe this is an agreement in principle that's worthy of the american people. it has historic reductions in spending, consequential reforms that will lift people out of poverty into the workforce, rein in government overreach. there are no new taxes, no new government programs. there's a lot more within the bill. we still have more work to do tonight to finish all the writing of it. >> president joe biden praised the deal but acknowledged that it won't please everyone. he said this. "the agreement represents a compromise, which means not everyone gets what they want. that's the responsibility of governing." he went on to say, "this agreement is good news for the american people because it prevents what could have been a catastrophic default and would have led to an economic recession, retirement accounts devastated, millions of jobs lost." there is a long way to go, and there are potential road bumps

and dissent along the way. but mccarthy says the house is expected to vote on the agreement this wednesday. cnn's manna raju with more on what the legislation will likely include and why there could be opposition from both sides. >> reporter: after a furious round of negotiations and staring at the prospects of the first-ever debt default in american history, the speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy, reached a deal late saturday with president biden to raise the national debt limit and do that for two years' time. and also to include a range of other spending cuts and other policy concessions that republicans had demanded, including paring back some social safety net programs that had been central to their efforts here. the white house conceded on that. they ultimately shook hands, reached agreement in principle, and now the real challenge begins. because there is pushback. some conservatives do not believe this bill went far enough. they believe that it is a retreat of sorts from the republican position demanding

even deeper spending cuts. this proposal would cut spending, go back to 2023 levels of federal spending. republicans wanted to go back, some of the conservatives wanted to go to 2022 levels. the white house had conceded substantially on that approach. they did not want any cuts whatsoever as part of this agreement. on the democratic side, many did not want any sort of work requirements on social safety net programs like food stamps. also, they had fiercely opposed any spending cuts. so expect some opposition from democrats. kevin mccarthy in speaking to reporters said that a vote would occur on wednesday. then the bill text would be released on sunday. that gives them some 72 hours, essentially, to begin to lock down the votes. a question is going to be how many republicans would defect? we do expect several dozen republicans, at least 35 at the moment, warning they will vote against it. that number is expected to grow. how many more will vote against

this plan? and can mccarthy keep a majority of his conference behind it? that is the hope and the expectation from republican leaders, but that does not mean it's enough to pass the house. they will need to get support from democrats. the number of house democrats concerned about this bill will have to be convinced to vote for it. we do note the house democrats are going to get briefed by white house officials on sunday. they'll be part of the white house effort to try to get their members in line. can they get that coalition together? get it through the house by wednesday? then they have to worry about the united states senate, which can take time to get any legislation through. several days, sometimes up to a week depending how members respond to this bill. so still some major questions despite the significant agreement that was reached late after these frantic negotiations. still uncertain whether they can get there and avoid the nation's first-ever debt default by june 5th, the deadline for congress to get the bill through both chambers and get it signed into law.

manu raju, cnn, capitol hill. >> even before a deal was reached, lawmakers expressed concerns about what the agreement would include and how it was negotiated. hoarse how two members from opposite sides of the aisle responded to the issue. >> i think the debt ceiling, it's just a created thing to hold us into check. the reality is neither party is responsible. we've got to get back to fiscal sanity in this country. it's just that much. we cannot keep spending at these levels. both parties need to start holding the line. if we went back to -- we'd have a surplus right now if we were at that level of spending. >> these are really difficult times right now, especially when people are using a default to push a political alleged forward. people at home know the budget process is separate from this. they're combining it because they understand that they can't get through these type of cuts

through the actual, normal process that congress usually takes. so they've combined these two things and they're saying, my way or the highway. that's not right, and that's not the way we're supposed to govern. >> let's discuss this now with michael genovese, political analyst and president of the global policy institute at loyola marymount university. good to see you, my friend. both sides are going to spin, but what's your read on what little we know so far? >> you hit the nail on the head. what little we know. bits and pieces are starting to dribble out. we don't know the full details and therein lies the rub. that's where we'll have the problem. both sides want to make it look like they win. neither side wants to look like they saved in. yet both sides have had to make some concessions. and so the real problem is going to be when the details of the bill get exposed to the left on the democratic party and the right on the republican party, and that's where a lot of

hostility -- we'll find a lot of pushback. >> the calendar's tight. even if things went smoothly, and of course they might not, they've got to have this 72 hours to consider it. they've got to draw up the legislation. hopefully a house vote i think wednesday. and then what is a torturous process often in the senate. it could be post-june 5 territory by the time it's done? >> that's right. and the early euphoria you've probably felt early early in the evening is a bit premature. there are a lot of hurdles that remain. and i don't want to burst anyone's bubble, but there's a long road ahead of us. not just in the house, which will be difficult because kevin mccarthy has to show that he can deliver. he can sell the product. and that's not a foregone conclusion. the same is true on the democrat side. so even when it does pass the house, and i think it will, the senate's going to also be a problem.

because any one member can hold the entire institution hostage by filibustering. and that could take days longer. and so it could very well be that we get past that june 5th deadline. >> yeah, exactly. there are elements of the gop who are fiercely hardline. want to blow things up. how at risk is mccarthy if they're angry, given the deal he cut, to get the speakership, changing the rules so it only takes one member to force a vote for the speakership? how much pressure is he under from his hard right? >> this is his first big test. can he limit defections from his own party? can he quell the revolt on the right? can he get the numbers he needs? you mentioned that it only takes one member of the house to call for a vote, have a new vote for who the speaker shall be. kevin mccarthy's always walking on eggshells, or one foot on a

banana peel. this is going to be the true test of both kevin mccarthy and the republicans and their ability to govern. >> going forward, does a deal with white house concessions in areas they value -- does it just sort of encourage this thing going forward, even if it's not until 2025? chit looks like it won't be. does this show economic hostage-taking works? where a party can threat ton send the country off a cliff, affect the global financial system, and get what it wants? or at least a lot of what it wants. >> this kind of brinksmanship is dangerous. it's dangerous in american politics, it also sends a terrible message to the globe, the rest of the world. it's not the way a stable superpower ought to behave. and if our word can't be our bond and if people start to doubt us, wonder if we're a reliable partner, wonder if we're capable of delivering on our promises, are we steady enough to be global leaders?

what this last couple of weeks have shown us is that our democracy does not inspire confidence. and that's a terrible message. because if the new normal in american politics is that chaos and confusion are baked into the process, then china is going to be very happy. american leadership is going to be in jeopardy. >> yep, there are already countries out there that would like the chinese yuan to replace the dollar. this gives ammunition to those. michael, appreciate it. good to see you, michael genovese, thank you. speculation grows in ukraine about its expected counteroffensive, but as when and where remain up in the air, guns are doing the talking on the ground. ♪ enjoy $0 delivery on all your favorites

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explosions rattling areas on both sides of the front line in ukraine as expectation grows about its expected counteroffensive. officials say kyiv came under drone attack sunday morning. they say over 20 drones were shot down, but debris that fell from the sky damaged this building and caused a fire. one died, another wounded. ukraine also reported multiple blasts in the occupied cities of mariupol and berdyansk on saturday. russian missiles and artillery hit kharkiv and zaporizhzhia just hours after ukraine's top general posted a new video which

appears to drop a strong hint about the expected offensive. cnn's fred pleitgen reports. >> reporter: remarkable video put forward by ukraine's top general, valeri intrsaying it'se to take back what is ours. in the video, you also see them showing a lot of western-supplied military equipment. it ranges from u.s.-supplied howitzers to himars multiple rocket launching system. but also german-supplied leopard 2 main battle tanks which many believe are going to be a key element once the ukrainians start a counteroffensive that has been looming for a while. it's unclear whether or not this could be an indication that that counteroffensive could be on the rise, could be inching closer. but one of the things that we are seeing is that there do seem to be an increased number of long distance strikes, possibly by the ukrainians, on the rear echelon of the russians.

those are focusing essentially on two places. one of them is berdyansk on the azov sea, the other mariupol on the azov sea as well. there are reports of three explosions at least in mariupol on saturday. mariupol is one of the main staging de ing grounds for the operations in ukraine. that could be a big blow to the russians if the ukrainians are indeed hitting that area. the russians for their part are saying that they have intercepted some ukrainian drones and some ukrainian missiles as well. they were also talking about intercepting two storm shadow missiles, which of course were supplied by the united kingdom. it's unclear whether or not that is true, but it certainly does seem as though right now the russians in that part of ukraine seem to be under a considerable amount of pressure. ukraine's intelligence agency says it has gained valuable information from a recent cross-border raid into

russia. two russian military groups opposed to the kremlin claimed responsibility for the incursion into the belgerod region. but now the same region took artillery fire on saturday. a local governor says one person was killed, several injured in the attack. investigators from the international criminal court have arrived at the site of a russian rocket strike in dnipro. ukraine says a medical facility was obliterated in friday's deadly attack, which france is calling a war crime. here's sam kylie. >> reporter: here on the scene at the latest of the russian air strikes in dnipro, we've now got investigators from the international criminal court escorted by ukrainian police. this is because, among other governments, the french have said that what was done here was a war crime.

now, this is the latest in the attacks against civilian areas here in dnipro. if you look at the scale of the devastation, this was an outpatient mental health clinic. it was hit at 10:30 in the morning yesterday morning at a time, mercifully, local authorities say, when the numbers of people were actually relatively low because they were between shifts of medical staff. nonetheless, two people confirmed dead. they have also found the remains of a possible third victim. they're being analyzed in the wreckage here. one person was killed at least 100 meters up the road by the flying shrapnel that flew out from this very significant missile strike. local authorities don't know what was fired, but they do in their view know, in their view believe that this was an act of terror in the words of president zelenskyy. clearly the international investigators are trying to establish the details of that,

but because it was hit against a medical facility in a residential area, it is likely that war crimes investigators will use this and other examples like it in a very specific argument to establish the broader context of the commission of war crimes here by russia. sam kylie, cnn, dnipro. the polls are now officially open in turkey's presidential runoff election. let me show you some live pictures there of people voting right now in istanbul. president recep tayyip erdogan faces challenger kamel after failing to get the 50% plus 1 votes needed to win outright in the first round. turnout was strong, nearly 90% of those eligible did cast a ballot. now voters will decide erdogan's fate in turkey's first presidential runoff. turkey is facing a number of

challenges intensified by the recent earthquake which killed tens of thousands of people. the winner of the runoff vote will impact turkey's role in nato and its relationship with the european union. also turkey's migration policy and its role in the ukraine conflict. for our international viewers, be sure to watch our special live coverage of the 2023 turkey elections hosted by becky anderson. that's here on cnn international sunday at 8:00 p.m. in ankara, 9:00 p.m. in abu dhabi. with sudan's cease-fire expected to expire monday, at least one side says it's ready to discuss extending it. the rapid support forces says it's closely monitoring and will assess the sudanese arm forces' commitment to it. the two warring sides negotiated a seven-day cease-fire in saudi arabia just over a week ago. it was meant to enable aid groups to deliver humanitarian

assistance to hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped or displaced by the fighting. that help is coming. the united nations world food program says it has started providing food to suffering civilians in the capital, khartoum. much of the fight is there has been in urban neighborhoods. the wfe says 500,000 civilians are stuck in the capital and need food aid right now. governments and authority figures are frequently subjects of comedy and satire around the world. in many western countries, it often comes with the job. but in china, authorities are showing comedy that goes against the party line is no joke. will ripley with the story. >> reporter: with a flashy open, live audience, and opening monologue, this chinese comedy show almost looks like late-night tv in the u.s. until you turn up the volume.

>> translator: the spirit of general secretary xi jinping's speech, the country is the people. >> reporter: the jokes are communist party propaganda. punctuated by silly sound effects. parroted back by a studio audience that almost resembles after-school detention. a fate far worse than detention awaits comedians who may be tempted to push party rules, as china exercises very tight control over comedy shows. li hao, known by stage name "house," was doing a skit about stray dogs chasing a squirrel earlier this month. he said they reminded him of eight words, a popular party slogan for the people's liberation army. that joke and those eight words landed house in the doghouse. a 2021 law bans insults on the chinese military. house is now under police

investigation in beijing, suspended indefinitely. plus a massive $2 million fine on his former employer, a fledgling industry now in danger. all that after the comedian posted a public apology, promising to deeply reflect and we educate himself. house joins a growing list of comedians canceled in china for jokes that fun afoul of the authorities. some even made outside the country. in february, comedian chi-zhu joked about not being able to go home after he told jokes about the chinese communist party on his canadian tour. his name erased from most chinese social media. the rules more relaxed for comedians in hong kong. in the chinese territory, you won't go to jail for jokes like this. at least not yet.

>> what's the deal with china and taiwan? it's really simple. china and taiwan, say i ask a girl, she rejected me, she said no. then i went around telling everyone she's my girlfriend. >> reporter: stand-up comede yands say self-censorship is already silencing sensitive jokes. >> we say the first comedian to go to jail for telling a political joke is going to be a hero, and none of us want to be that hero. it is tougher. comedy for some is a form of rebellion. and there's now a -- there's less way to rebel. >> we're playing to a different audience, except it's not the people in the room, it's the people who run this place. >> reporter: across the pacific, the contrast is clear. >> meanwhile in america, we have an 80-year-old man begging us for four more years of work. begging. begging. >> reporter: chinese may not be

allowed to mock their own leader, but just like in america, mocking the u.s. president is fair game. there certainly are a lot of biden jokes on chinese social media, much of it state sponsored. relations between china and the u.s. have hit a half century low. analysts say when a country is losing influence, particularly, influence with the west, they tighten their grip on power at home. that's what people say is happening. reporters according to the "new york times" have to submit scripts and set lists ahead of time, have this patriotic alignment with the communist party vision. this is basically a small group of people, most of them male, most of them over 60, who are basically deciding for themselves what it means to be chinese. everybody else, if they don't conform, they're canceled. will ripley, cnn, taipei. "inside africa" is next for international viewers. for viewers in the united states

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biden and republican house leaders say in principle, they have a deal. but now both sides are racing to secure votes in the republican-controlled house, and the democrat controlled-senate, to approve the agreement. a source telling cnn the president and house speaker kevin mccarthy finalized the deal during a phone call a few hours ago. negotiators are said to be working on the final text right now, which would go to a vote in the house of representatives next week. probably wednesday. it reportedly includes raising the government's borrowing authority for two years, but also reportedly freezes increases in most nondefense spending for the same period. mr. biden caulk the agreement a compromise. mccarthy calling it a deal worthy of the american people. the president also stressed that because it is a compromise in his words, not everyone gets what they want. cnn white house reporter priscilla alvarez with the story. >> reporter: the white house and house republicans have reached

an agreement in principle on the debt ceiling. this the outcome of 20 hours of tireless talks between hill negotiators and white house negotiators as they came up against that june 5th deadline when the u.s. would run out of funds and in an attempt to avert a debt default. over the course of the day, white house officials said there was general optimism about the trajectory of these talks, some echoing what president biden had said on friday on his way to camp david that a deal was, quote, very close. a pivotal moment saturday afternoon when president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy connected over the phone, and, we are told, is when they were able to reach an agreement in principle. now, of course over the next several hours, both sides will be working on the text of this agreement and the devil will be in the details. that is where republicans as well as democrats will learn more about what exactly this agreement looks like. and they're up against a very

tight deadline. not only was it important for both sides to reach an agreement, but then too, it is what this legislative text will say showing that to members of congress, then later, a vote on the house floor, then it has to go through the senate. a long road ahead for what amounts to a very short amount of time. but at least on saturday, an important development as president biden and the white house reach that agreement with house republicans allowing them to move forward and try to avert a debt default on june 5th. the tentative deal was this reached over the u.s. memorial day holiday weekend, a day before the treasury department says it risked defaulting on what it owes. a default, which has never happened in u.s. history, would have a global economic impact. earlier in the week, fitch ratings placed u.s. sovereign credit on ratings watch negative ahead of a potential downgrade

in the event of a default. catherine rampell is the cnn economics and political commentator. she's also a "washington post" opinion columnist. what a long day. there's still not much detail, even though the spin has already begun. how much relief will there be in the marks? not just the u.s. but the global economy as well? >> reporter: i think there will be quite a bit of relief in the markets that at least the outlines of a deal seem to be in place. now, we're not out of the woods yet. whatever this deal is, and we don't know the details, of course, has to be turned into legislation. then it has to make it through both houses of congress. and that may indeed be a hurdle going forward because a number of republican lawmakers have indicated that they might try to obstruct it, and democrats as well might be unhappy with the final bill. but if, in fact, progress has been made, yes, this should be a huge relief to anyone who was

concerned that the united states might soon be unable to pay its bills. >> almost certainly it wasn't planned but it's probably a good thing it's a long holiday weekend, the markets aren't open until tuesday. do you think, though, even with a deal -- we don't know exactly what it is, but regardless, that all of this would have caused more erosion of international trust in the u.s. with a debt ceiling system that leads to this sort of uncertainty going close to the edge again? does it just make the u.s. look less of a safe bet? what's the damage? >> reporter: i think nothing good came of this, frankly. nothing good for our long-term fiscal picture, despite what republican lawmakers who have been holding the debt limit hostage argue. and nothing good for our international relationships. look, if we avoid default, that will unequivocally be a good thing. but in the meantime, there's been a lot of dysfunction that has been clear for the global economy, our friends and foes to

witness. that, in fact, other countries, some of our adversaries, have already taken advantage of by saying, look, you can't trust that so-called democracy in the united states, they can't get their act together to pay their bills. so yes, it would be a very good thing if we, in fact, don't cause a global financial crisis. but we did not exactly cover ourselves in glory here in the united states by coming as close as we have. and again, it's still not totally resolved. >> yeah. yeah, for those who might want to turn away from the u.s. dollar, it's just ammunition. i guess when it comes to what we know, that spending will be kept at 2023 levels through 2024, holding spending flat isn't a cut, really. that is a win for the president? and also the fact that debt ceiling won't come up again, it appears, until after the 2024 election? i'm trying to imagine the ransom

demands in an election year. are both of those things wins for the president? >> well, i think the devil is in the details on the actual spending levels. so if, in fact, spending levels are kept flat, not adjusting for inflation, and republicans are fighting to increase defense spending, then that would imply there would have to be cuts somewhere else to offset that increased defense spending. i don't exactly know the accounting yet. again, we have very few details. maybe they need spending flat for all the nondefense stuff. in any event, yes, there could very well be some cuts to some programs that come out of this depending on the actual details of the agreement. i think it is definitely a good thing that we are extending or suspending, sounds like, the debt limit for the next couple of years. my view is we should get rid of it altogether since it causes nothing but headaches and heartburn.

but at the very least, it's a good ting that this is not coming up again next year, because next year is an election year in the united states. as irrational as everyone has behaved in the negotiations this year, you can just imagine how many more theatrics you would get if everybody's watching the poll numbers, if politicians are paying more attention to how they're posturing around the debt limit, how it plays for the election, the global economy, and policy goals they're trying to aim for. a very good thing this is not going to be a political football yeection year. >> you can imagine. does a deal with white house consensuses in areas they value just encourage this sort of thing going forward, even if it's not until 2025? does this show, you know, that economic hostage-taking works? where one party can threaten to send the country off an economic cliff and rock the global

financial system and get what it wants, or a lot of what it wants? what does that show? >> that was certainly the lesson from 2011. so viewers may recall that there was another debt limit showdown in 2011 where the united states came very close to default. ultimately, at the last minute, came to a deal. biden, then vice president, now president, was in charge of some of the negotiations at that time. and one of the lessons that they learned from that episode was that if you pay a ransom, you encourage more hostage-taking. and in fact, a couple of years later, 2013, there was another attempt to hold the debt limit hostage. it didn't get quite as bad that year as it had the previous couple of years, but i think that whole experience is part of the reason why now president biden had been adamant, we're not going to negotiate over this, there should be no question about whether the united states will pay its bills. in fact, it's in the

constitution, the validity of public debt should not be in question, we're not going to negotiate. ultimately, he did. i do wonder to what extent this is going to encourage more brinksmanship, if not next year, in 2025 or thereafter? >> catherine, so good to have you on this program, thanks for staying up. catherine rampell. >> thank you. still to come on the program, air travel in the u.s. sees a significant surge going into a major holiday weekend. we'll have the details. great ta. but with upwork, there's highly skilled t talent from allll over the globe. right at your fingertips. ♪ this is how we work now ♪ how to grow more vibrant flowers: step one: feed them with miracle-gro shake 'n feed. that's it. miracle-gro. all you need to know to grow.

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air travel in the u.s. hit its highest level since the pandemic this week as millions of americans take to the skies for the memorial day holiday weekend. the transportation security administration says it screened more than 2.7 million travelers at airports across the country friday, the highest checkpoint volume since november 2019. the agency says it expects to screen more than 10 million people during the holiday weekend. millions of americans are hitting the roads, as we hear from mike valerio. lower prices at the pump mean near-record levels of traffic this weekend. >> reporter: not only are we above the busiest freeway here in los angeles, this is also the busiest interstate across the

united states. as we zoom in, you can see this is the traffic that is headed towards the beach, towards the pacific ocean. as we look at this busiest section of freeway, the automobile association of america anticipates that we will just about reach but not cross over a record number of americans traveling for memorial day weekend on the road. so this is the number right here. just over 37 million americans. but it does not exceed the number of americans who traveled memorial day 2019 before the pandemic. analysts tell us that could be because of inflation and still relatively high gas prices. but aaa did give some advice for people who are about to begin their automotive journeys. >> definitely inspect that vehicle before you take that long road trip. check your tire tread and inflation. make sure your battery has a good charge. make sure your fluid levels are

topped off. during this memorial day weekend, aaa anticipates coming to the roadside rescue of more than 460,000 stranded drivers. >> reporter: the cost of gasoline, those prices aren't coming down from where we were last year. we had prices that were about $4.60 a year ago, a national average for around this memorial day weekend is $3.58. so prices are relatively high in terms of historical terms, but they are coming down. prices coming down especially here in california. the states of alaska, new jersey, new york, and florida. we did speak to analysts from gas dbud by, and they tell us i is less and less likely that the national average for gasoline across the united states will cross over $4 a gallon. that is good news for anybody, any american planning their great road trip for the summer of 2023. mike valerio, cnn, los angeles.

now, in a stunning development, republican lawmakers in the texas house have voted overwhelmingly to impeach one of their own. the state's republican attorney general. the vote against ken paxton was 121-23. as rosa flores reports for us now, it comes after a legislative investigation accused him of years of corruption. >> reporter: ken paxton has been impeached by the texas house of representatives. under the texas constitution, that means that he's immediately suspended and that the governor of texas has the power to appoint a replacement. but let me start by taking you inside the texas house for this historic vote. >> have all members voted? 121 ayes, 23 nays. two present not voting, three absent. the resolution is adopted. >> reporter: this is a case of republicans policing republicans in the state of texas. in the state of texas, republicans lead the house and

the chairman of the committee that investigated ken paxton is also a republican. and he issued this statement after the vote saying in part, quote, throughout the course of the investigation, we discovered numerous activities that constitute an ethical and potentially criminal conduct. these violations of the public trust are alarming and show a systemic pattern of behavior that every member of our committee felt needed to be addressed in a public forum. now this vote is already historic because ken paxton is the first attorney general in the state of texas to ever be impeached. now, there was another bombshell during the hours-long debate leading up to this historic vote, and that was when several members said in open forum that members of the house had received calls from ken paxton, threatening them that if they voted yes, there would be political consequences. there was concern about this, so much so that one of the house members took to twitter saying in part, quote, i will be

submitting a journal statement to amend charge documents to include abuse of power, intimidation of house members, and senate jury tampering in light of charlie ger ren's statements that a.g. paxton called and threatened house and senate members. i asked paxton's office about this, and i did not hear back. but ken paxton did take to twitter in response to his impeachment saying in part, quote, i am beyond grateful to have the support of millions of texans who recognize that what we just witnessed is illegal, unethical, and profoundly unjust. i hook forward to a quick resolution in the texas senate, where i have full confidence the process will be fair and just. so what happens in the texas house? what we know is the lieutenant governor serves as judge. the 31 senators serve as jurors. and that a two-thirds vote of those senators who are present is required to convict. rosa flores, cnn, houston. >> and we'll be right back.and o

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the mayor of new york city has asked a judge to sus spend portions of of the city's so-called right to shelter law, which requires officials to house homeless people. eric adams says the city is struggling to cope with the influx of migrants being bussed to the state from the southern border. cnn's pablo sandoval with detailsch. >> reporter: amid the ongoing migrant crisis new york officials are continuing their search for new spaces to offer housing for the asylum seekers that continue to arrive in new york city, but they've also taken an unprecedented legal step asking for a court to grant them some relief, suspending a portion of its long-standing

right to shelter law. it's been in place for decades and at its core basically requires new york city to offer homeless individuals a shelter space. so what we really saw here is new york city petitioning for some relief of some of those provisions citing an unprecedented demand for housing. city officials arguing that when this law came to be that it did not contemplate a scenario it's currently happening in which hundreds of asylum seekers without a home are arriving in new york city. as you're about to hear as the chief counsel to the mayor's office this move is according to them not to shut the door in the face of migrants and other homeless individuals but instead to provide some flexibility long-term. >> it's to have that flexibility. do we want to necessarily exercise that in every case in every way whatever it may be, not necessarily. so it's an effort to be responsible here to secure some

flexibility now. >> after this petition was filed we heard from critics who are w worried if the cities able to successfully secure an order from the court it could allow the city to skirt around its responsibilities to provide resources like housing to homeless individuals. the city maintains that they are afraid the system will basically buckle under its own weight as we continue to see new arrivals. as one new york mayor put it recently they don't see an end in sight to the migrant crisis here in new york. and finally it was a big night in canne for french film director justin trie. >> the 2023 goes to justin -- >> she's the third woman to get it. she won for anatomy.

she directed an intense courtroom drama about a writer accused of murdering her husband. she used her acceptance speech to slam the macron government about how it raised the retirement age in france. >> translator: this year the country was gripped by historic, extremely powerful and unanimous protesters against the pension reform. this protest has been denied and repressed in a shocking way, and this pattern of dominating power, of unabashed power is bursting out across several spheres. >> she joins new zealand's james campion and france's julia -- as the only women to win it. this year there were a record seven women competing for the top prize. thanks for spending part of your day with me. i'm michael holmes. don't go anywhere. my colleague continues our coverage after a break.

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