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eye-state talks on raising the nation's debt limit. McCarthy telling reporters just moments ago that he thinks he and

the president can find some common ground.

Also tonight, mourning in Memphis.

As Tyree Nichols is late to rest three weeks after he was brutally beaten

by police.

We'll take you inside the emotional funeral and the urgent outcry for police reform.

And CNN is in the trenches with Ukrainian soldiers on the eastern front as officials in

key warned that Russia is gearing up for maximum escalation of the war.

Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world.

I'm Wolf Blitzer. You're in the situation room. Let's get right to our top story tonight. New developments, important developments

in the debt limit showdown right now.

President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy just wrapped up a very high stakes meeting at the White House.

Their first face to face since McCarthy won the gavel.

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