Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson, and this is five things you need to know Monday, the

22nd of May, 2023.

Today, the latest on the debt ceiling, plus how the U.S. plans to help Ukrainian pilots,

and how a Netflix show is helping to solve cold cases.

Well, get ready for another week or two of negotiations on the debt ceiling.

That's even as the countdown clock, it's closer and closer to a potential government default

next month.

Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he and Biden had a productive phone conversation

yesterday as Biden flew back from Japan, and a pair plan to meet again today.

Speaking earlier with reporters at the G7 summit, Biden called GOP demands extreme.

Republicans want to tie a number of spending cuts to negotiations.

Meanwhile, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told NBC this weekend that the true deadline

to avoid default is up in the air, and that the government could conceivably pay its bills

past June 1st, but not much further.

We can read more on USAToday.com and listen to a number of our episodes last week.

We'll have more in the coming days.

President Joe Biden told Allied Nations that the U.S. would assist with training Ukrainian

pilots on modern fighter aircraft, including American-made F-16s.

He did so at a closed-door meeting at the G7 summit in Japan on Friday.

And over the weekend, Biden said Ukrainian President Falotomayor Zelensky assured him

personally he won't use F-16 fighter jets to attack Russian territory.

I spoke with USAToday White House correspondent Francesca Chambers for more.

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