the very latest from capitol hill all things hitchhikers guide to washington, d.c., in the swamp chad what s going on we expect this to past only? we think they re gonna start this vote in the next two have been 3 minutes they started this debate at 717 eastern time. we think the actual roll call vote is income any minute so it s pending. we do expect a bipartisan coalition of democrats and g.o.p. members to vote yes. house speaker kevin mccarthy made the closing argument he said don t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. ominous say i m at about no because they re summing out in the bill. if i took that philosophy i would never vote yes. i simply read the bills and funny and decide if this is good for the country. i would see that answer is easily yes they ll save an additional two-point join and for the first time in more than a decade congress will spend less next year than this year. once the bill clears the house tonight it had to cross the rotunda to the se
new concerns the reason could become a bigger tineder box. smoke rises over the skyline of gaza this morning. i m mike he manual in for bill hemmer. claudia, great to be with you. claudia: this is a special edition of america s newsroom. the u.s. going after hezbollah targets in iraq after a christmas day attack against american troops. defense secretary lloyd austin says his prayers are with the brave americans who were injured. that attack one of the more than 100 against our forces since the hamas massacre in israel october 7th. trey yengst is live in tel aviv with more. good morning, trey. good morning. overnight president biden ordered the u.s. military to strike a series of targets belonging to militants in iraq. we do know according to u.s. central command that three different strikes took place and destroyed the targeted facilities and likely killed a number of kataib hezbollah militants in response to a drone attack against the erbil air base that houses u.
$2.1 trillion we ve ever had. if i can parrot to when republicans were in the majority when they had the house, the senate and everything, they didn t cut anything. that s house speaker kevin mccarthy defending the debt limit agreement hours before the bill barely cleared a republican led house committee. we ll have a look at where the vote count stands in the full house as lawmakers from both parties continue to criticize the bill. also ahead, we re learning more about what was reportedly happening inside mar-a-lago as the justice department ramped up the pressure on donald trump to turn over classified documents. plus we ll have an update from eastern europe following another drone strike inside russian territory. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 31st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning on capitol hill where the house rules committee voted in favor of advancing the debt ceiling bill to a
ultimately, chuck schumer decides how and which amendments will get a vote and debate and a vote, and i think he will be for us to go through that process because there have been demands, especially from republicans who winds amendments that they are amendments that they are amendment get a vote. and it s really about screen time, it s about getting a little bit of spotlights. it this is the issue that we care about. it s not really about whether those amendments will pass. but it s really about we are going to make a point of this issue, it is pegged into a very important to vote. everyone will be watching. everyone will be listening. so that some of the process. after all of that has wrapped, then you will move to the full senate for a vote. [30 the full senate for a vote. do ou the full senate for a vote. do you think the full senate for a vote. do you think anyone could hold up the vote in the senate? if you think anyone could hold up the vote in the senate?- the vote i
yes. good morning, everyone. glad you are with us on cnn this morning. i m joined by erica hill. kevin mccarthy facing a growing republican revolt as the house prepares to vote on his debt limit deal he struck with president biden. we are about to find out if the speaker can pull it off. a chinese fighter jet intercepting a spy plain of the pentagon accusing the pilot of being unnecessarily aggressive forcing the plane to fly through dangerous turbulence. also, sources tell cnn former new jersey governor chris christie is going to jump in the race for the white house. he will make it official with an announcement on tuesday giving donald trump yet another republican challenger. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. snu and we begin on the debt limit and the deal and can it pass. it is a crucial day. we will see on capitol hill the house is set to vote on it after it narrowly cleared a major hurdle last night. mr. norman. mr. norman, no. mr. roy? mr. ro