right now, president biden is flying back to washington with a deadline looming. nbc news is reporting tonight that republican house speaker mccarthy had what he said was a productive call with the president earlier today. the two leaders agreed to sit down one-on-one tomorrow in pursuit of a bipartisan compromise on the debt ceiling hike. before leaving the gc some of this morning in japan. we are seeing this right now on capitol hill. i think there are some maga republicans in the house who know the damage this would do to the economy. because i am president, and presidents are responsible for everything. biden also announced another round of military aid to ukraine. reiterating support for ukraine s defense with russia. i will be talking about it with senator bill cardin, he joins me just a minute. plus the gop presidential field grows even larger this week. south carolina senator tim scott making his 2024 white house bid official tomorrow. florida governor ron desantis
doctor is a professor at ufc san francisco s collaborative research group. inventing new standards and reproductive, health a professor at advancing new standards of reproductive health. the author of no real choice, how culture and politics matter for reproductive autonomy. robbyn marty is the operations west alabama woman. center also the author of the new handbook for a post-roe america. i will discuss the latest on the debt ceiling standoff with democratic senator, chris coons of delaware. he says that defaulting would have a quote, catastrophic effect on the country and must be taken off the table. another hour of velshi begins right now. good morning, it s saturday may 20th, as the old saying goes, if i don t succeed, stop following the republican playbook. you would think that after just one bat election cycle, the gop would have regrouped and reassess its shortcomings so it could rebound. but it s been nearly seven years since the republicans last truly significan
fox news alert president biden is wrapping up his time in japan giving along press conference that ended about 20 minutes ago. live team coverage with edward lawrence covering what biden can expect when he comes home. pete: they watched it so you don t have to let s start with peter doocy was in the press conference. the two things that they talk the most about was weapons for ukraine as they fight off the russian offensive and also what to do about a rising china in this part of the world. a big focus was economic but president biden got a question about chinese military aggression particularly their decision to turn off the military hotline that the secretary uses to talk to his counterpart. listen now president biden after days of china talk here in japan answer that one. we should have a hope in hotline at the bali conference president xi and i agreed and then the silly balloon that was carrying two freight cars worth of equipment over the united states and it got s
volodymyr zelenskyy is getting another multi-million dollar package as they meet at the summit and the fighting on the ground continues. there s nothing on this. solemn words from president zelenskyy. he says the city is in ruins. plus no breakthrough in the debt ceiling talks yet, but president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are expected to talk ahead. and voters are going to the polls in greece. we ll go live to athens for the latest. and we begin with a busy day in japan as the u.s. says it will provide ukraine with another $375 million in military aid ahead of that country s expected counteroffensive against russia. u.s. president joe biden made the announcement as he met with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy in the final hours of that g7 summit in hiroshima, japan. have a listen. today i m announcing the next package to ukraine, a pack thaj that includes more artillery and munitions. mr. president, what you ve achieved is a matter for the entir
whether it s a mental illness or not having enough food, these are just not intractable problems in the least. they are uniquely exacerbated in the united states as it relates to developed countries. but absolutely solvable problems. especially here in new york city. a city awash in wealth. that s right. among a very few number of households. i appreciate that you are staying on top of. it thanks alex, have a great weekend. thanks ali, have a great show. the validity of the public debt of the united states shall not be questioned. that is america s constitutional mandate. and who in the current negotiations between president biden and kevin mccarthy appears to be violating that? who really knows what s going on with the white house negotiations with kevin mccarthy ten days before a potential default date. here s the update. talks briefly resume tonight with no progress after republican negotiators abruptly left a meeting with the biden administration officials t