joe biden and kevin mccarthy have still not reached a deal that would break the stalemate over the debt limit. tonight, they did meet one-on-one in the oval office hours after the treasury secretary janet yellen issued a another stark warning. yellen says it is quote, highly likely the treasury will no longer be able to satisfy all of the governments obligations if there is no resolution by june 1st. meaning, we cannot pay our bills, even though they was some agreement, kevin mccarthy says the sides are going to keep talking. i think the productive part was who was in the room, narrowing what we re talking about, we re not talking over each other we re not saying, oh let s bring something new into the discussion, let s not oval raising taxes that s been off for a long time. we literally talked about where we are having disagreements and ideas, so to me that is productive, not progress but productive. so we re asking the staff to get back to run through those ideas to see if
they want someone who can persuade on the issues that matter the most to them. i look forward to per se to the american people, right and left, within my base and on the far side, to making sure that we move this country forward. using common sense, finding common ground. and some folks are listening, definitely rich ones. scott is leading the gop pack on the campaign cash front with nearly $22 million to spend. with that, let s get smarter with the help of our lead off panel tonight, nbc news capitol hill correspondent, a hero who is outside in south carolina, and she has been on call althia long, ali fatality. peter baker joins us, chief white house correspondent for new york times, and mark mckinnon, former advisor to both george w. bush and john mccain. he s one of the co-host on a very popular circus on showtime. mister baker, to your first, let start with the debt ceiling. there is still no agreement, and this would be absolutely brutal for the entire u.s. economy, and joe bide