the way he s characterizing this bill? yes, he is lying. members of the house caucus like congressman roy and bishop are still struggling to come with a strategy to actually block the deal tonight. and there is also a divide over whether to oust mccarthy as speaker. as for the republican leader he says he s not concerned about losing his post and can t seem to understand what all the fuss is about. i m not sure what in the bill people are concerned about. it is the largest savings of 2. 1 trillion that we ve ever had. a quick refresher share of what is in this deal over this memorial day weekend. it would replenish our near empty treasury with borrowed cash by suspending the debt ceiling for two years. it also includes caps on federal spending, more work requirements for food stamps and cuts to irs funding among other things. neither party got everything they wanted, something the senate republican leader noted on the floor earlier as all of this gop infighting plays
i m abby philip, and washington, where today cameras captured what might be the final chapter in a truly american story. a jury, sentencing the man once known as america s mayor to what is, essentially, a financial death penalty. rudy giuliani, now on the hook for $148 million. $148 million for the harm he caused to two women. shame moss, and ruby freeman. moss and freeman are the georgia election workers whose lives were forever altered after giuliani made them the crux of a nonsense voter fraud conspiracy. now, the sheer size of this penalty is, really, stunning. 16 million for defaming freemen, 16 million for defaming moss. 40 million for emotional distress to both women, and 75 million in punitive damages. moments after following the verdict, the two women thanked the jury, but said that today s result does not atone for two years of turmoil. the flame that giuliani lit with those lies, and passed on to so many others to keep the flame blazing changed every aspect of ou
good morning, everyone. it is friday! friday! i m so happy to have my long time erica hill with me today. and next week. thank you for getting up super early. great to be with you. a lot going on this friday. let s get started with five things to know for friday, may 26th. the house negotiators are moving closer to avoid a default. it would lift the debt ceiling and cap spending for two years. memorial day weekend kicking off to be a very busy travel summer. aaa expects air travel to be higher than pre-covid levels. airlines face staffing shortages and air traffic control problems. two workers in mar-a-lago moved boxes of papers one day before the fbi visited the former president s home to pick up classified documents last year. the post also reporting that he had classified documents in his office at times and showed them to others. also in texas, lawmakers recommending articles of impeachment against the state s attorney general. they re accusing ken paxon o
breaking news, a fire has brown out at russia s defense ministry in moscow. u.s. intelligence tonight is pointing to ukraine meantime as the likely culprit behind that drone attack on the creme line. we re live on the ground tonight. and she was simply the best. tonight, the legendary tina turner has died. singer s bryan adams and ruth pointer of the pointer sisters will join me to remember their friend and a true musical icon. let s go outfront. and good evening, i m erin burnett. out front tonight, he s in, the florida governor ron desantis officially kicking off his bid for the white house, and he did it on twitter. there is no substitute for victory. we must end the culture of losing that has infected the republican party in recent years. the tired dogmas of the past are inadequate for a vibrant future. we must look forward, not backwards. now, during his appearance on twitter, desantis went on to talk about his policies in florida to brag about the ones that targ
abby, i think we should caveat by saying nothing that we have nothing has been finalized. they are moving closer to a deal. we have seen some progress over the last few 12 hours, particularly on the spending issue. that is as something that has been really bedeviling the talks. but they started at least floating the idea of a potential compromise that both sides could try to claim as a win. one of the things they are discussing is raising the debt ceiling for two years, which would be longer than what wrote republicans have been proposing in their debt ceiling plan, and then instituting spending caps for two years. so caps on federal spending levels. they have not agreed on those numbers for the spending caps, but one of the emerging compromises here is the idea that they would spare pentagon funding. so, it would spare specific domestic programs so that democrats can say, we actually didn t cut certain things. other programs would see some cuts, which republicans couldn