simply the best. the lead starts right now. what s love got to do got to do with it remembering an entertainment legend. tina turner dead at the age of 83. plus, ron desantis bucking the trend. less than two hours to go before the florida republican using twitter and elon musk to launch his campaign for president. coming up, how donald trump, the front-runner, is responding to desantis unconventional approach. and we re not going to default. we re going to solve this problem. oh, really? how s that fwgoing to happen. only eight days until the u.s. possible default. negotiators on both sides go back to the drawing board to try to avoid economic catastrophe. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with sad news in our pop culture lead. music legend, tina turner, has died at the sage of 83. a post on her verified facebook account says today we saw good-bye to a dear friend who leaves us her greatest work. her music. tina, we will miss you dearly. you re
and remembering an icon. tina turner the queen of rock & roll. and we begin this very busy hour with very latest from washington where time is literally running out for negotiators to reach a deal to raise the debt ceiling. there s just one week until the treasury secretary s estimated deadline to stave off what could be a devastating debt default. top credit agency has now put the country s aaa credit rating on negative watch. pointing to partisanship as hindering a solution. here is what speaker mccarthy had to say just this morning. everybody is very professional in these meetings. look, i m a total optimist. we will get this done, and we will have a better bill because of it. and joining us this morning with more is garrett haake. also with us, cnbc s dominic chu. garrett, mccarthy seems optimistic about a deal. what are you hearing from the democratic side? no, that s exactly right, jose. on the fitch part of this specifically, democrats are frustrated. t
desantis upcoming announcement. what are we expecting from this audio event on twitter with elon musk? reporter: well, jake, ron desantis has already filed the paperwork to run for president this afternoon. so all that s left for him to do is to say the words i m running for president and we expect him to do that tonight at this virtual town hall with elon musk. it will start in about an hour. during that time, he ll take questions and give a statement, and he will finally enter this race. he s spent months and months in this slow rollout. he s been on the road, a book tour, he s done international travel. now it becomes official. his campaign has been hype thing moment for the last couple of days, including posting this video to twitter on his wife s account. do i have the courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it, every single time. reporter: now, he also took care of a bit of housekeeping today. he officially signed a bill that makes clear he d
sorry about that. we ve got so many people here that i think we are kind of melting the servers. desantis hoping to take the fight to former president trump by hopscotching states this week. remembering tina turner, with that unforgettable voice and dance moves who overcame years of domestic abuse to top the charts in an inspiring comeback, entertaining generations of fans. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. there s fallout from the debt limit brinksmanship. ratings of the three big ratings companies has put congress and the white house on notice that it could downgrade the u.s. credit if a payment is missed. a credit rating grades the nation s credit worthiness, a mesh of its ability to pay its debt in full and on time. right now, they rate the u.s. with its highest aaa status. they are warning and triggering alarm bells on wall street and concern on main street. 71% of voters are either very or somewhat concerned about possible default. without explaining
condense everything in a short time frame. the house passed a bill with the senate democrats and now it s more difficult. what else do you have to negotiate with from a lot of different perspectives but we can still finish in time. that s house speaker kevin mccarthy giving his side of the debt ceiling negotiations, which are stalled over republican demands to cut spending. we ll have more on what s expected to happen today with the talks in just a moment. plus new reporting on a downright unusual presidential campaign launch for florida governor ron desantis. that s coming today as well. and also ahead texas and the nation mark a grim anniversary, one year since the gun massacre in uvalde. we ll take a look at the tributes planned for the victims and what, if any, impact the tragedy has had on gun legislation in that state. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 24th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. the 2024 white ho