a kia borings pill is now once again in court. oral arguments are set to begin soon before the fifth circuit court of appeals. a case brought by anti-abortion activist who is want to ban mifepristone nationwide. on the state level the focus is in the carolinas where two separate efforts to further restrict abortions in both states have hit a critical juncture. in north carolina nearly all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy are now banned. as a republican super majority in the state legislature voted to override democratic governor roy cooper s veto of their bill. shouts of shame could be heard from the gallery after the gavel fell there. and in south carolina republican lawmakers are at it again after debating for more than 12 hours yesterday on a near total ban on abortion. they are heading back into session to continue the fight. let s start in north carolina, cnn s dianne gallagher is in raleigh, north carolina, for us. after having his veto overridden what is the g
default on january 1st, if a deal is not reached on the debt ceiling. the pressure weighing on president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy ahead of their next meeting which is now just hours away. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. i want to go to first nbc s garrett haake on capitol hill ahead of the critical meeting between biden and mccarthy. we just heard from mccarthy moments ago. what did he have to say? reporter: this comes after negotiators from the white house had been meeting for three hours this morning. mccarthy took some questions from reporters about the outlines of these negotiations and i asked him specifically what he would need to see to feel like there was real progress today in his meeting with the president. here s what he told me. decisions have to start being made. it s been days now. the president has to be serious. i have been very clear from the very beginning, we are in this problem because when the democra
inventory. plus, the future of the most commonly used abortion method in the u.s. remains up in the air. inside the latest legal developments as federal judges could issue a ruling over access to the pill, mifepristone, at any moment. and flooding the streets, thousands of israelis marching through jerusalem s old city in annual parade that raises tensions in a divided city. we ll have a live report on the ground. the fbi revoked security clearances of three agents who took part in the insurrection on january 6th or expressed views that raised serious questions about their allegiance to the u.s. hear what two of them had to say while testifying on the hill today. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with that testimony on capitol hill from those two fbi agents who claim the government is being weaponized against conservatives. ryan nobles, you re following the story for us, what did we hear today? reporter: well, we heard a long
congress fails to act and the u.s. defaults on its debt will be bad. it s something that looks more possible by the day. the clock is ticking. speaker kevin mccarthy says he wants a deal by this weekend. that it s the only way to give both houses of congress enough time to actually mark up and pass anything on the debt ceiling. but president biden is leaving town tomorrow heading for the g-7 in japan. what punch bowl called a damned if he does, if he doesn t situation for biden with the stakes incredibly high. so with both of those things in mind, the clock and the travel, what is being said inside the white house right now? speaker mccarthy is there meeting with president biden for the third time to avoid a default. look at the background in a second. don t worry. what s on the table and what s even possible. does an acceptable compromise exist? one that actually passes not just the split congress, but this split congress. joining me now, nbc news white house correspondent,
he had his first bilateral meeting with the prime minister of japan. that was his first event here at hiroshima. listen. i m proud that the united states and japan are facing it together. and, you know, we stand up for the shared values, including supporting brave people of ukraine as they defend their sovereign territory and holding russia accountable for its brutal aggression. when our countries stand together, we stand stronger and i believe the whole world what we do. so thank you again for having me here today and we look forward to the next several days. so the russian invasion a big topic as you said along with president biden, what he calls a climate crisis. while here the world leaders will come up with a unified way to respond to a more aggressive china. we ll also hear about those emerging technologies like quantum computing and artificial intelligence, overshadowing the entire trip. a lack of a deal to raise the debt ceiling. the president said all along