he is pushing for more powerful weapons in his fight against russia. now, here s video of the ukrainian president. he s already meeting with the italian prime minister. that s the video you re seeing here. he s been asking for about eight months for f-16 fighter jets. finally the u.s. changing its stance and starting to train ukrainian pilots. that training, though, could take more than a year. overshadowing this trip, the impasse over the debt ceiling. it is definitely a subject of interest [laughter] here at the g7. you know, countries want to have a sense of how these negotiations are going to the play out, and the president has expressed confidence that he believes that we can drive to the an outcome where we do avoid default. reporter: and for the paris time this trip first time this trip we heard from the president as he met with the australian prime minister. listen to this. reporter: mr. president, how concerned are you about the debt talks at home in. not
[applause] can i get an amen i ll tell you the truth. elon musk tweeting great statement by tim scott few hours ago scott responded this is our mission elon musk will save you a seat on monday. that s when senator scott is set to formally announce his bid. former president trump s team using the announcement about scott to hit florida governor ron desantis calling it a path to second place his campaign relesioning a statement that reads, quote, ron desantis failed shadow campaign has opened the floodgates for career politicians looking to see an opportunity to raise profile head of the 2028 race and tim scott aggressive media purchase doesn t need to cap desantis but scott sees same thing as youngkin kristy and others the path to second place is wide open. they smell ron desantis blood in the water and no longer see him as an obstacle kellyanne conway straight to you is this the race to second place? it looks that way and trump is ahead in primarily polls comfortly over
deliberate and what they found in the truck. and then a deal to avoid economic disaster has not been reached yet. moments ago we heard from house speaker, kevin mccarthy. we will talk to jim clyburn about what needs to happen next. and then e. jean carroll, what the president said that has her asking for more money. and then a new wave of afghan migrants going on a dangerous journey to reach the u.s. southern border. we begin this very busy hour with our breaking news on the security scare in washington. a driver now in custody after crashing a u-haul truck into a barrier just one block from the white house last night. police say they believe the suspect crashed the truck intentionally. the law enforcement official telling nbc news the driver was making threats to the white house. investigators also seized a nazi flag from the scene. joining us with more is nbc news capitol hill correspondent, ryan nobles. ryan, what exactly happened? reporter: josé, first let me give
states as a playing russian roulette with the american economy. proximate deep dive on what it will take to get a deal through congress, to stave off an economic nightmare. senator ted cruz on the speaker mccarthy can hold the whiteford and senator jack reed on democrats fears the president may be selling out to some of his biggest agenda items and is setting a dangerous precedent. plus, will ask both centers about news the u.s. will train ukrainian pilots to fly f-16s in the fight against russia. then, we are kicking off a major weekend the republican 2024 primary. senator tim scott files paperwork to run. but florida governor desantis could join the race within days. i honestly believe you have an opportunity to right the s ship. there are others hinting they could be into her buttocks i ve debated donald trump many times just out the cameras on. send a penalty should be on the headlines of what promises to be a big week for the 2024 gop field. all right now on fox n
game-changer. russian officials meanwhile warned western countries that they would ruin, rather run colossal risks if they supply ukraine with f-16s. but white house officials are saying they got assurances that ukraine will avoid potential escalations of the war. we have had multiple conversations with ukrainians about the risk of escalation here. nobody wants to see world war iii. and we have made it clear that we re not gonna encourage or ukraine to strike inside russian territory. so we ve had that discussion with ukrainians, we have had it with respect to fighter aircraft. we are confident they will live up to their commitments. more on the presidents trip in a moment, back in washington, the white house is blasting congressional lawmakers over the debt ceiling deadlock. accusing republicans of holding the economy hostage. talks between both parties started, paused, restarted and ended with no indication of whether they will resume. , president biden was briefed this