behind us, end quote. not really. our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer. he s in the situation room, actually he s replaced by alex marquardt today. i ll see you soon. happening now, donald trump brushes off questions about a report you heard first right here on cnn, that is, federal prosecutors now in possession of audiotapes undercutting trump s defense over retaining classified documents. we re also getting reaction from one of the former president s previous attorneys. in the senate the debt ceiling deal could come to a final vote as soon as tonight. even as members of both parties raise serious concerns. majority leader chuck schumer telling senators, they have to stay in session until the bill passes. and russia says that regions near the border with ukraine have suffered dozens of attacks in just the last day. the kremlin condemning international silence over the recent strikes on russian territory. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and
republicans floundering on the debt ceiling deal, as biden plays it cool. why doesn t biden say what a good deal it is? why would biden be saying what a good deal it is before think that s going to help me get it passed? no. tonight, how calling the bluff of the hostage takers was the key to saving the country from economic catastrophe. democrats are committed to making sure that we do our part and avoiding default. democratic leader, hakeem jeffries, will join me live tonight. then, have all members voted? the radical republican attorney general of texas, impeached by his own party. plus, as the special counsel closes in, new worries about a snitch in team trump. and he s out of jail, unrepentant, and selling perch. the qanon shaman returns home as a hero. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. at this hour, we are watching the first big test for the first big deal between the house maga caucus, led by kevin mccarthy and a dem
decision? special counsel jack smith has been aggressive in getting around attorney-client privilege. there are certain pieces of information he believes he needs in order to answer the question about whether classified documents were mishandled and there were efforts to obstruct. he went through the proper channels to get to around attorney-client privilege. you want to speak freely to your attorneys without it coming back to potentially bite you. paula, stick around. i want to bring in tom dupree, former assistant attorney general. what do you make of the contents? it s extraordinary this was allowed to be revealed. what do you make of the contents? the way it s not surprising is the president wants to fight the subpoena. that s what we ve seen, his lawyers often over the course of his time in office would urge cooperation with the justice department. that s not his nature. his nature is to fight. doesn t surprise me. that s the first question, what can we do to battl
raised. it s nonnot an acceptable situation for us to be able to pay our bills. that s treasury secretary janet yellen, reiterating her belief that the united states will go into default if the debt ceiling is not raised in just nine days. it comes as president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are set to meet again today in hopes of hashing out their growing differences on the budget. also ahead, we ll recap the president s trip to japan for the g7 summit, which included a meeting with the ukrainian president. plus, we ve got new reporting on turmoil inside the trump legal team that s representing him in the classified documents investigation. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, may 22nd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. we ll begin this morning with the debt ceiling. president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are expected to meet one-on-one today at the white house. this comes after a weekend of
lawyer has receipts, and that special counsel jack smith has them too. the guardian reporting trump s lawyer evan corcoran warned trump about retaining classified documents, which could be significant in the probe. corcoran memorialized the warning in nearly 50 pages of note described to the guardian with three people with knowledge of their contents. the notes being produced to a federal grand jury after an appeals court allowed the attorney/client and work product privileges between corcoran and trump to be pierced because judges believed trump might have used corcoran s legal advice in furtherance of a crime. prosecutors have fixated on trump s valet, walt nalta after he told the d.a. trump told him to move boxes out of the storage room before and after the subpoena. that does not look good for trump. meanwhile, trump s legal team is thinning out. one of his top lawyers, tim parlatoe resigning, and siting problems with lawyer boris epshteyn. epstein is particularly close t