it is 11:00 a.m. in the east, 8:00 a.m. pacific. right now in atlanta, we are awaiting a decision on whether mark meadows, trump s former chief of staff, can move his election interference case to federal court. what it would mean if this request is granted. also, we re keeping our eye on the federal courthouse in washington, d.c., where a jury is deliberating. how much rudy giuliani is going to have to pay to two poll workers he defamed after the 2020 election. then to the border where we go to a tiny town in arizona that is fast becoming the new epicenter of the migrant crisis. meanwhile, on capitol hill, senate negotiators are work on a border policy delaying their holiday break. are they close to making a deal? overseas, reports of a second day that parts of gaza are under a telecommunications and internet blackout as israeli prime minister bibi netanyahu declares, quote, nothing will stop us. hey, everybody. good to see you. we re going to begin with the breaking n
over a weekend session to try and hammer out some sort of deal on immigration before the end of the year. while they haven t reached a deal, several have cited, quote, unrest. anything to say about the negotiation? yes, we made progress, things are good. we are here, tomorrow it is all good. we know senate negotiators will be on the hill next week trying to work on the immigration side of the deal. so president biden s foreign aid package could pass. when republicans are holding aid to ukraine, israel, and other u.s. allies hostage to president biden agrees to short-circuit our nation silent system, comes as no surprise after all, today s micah dominated gop caucus zealously embraces donald trump s extreme anti immigrant agenda. republicans are proposing reads like a stephen miller wish list. a return of title 42, the expulsion of migrants without allowing the asylum, toughening the stand for granting asylum, bringing back wide scale migrated attention, and limiting exe
conclusion. it s going to be remarkable. have a great memorial day weekend. that does it for us this morning. yasmin vossoughian picks up the coverage right now. hey, everybody, it s 10:00 a.m. in the east, i m yasmin vossoughian in for ana cabrera this morning. urgency in washington with less than a week to avoid a catastrophic default. there s optimism that a deal is close, but can they get it done and before too much damage is done? we have a lot of hangups. do you think it s possible to get a deal by this weekend. look, we re not going to stop negotiating. this is a priority. plus, we ve got more questions about donald trump and classified documents at mar-a-lago. new exclusive reporting from the washington post, sources saying that two employees moved the boxes the day before a visit by fbi agents. what could that mean for the special counsel s investigation? growing outrage in mississippi, an attorney for an 11-year-old says the child was shot after he
it s time for us to be this sunday, taking on trump. the republican primary field will be expanding this week as florida governor ron desantis and tim scott both jump into the 2024 race. think the party has developed a party of losing. it s time for us to be proud to be americans and proud of our president. can either candidate make the case he s the better alternative than donald trump and unite the party process in the primary battle ahead? i ll talk to republican congressman byron donald of florida who is currently backing donald trump. plus, flirting with disaster. debt ceiling negotiations break down, restart and then stop again. default is not an option. this white house will not acknowledge that they re spending too much. what s really going on inside the talks. is either side negotiating in good faith? and how serious is the june 1st deadline for a catastrophic default? i ll talk to treasury secretary janet yellen. and abortion follow ticks. republic
scrapping a billion dollar development in florida. the impact it could have on his upcoming presidential run. a major settlement between deutsche bank and jeffrey epstein s victims. we will break down what it all means and who could be paying, next, as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening, once again, i m stephanie ruhle. partisan fireworks erupted on capitol hill earlier today, in a hearing for the so-called weaponization of government committee, which of course is led by ohio republican jim jordan. the witnesses were three self-described fbi whistleblowers who jordan and his fellow republicans said would show that the fbi was biased against the right. and we see reports that, yesterday, the fbi warned jordan in a letter that two of these three witnesses, quote, lost their security clearances because of their conduct in january 6th cases brought into question their allegiance to the united states. that didn t stop jim jordan. the hearing went on e