captions by vitac www.vitac.com good evening, everyone. i m tom king in for alisyn camera at that. debt ceiling drama. we re closer to a debt ceiling deal, closer but not there yet. janet yellen gave them four more days, and we ve got a ways to go. even if they make a deal tomorrow morning, can they get it done in time? plus, can a trump-like candidate beat donald trump? that s the question, as ron desantis gets his campaign in high gear. the florida governor not being shy at all about taking on the former president, ripping him on the border of all things, calling him a big spender, and lasting his covid policies. i don t know what happened to donald trump. this is a different guy today than what he was running in 2015 and 2016. and i think the direction he s going with the campaign is the wrong direction. no other republican in the trump era has been able to walk that tight rope. can ron desantis? here s a sobering thought this memorial day weekend. whenever you
with donald trump on that day. john? he was indeed. ed lavandera, thanks so much. back with me now, molly ball and ron brownstein. molly, i was listening to some of the testimony in the impeachment committee. some of these allegations go back to 2014 and 2015. there s been a state pench, clof smoke around ken paxton for a long time. why now? well, he essentially asked the legislature to participate in a cover up. as ed was saying, there s a request for a fine levied against him, more than $3 million to settle the claims of whistleblowers, republican staffers who worked in his office. he asked the legislature to pay that money for him, so they started investigating him on that basis. as you mentioned, this is someone who s been under indictment for nearly eight years. where is the judicial system? where is the fbi? is it any wonder that people have qualms about the rule of law in this country?