the emphasis is now on the education of members about a default. that s why bankers like jamie dimon of j.p. morgan chase and jane fraser of citi group met with chuck schumer along with other senators today. mr. dimon, did default come up? what was your message to the leader? what would it do to the banking system? actual default would be a disaster. it s been said over and over, you re just repeating it. are you optimistic about a deal? let them worry about that. this is where wall street meets main street. the lead negotiator spoke today at the capitol. a sticking point, workman dates for people to receive some benefits. i asked the speakfer he agreed this needed to be a bipartisan process. he said yes. again, this i believe is a promising step in the right direction. nobody will get everything that they want in these discussions. i hope nobody, nobody draws red lines in the sand. but there s now optimism that the sides can reach a deal even with the president
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,
dollars later, john durham issues his report. was it everything trump promised it would be? and a florida teacher under investigation for playing a disney movie that happens to include a gay character. chasten buttigieg, the former teacher and husband of pete buttigieg, is my guest tonight. let s go outfront. and good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, russia s worst day of the war, in fact, it was the worst day for putin and his prized air force in more than 50 years. so here s what happened. ukraine s antiaircraft missiles systems took four down four of putin s fighter jets and helicopters. it reportedly does not appear that the crew of the four aircraft had time to eject. now, the worst day in more than 50 years for putin s air force, ukraine has stopped short for taking responsibility of the attack, only saying tonight that the aircraft ran into some trouble. now, these attacks could be a precursor to the counteroffensive. just today two, more strikes in l
twice impeached once indictment ex-president and his loyal attorney general s pledge to investigate the investigators. it was a flashing red warning sign, though, of the politization of the trump era justice department. now, after an investigation that lasted four years, twice as long as the russia probe, it was initially set up to investigate, special counsel john durham has released a final report. it s more than 400 pages long. our team of experts and reporters are combing through it. but the probe s many failures and contradictions and chaos that surrounded it have been reported on and they are out there for everyone to see including high-level resignations. john durham is not today bringing any new charges. he s lost both of the cases that he decided to bring to trial. that s why some of the people at the highest levels of that probe left. the probe s stunning clashes and ethical lapses and internal chaos have been documented and detailed in an extraordinary body of repo
all. i look forward to bull durham s report. that s the one i look forward to. what happened to durham? where s durham? and by the way, where s durham? he disappeared. the long awaited durham report is now finally out, but it fails to prove the deep state conspiracy against donald trump that the former president and his allies claim that it would. we ll explain what it actually says just ahead. plus, an update on the progress of debt ceiling talks ahead of another high stakes meeting today at the white house. also we ll look at the latest on ukrainian president volodymyr you len skae s european tour aimed at restocking his arsenal. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, may 16th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. after four years of investigating the fbi s investigation into possible collusion between the trump 2016 campaign and russia, special counsel john durham finally released his findings yesterday. in a 300-page repor