let s get started with five things to know for this tuesday, may 16th. new overnight, cnn obtained new video of a man chasing a screaming woman with a bat minutes before he allegedly attacked staffers at a congressman s field office. you hear the screams there. the suspect this morning is under arrest. virginia congressman says his staffers have nonlife threatening injuries. also in washington, president biden is going to meet with house speaker kevin mccarthy again today as both try to find a way forward when it comes to the debt ceiling. mccarthy said they re not closer than they were as a treasury secretary is doubling down that america is headed for a default as early as june 1st. durham is report is now out after three years in the making. the special counsel from the trump era the fbi should have never launched a full investigation into connections between the former president s 2016 campaign and russia. but he did not recommend any new criminal charges or, quote, w
c confirmed could happen as soon as june 1. manu raju has the latest. reporter: speaker kevin mccarthy has been pessimistic as talks have occurred on the staff level the past week to try to avoid the nation s first ever debt default. the white house has resisted calling for the national debt limit which is more than $31 trillion to be raised without any conditions whatsoever to avoid the prospects of the u.s. not being able to pay its bills. the house did pass a bill that included a host of priorities that democrats say is dead on arrival. so there is not much time left. in order to get a deal by that june 1 potential deadline to avoid the default, default could occur in the first couple weeks of june according to the treasury department or as soon as june 1. but he spoke to reporters on monday, and mccarthy made clear there is a long way to go. the way the president has ignored it for 100 days and he still hasn t taken it serious. reporter: even if they would to get a
let s get started with five things to know for this tuesday, may 16th. new overnight, cnn obtained new video of a man chasing a screaming woman with a bat minutes before he allegedly attacked staffers at a congressman s field office. you hear the screams there. the suspect this morning is under arrest. virginia congressman says his staffers have nonlife threatening injuries. also in washington, president biden is going to meet with house speaker kevin mccarthy again today as both try to find a way forward when it comes to the debt ceiling. mccarthy said they re not closer than they were as a treasury secretary is doubling down that america is headed for a default as early as june 1st. durham is report is now out after three years in the making. the special counsel from the trump era the fbi should have never launched a full investigation into connections between the former president s 2016 campaign and russia. but he did not recommend any new criminal charges or, quote, wholesale c
clinton. we knew the russians took, we knew how the russians used it and we learned that the russians offered to do exactly what they had done to the trump campaign. so with the actual information, we opened a full investigation and everyone who has looked at what we did other than john durham determined that that decision was absolutely appropriate. current head of the fbi christopher wray sending a note to employees highlighting the 40 plus reformed implemented by the agency in the wake of the inspector general report to solidify the importance of doing the right thing in the right way every time. he writes what distinguishes great organizations is whether they learn from prior failures and use them as opportunities to improve. two staffers for a virginia congressman recovering this morning after a man wielding a metal baseball bat attacked them in the congressman s field office.