speaker told reporters that they re not close to a deal at this point. are you concerned about timing at this point in. look, i think everybody needs to relax. regardless of what may be said about the talks on a day-to-day basis, the president and the speaker will reach an agreement, it will be passed on a bipartisan vote in both the house and the gnat. live look at capitol hill, it s 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. and that was senate minority leader mitch mcconnell trying to calm fears about a u.s. default. we ll have the latest in the negotiations over the deceiling. plus, florida governor desantis chooses an unusual platform for launching his presidential campaign. we ll get into that, that has definitely never been done before and another southern state passes an extreme abortion bill despite bipartisan efforts to block it. we ll also have new reporting on the status of the mar-a-lago classified documents investigation, which some legal experts feel is the strongest leg
condense everything in a short time frame. the house passed a bill with the senate democrats and now it s more difficult. what else do you have to negotiate with from a lot of different perspectives but we can still finish in time. that s house speaker kevin mccarthy giving his side of the debt ceiling negotiations, which are stalled over republican demands to cut spending. we ll have more on what s expected to happen today with the talks in just a moment. plus new reporting on a downright unusual presidential campaign launch for florida governor ron desantis. that s coming today as well. and also ahead texas and the nation mark a grim anniversary, one year since the gun massacre in uvalde. we ll take a look at the tributes planned for the victims and what, if any, impact the tragedy has had on gun legislation in that state. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 24th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. the 2024 white ho
mike pence from appearing. pierre thomas standing by. new details about the 21-year-old suspect accused of leaking highly classified pentagon documents. air national guardsmen jack teixeira asking the judge to be released. prosecutors calling him a danger and flight risk, saying authorities found an arsenal of weapons at his parents house, suggesting he may still have top-secret materials. columnist e. jean carroll under intense cross-examination in her rape and defamation lawsuit against our president trump. his defense attorney grilling her about her motive for suing, including whether she remembers the date of the alleged attack. how she responded from the stand. aaron katersky in the courtroom. wnba star brittney griner fighting back tears during her first news conference since her release from a russian prison. her message to american prisoners paul whelan and evan gershkovich. the host of one of tv s most infamous talk shows has died. jerry springer, the ringmaster, an
expecting to be right back here at nine am for jury selection and opening statements. in this case for fox. it might be worth it to see this in front of a jury and see if they can get a lower down amount than what they would have to settle for fourth. florida s governor, escalating his right against disney, suggesting competing directly with the mouse. should we do with this land? maybe you need another state prison who knows? the possibilities are endless. you re not gonna win a fight with american people against the wall disney company. this has gone from kind of going after a headline to something that convoluted the entire republican message. calls for justice for jalen walker after in ohio grand jury declined to indict eight officers in his shooting down. they believed that at that moment in time when he was running from that car, he still had his weapon on him utterly failed them again. hearts are hurting. our hearts are heavy. you were convicted of fraud. you spent nea
alex marquardt in washington. thank you so much for joining us today. we begin this hour with new details surrounding the indictment or former president donald trump. he is now the first ex president in us history to face criminal charges. trump is expected to travel to new york on monday, then surrender and appear in a manhattan court on tuesday. that s when charges against him of which sources tell us there are more than 30. that s when they will be. formally unveiled. attorneys for trump say he has quote ready to fight and will not accept a plea deal ahead of his appearance in court next week. the nypd is preparing for potential unrest. all officers are being told to report to work in uniform and to prepare for deployment today. cnn s kara scannell is outside the manhattan courthouse and cnn s leyla santiago is near trump s mar-a-lago home in west palm beach, florida. karen i want to start with you in new york. what more are you learning about what may be in this historic