white house and republicans in congress, finally reached a deal late last night, hopefully to keep america from defaulting on its debt. we are digging and how each side had to compromise to get to this point, and there has been a lot of talk about the 2024 presidential race but not much has been said about the setting. democrats hold a razor-thin majority, they re what races are they focusing on to keep their majority? or even expanded? now the number of senators or retiring or seeking other offices. plus, republican attorney general, ken paxton of texas impeached. temporarily thrown out of office by a lone star state lawmakers, many of them from his own party. the question now stands will the state senate make the ouster permanent. i m simone sanders tones, and i have something to say. you can always get what you want. i know you all may think it s a song, it s with the leaders on both sides of the aisle are telling their voters this afternoon. late last night, congressi
that elected us. and thes bing i can say or that i think can be said about the current deal on the debt ceiling is that it could have been much worse. that was republican senator mike lee and then independent senator bernie sanders sharing their pretty negative opinions on that debt ceiling deal, which is now headed to their chamber. we ll go through the tight time line the senate now has to get this bill to president biden s desk ahead of default. meanwhile, florida governor ron desantis is ramping up up his criticism of donald trump after taking heat from the former president for months, and that comes as two more prominent republicans are ready to jump into the 2024 race. we ll look at the impact chris christie and mike pence may have on the growing field. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, june 1st. we are in june. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning with a big deal on capitol hill. the house
reaction on the glitches and on desantis himself. good evening. reporter: governor ron desantis remains confident. he did his first tv interview as a presidential candidate tonight on fox news. he explain what his top three priorities would be as pres president. there s a lot you can do, ripping out biden s anti-american energy policy, which you probably could do most of that executive. and then reconstitution leising the administrative state. reporter: also, desantis who was already called ron desantis money is by former president donald trump said he is not fazed by nicknames. he says he is ready to take on his republican challengers. i don t mind being called different things. i have been called everything but a child of god as it is. it does not faze me. make sure you call me a winner because that is what we have done in the state of florida and that is what we would do nationally. reporter: the governor s video on twitter to announce his presidential run during
viewers in the united states and all around the world. ahead on cnn newsroom , outrage across israel after the idf mace takenly kills three hostages. the what the families are saying about the tragedy. plus 17 million americans are under severe weather threat as heavy rain and wind is expected to slam into florida and then up the east coast this weekend. more on the timing of the major storm from the cnn weather center. and tiger woods and his son charlie set too compete at the championship this weekend. andy scholes joins me live to preview the father-son tournament. it is 10:00 a.m. here in london. residents in one neighborhood are being to gather supplies. operations in part of rafah to allow civilians to replenish basic necessities like food and water. in the meantime, the hamas-controlled ministry of health says airstrikes killed at least 14 people. all this coming amid grief and outrage in israel. several dozen protesters marching overnight. the crowd chant ing
for harris. lawmakers are starting to hear from witnesses as impeachment investigation is now official. one republican says his party needs to get the truth. going down these impeachment routes could be a problem politically? no, i don t come in fact, if we don t go down these impeachmt routes, a huge part of america is just going to say, we are not supporting republicans anymore. julie: on the other side of the aisle, denials all around as you can imagine. shifting from president biden who has never spoken allegedly to hunter about business. that is their story. now, in fact, he was never financially involved. some he did at the white house briefing about this. it is certainly baseless political stunt pier that is what we are seeing. there is zero evidence and you can ask me about engagement and what the president has done with his family but there is no evidence spirit weight, but there is no evidence! there is no evidence that the president has done wrong doing. th