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
a very good evening to you. i m abby phillip. tonight the entire planet is paying tribute to the queen of rock n roll, the one and only tina turner gone at the age of 83. a superstar for the ages, and we reflect in a moment on one of the biggest voices and losses in music history. but first, we begin with the developments in the 2024 presidential race, the man viewed as the biggest tlept to donald trump for the republican nomination. he just made it official on trump s old turf, twitter. righting this ship requires restoring sanity to our society. truth must be our foundation. and common sense can no longer be an uncommon virtue. we need the courage to lead and the strength to win. i m ron desantis, and i m running for president to lead our great american comeback. but, ron desantis s big announcement night went a little south from there. a very rocky start to his formal bid with major glitches plaguing his planned conversation with twitter space s ceo elon musk. an audi
round-the-clock negotiations are on in washington as america faces the very real chance of a potentially catastrophic debt default. house speaker kevin mccarthy saying today he sees progress, but there are still major sticking points that need to be ironed out on everything from spending caps to work requirements. one top republican negotiator warning a deal could be reached as soon as today or they could collapse completely. meanwhile, the national deficit is growing every second, and with no deal in place the u.s. could run out of money to pay its bills, which could have a disastrous impact on the economy. the treasury secretary now saying that could happen in just eight days. cnn s covering all of the angles. what are the obstacles reaching lawmakers from reaching a deal? negotiators were in the capitol until 2:30 a.m. this morning and now they re back in house speaker kevin mccarthy s office meeting virtually with the white house as they continue to try and hash out the
to school for the first time since the shooting massacre. still fearful and anxious despite new moves to try to help them feel safe. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, as the search for a special master begins, the decision to give former president trump what he wanted is under fire. the former trump attorney general bill barr declaring the judge s opinion is wrong and deeply flawed, once again contradicting his ex-boss. cnn s sara murray is following all the new twists in the legal fight over the classified documents seized from mar-a-lago. reporter: tonight donald trump s own former attorney general is urging the justice department to appeal. the opinion i think was wrong, and i think the government should appeal it. i don t think the appointment of a special master is going to hold up. reporter: a judge has put on hold the justice department s review of documents and othe
And corruption. Just two gop senators broke with their party to vote for conviction. Texas senator a democrat, called out his republican colleagues lack of courage today on msnbc. What happened here was and a tossup. This was an easy bank shot. Every one of these republicans saw this evidence that they should have all voted for conviction, but they made the Political Choice rather than the expedient choice rather than the hard decisions. Sometimes you have to risk the consequences when its about integrity when its about justice. Clearly, there was no justice indexes today. Donald trump, ken paxton ally, wasted no time in congratulating paxton. Trump posted on social media the texas House Speaker republican should resign for pushing this disgraceful sham. Paxton is back to worth. He reports the verdict reached saturday after a twoweek trial in the senate chamber, clears the way for paxton, a three term republican, to return to a position he has used to advance and conservative agenda th