on the bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling and cut spending so the nation averts a default next week. president biden and speaker mccarthy are defending the agreement as some of their parties are also railing against it. we ll bring you the results of that vote as soon as it happens. but first, to a cnn exclusive tonight. reporting the federal prosecutors have donald trump on tape in his own words acknowledging that he took a sensitive national security document with him when he left the white house. that is what multiple sources tell cnn. and i ll speak with one of the former president s attorneys in just a moment. but we are told that trump s comments in the 2021 recording suggest that he knew that he kept classified material and wanted to share it, but understood his limitations post presidency. in other words, he knew that this was likely false when he said it. by the way, they become automatically declassified when i took them. and the same goes for this. i
to the effect of, you know, if i can show you this if you undermine these arguments. but making clear that he doesn t believe he can show it to them. and i think that is a key part of the story. it s very much is. the other part is that this really gives us one of the first indications of what else might be here. it is not just letters from kim jong-un, what do we know based on your reporting about the military significance of the documents that we are talking about. right, that has kind of been the dispute over was a classified, was not classified. this is a plan that we are told was essentially about potentially striking a run. obviously the u.s. is a lot of plans for the pentagon, backup pans, in case of emergency. and that is what we are told this was. that he was referencing. trying to say, essentially, but it was something that general milley had prepared for him. obviously milley is the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. we are told actually that this was not a
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
thanks for joining us tonight. cnn tonight with alisyn camerota is starting right now. alisyn, hello. good evening, everyone. i m alisyn, camerota, welcome to cnn tonight. if unconventional is what ron desantis was going for tonight he got it. he decided to launch his campaign on twitter. the live stream crashed, the sound cut in and out but eventually desantis made his case. you can set your clock to january 20, 2025 at high noon because on the west side of the u.s. capitol i will be taking the oath of office as the 47th president of the united states. no excuses, i will get the job done. tonight our panel shares their take on what this means for the race for the white house. plus the culture wars strike again. this time target is pulling some rainbow themed products from store shelves before pride month before workers reportedly made customers feel unsafe. and tina turner dies at the age of 83. so many classic songs, so many electric performances and her chall
his information. there s not the votes for it. what we dough know is in seven of the last ten negotiations on the debt limit, there s been budget dairy reforms. so 70% of the time, the debt limit gets lifted. there s been a discussion, conversation around and a negotiation about budgetary and policy reforms. that s what needs to happen this time. that s supported by the american people. 65% of the american people believe that you shouldn t raise the debt limit without doing something about the debt. that s what the american people are. cleary that s where we are. i hope that in the next few days hopefully by the time when this meeting happens on may 9 we can see serious and real progress or else the administration will be the first administration ever to have to deal with a default on the debt. a clean debt limit is not going to happen. i think they need to understand that. get serious about sitting down at the table. if the x day is june 1, that brings an additional sense of