In an influence peddling scheme. Its a stunning allegation that raises a number of questions. Who is the whistleblower making this claim . Is that person credible . And what are authorities doing about it . The white house says the president has an unprecedented level of transparency and calls this a political attack. Senior National Correspondent rich edson is here with our top story. Good evening, rich. Rich good evening, bret. House Oversight Committee chairman james comer claims the fbi likely has a document describing this alleged Criminal Activity involving then Vice President joe biden. Comer has issued a subpoena for the purported document. He and senator Chuck Grassley have been investigating the biden family and their business conduct. They sent a letter this afternoon to attorney general Merrick Garland and fbi director chris wray claiming, quote a highly credible whistleblower maintains the Justice Department and fbi likely have a form that, quote describes an alleged Crimi
vote stands with just hours to go. there s new cnn reporting on a new candidate set to enter the race for the white house. why former new jersey governor chris christie says now is his time and what we re learning about his plans. also, it s a bird. it s a plane or is it? a ufo, so many questions today. nasa is set to unveil what a nine-month long investigation uncovered. this is cnn news central. new this morning, one is in, one is out. it s getting to the point where they are naming names in terms of the vote for the debt ceiling. democratic congresswoman debbie dingle says she will vote in favor of the deal. this came moments after congresswoman, pramila jayapal, the chair of the house progressive caucus said she would not vote for it. count her as a no as democrats are meeting behind closed doors before the house is set to vote on a bill. it needs a simple majority to pass, 218, if everyone is present. the division right now, 222 republicans and 213 democrats. rep
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house. both sides pointed to negotiating teams to focus on the issue and two sources familiar with the discussions say they held a late night meeting at the capitol. we have a shot at exactly the roosevelt room right where the president is expected to come out and speak in just a few seconds, but i want to go with nbc capitol hill correspondent ali vitali. good morning. there is only 15 days left until the june 1st deadline. where do things stand now and where do they go from here? reporter: well, look, they re looking a little bit better today than they were over the weekend and yesterday. certainly now all parties seem to agree that default is not an option and they said it pretty clearly at this point. that should mean a little bit of a sigh of relief as we watch this new negotiating group move us eventually hopefully toward the finish line. this negotiation now is starting to look a little bit more like 2011 than at any other point during these negotiations. that s beca
baseball bat at the office of congressman gerry connolly. threats against members of congress continue to rise. this is just the latest. at the white house, we re just hours away from another high-stakes meeting between president bidened and top lawmakers to negotiate a detd ceiling deal. we ll play for you a brand new warning from the treasury secretary about what could happen if the country goes into default. overnight, a massive wave of russian attacks targeting ukraine s capital. the biggest in weeks and come as more european allies pledge new support. we begin this hour with that deadly rampage in new mexico. three people were killed, six others were injured after a gunman appeared to open fire at random on a residential street, according to local police. authorities say the suspect shot at least six houses and three cars with an ar-style weapon. the 18-year-old gunman was confronted and killed by law enforcement. according to the gun violence archive, there hav