to spell congressman george santos, while republicans are sidestepping an actual vote. and both sides sounded more optimistic on a possible debt limit deal. we ll break down where things stand in the negotiations as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. today, a federal court heard arguments for and against access to the most commonly used abortion pill. it is the biggest legal battle over abortion since roe v. wade was overturned by the supreme court last summer. nbc s laura jarrett has the details on today s hearing. a federal appeals court appearing deeply skeptical today of arguments from the biden administration and manufacture, as they try to keep mifepristone available. i don t understand the theme the fda can do no wrong. we are not looking at the fda, just like we are not looking at any agency. the three judge panel must decide what to do with that controversial decision out of texas last mo
okay, guys, could see about, i don t see a lot more of, you thank you much. in the meantime, in our next hour, how a neighbor is coming to russia s rescue as the world tightens sanctions. what are the, dopamine we see world headquarters here in new york, welcome everyone to alex witt reports, we begin the hour with a new reaction from russia. two new g7 sanctions and president biden s plan to send f-16 fighter jets to ukraine. president zelenskyy flew to japan today, meeting with world leaders in the city. where the u.s. dropped two atomic bombs in 1945 to end world war ii. russia s foreign minister said today, sanctions from the g7 appear to be aimed at the double containment of russia and china. the plan to send american fighter jets to ukraine now raising questions about the risk of potential escalation of the wars. here s what former national security adviser told us last hour. clearly, the uss believes that there is an escalation risk in providing f-16s. off they would
former new jersey governor chris christie. at the top of that list, it s florida governor ron desantis, the far-right culture warrior against abortion rights, the lgbt community, and disney. one of his states largest employers. desantis has said his term as governor will serve as a, quote, blueprint in his quest to remake america and florida s image. that would be more impressive if you were not losing an all out war with a cartoon mouse, but more on that later. donald trump may be a disgrace to twice impeached criminally indicted former president who fermented insurrection, and was recently found liable for sexual abuse and defamation, and is currently the subject of several federal and state investigations. but a new harvard capitalist poll shows none of that has hurt his standing with the republican base. joining me now, david jolly, the former republican congressman from florida who left the party in 2018, and michael steele, former chairman of the rnc, msnbc political an
reporters at length. we re going to tell you what he said, and what it means for this evening because mccarthy and president biden are meeting again at 5:30, face to face at the white house. keep an eye on what each side says coming out of that meeting, the third one in as many weeks. if they can t start coming together now, when will they? because although we say eight working days, that doesn t mean a deal and a bill and a vote will happen overnight. marking it up, debating it, signing off on it all take time even when congress is trying to go quickly, and according to treasury secretary, janet yellen, there isn t exactly wiggle room. june 1st is a hard deadline, she told meet the press over the weekend, even invoking the 14th amendment would take time, which by the way, yellen says would be potentially inappropriate and legally uncertain. so what would be left, aside from defaulting? again, watch what comes out of this meeting. house democrats have 210 vote for their dis
i m going to attempt, and i probably regret this, i m going to attempt to make sense of the current debt ceiling situation. instead of having someone come on who doesn t know what s going on, i thought i don t know what s going on, i can just guess and so, we re gonna do a little bit of that. and i will advance a theory that joe biden is doing everything right. there is a theory that i landed on it today that joe biden is doing everything right. i reserve the right to take my mind tomorrow. [laughter] listen, lawrence, i will put my money on you being able to not only explain this but make sense of it, and have a plausible theory for all of it so i m eager to see what you have to say this evening. it s one of the things that i know will sound good while i m saying it. i don t want anyone to think about much after i say it. okay? [laughter] [laughter] let s see what the news is tomorrow. you ve got to get the 10:59. right, yeah! it is given some until 10:59, and