christine romans. it s memorial day here in the u.s. glad you re with us. let s get going. we begin this morning with president biden defending the deal he made with house speaker kevin mccarthy to raise the debt limit for two years. it takes the threat of catastrophic reform off the table. protects our hard-earned economic recovery. and the agreement also represents a compromise which means no one got everything they want. mccarthy agreed to raise the debt limit in explain for cuts to the budget. even though, the president insisted to reporters he wasn t actually negotiating on the dead limit. want to try to make it look like i made some grow myself in the debt ceiling, i didn t. i made a compro 3450is on the budget. that s what they wanted a compromise on the budget, that s what you ve done, even though you haven t gone as far as you wants, in that right? sure, can you think of an alternative? the president praised mccarthy, although he avoided predicting whethe
carley: i m carley shimkus. that group is trying to distance itself saying it is committed to nonviolence. it also called brett kavanaugh names and said the with a gun. todd: brooke singman has more. brooke. brooke: good morning, pro-choice activists outside brett kavanaugh s home just hours after a man was charged with attempting to murder kavanaugh. protesters chanting slogans and banging drums. scenes like this playing out at the homes of justices since the leak of the draft opinion that would roll back abortion process. threats like the one against kavanaugh will persist especially as democrats turn a blind eye. i wrote a letter in may to merrick garland to arrest protesters. there is a law, you cannot go to a judge s home or juror s house and intimidate while they are doing their job. they have not been arrested because they are trying to get an outcome they agree with. brooke: a criminal complaint shows a man call said to report himself and admitted to a mur
Jillian good afternoon i am Martha Maccallum and this is the story were keeping a close eye on the activity at the courthouse right now where President Trump is in the middle of a criminal trial here in downtown big apple. The judge finding him for a new gag order violation and the judge gave him a stern warning this morning saying if this happens again the former president could and up in jail. Live update from the courthouse and we will speak with a trump attorney. First new reaction from the white house. After the big developments this afternoon were tried to dig through this and figure out whats coming together here and what might not be. Hamas got out in front of this and said they accepted caseys fire proposal for the war with an israel. It happen after president by the had a conversation earlier today about 30 minutes he spoke with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and israel told palestinians they should evacuate parts of rafah about 100,000 hitting the road to leave rafah whic
menendez. as we begin a new hour, grasping for a plan. the new house speaker facing a major task to avoid a costly government shutdown. with time running out, republicans and democrats are already criticizing his new plan. also tonight, the israeli prime minister with a significant statement about the future of gaza. and the new warning about the 2024 race. donald trump has a few things planned for the doj and immigration policy if he were to win again. and it is just as dangerous as you would expect. this is american voices. we begin this hour on capitol hill, with yet another countdown to a costly government shutdown. congress has until the end of friday, six days from now, to pass the funding bill. just hours ago, the new house speaker, mike johnson, unveiled his plan to keep the government funded. it is a two state approach, funding some parts of the government until january, others through february. this new plan does not include spending cuts, nor additional milit
pass a new funding bill. just hours ago, the new house speaker, mike johnston, unveiled his plan to keep the government funded. it is a two-step approach, putting some parts of the government until january, there is still february. this new plan does not include spending cuts nor additional military aid to israel. this untested strategy also serves as a major first test for speaker johnson, who has limited experience and battles. already getting pushback from his own caucus, congressman saying today, quote, it has a 100% clean and i 100% opposed. nbc news confirms roy is now one of three republicans to already say no deal. in the meantime, the white house is calling the spawn a, quote, recipe for more republican chaos, and more shutdowns. in a new statement, press secretary added house republicans are wasting precious time with an un-serious proposal that has been panned by members of both parties. nbc news capitol hill correspondent has more. hi, alicia, six days ahe