prompting new retaliation from u.s. forces and new fears that the violence could spread. let s bring in aaron gillcrist who s covering today s diplomatic meetings in washington at the white house and nbc s jay gray who s in tel aviv. jay, starting with you. what is the latest on the ground in israel and gaza as we talk about last hour the war cabinet meeting last night and what may have come from that. day 81 of the war and as intense the u.n. says it has been since the start and as deadly. they are saying the intensity of the battles on the ground as well as the air strikes has ramped up over the last 48 hours. we know that the attacks have been targeting from the air control and command centers according to the idf. they have been working also to identify and target some of the senior hamas leaders saying that one of their air strikes did kill a leader but not saying to this point who that may be. on the ground, they are continuing to try and expose and then eliminate the
sanders-townsend. simone will be back tomorrow with a come for session with chested buttigieg on his new book, i have something to tell you for young adults. and the right-wing campaign to brand lgbtq books in schools and libraries. politicsnation with reverend al sharpton starts right now. tonight, crisis averted. earlier this afternoon, president biden signed a bill putting an end to a dramatic week. that saw the nation just days away from a preventable economic catastrophe. with the debt ceiling showdown settled, and made job numbers far stronger than expected, the president has strengthened his case for reelection going into a 2024 presidential race. that intensified this week on the republican side. with the two front runners for the gop nomination, donald trump and ron desantis, sharpening their attacks on biden, the debt deal, and each other this week. in key early primary states. but they re also contending with the growing pack seeking the nomination. former
Be one where the same man who was president four years ago becomes president again. Look, of what is the difference between the two of you . Everything. Everything. Everything. Speaking of donald, trump or getting our first look at what he said in his deposition for the eeg carol civil rape. Trial will take a look at why his confusion and one key moment may prove his a liability. Thats my wife. Which woman . Here. This is e. Jean carroll. The coronation of king charles and queen camilla, much of the circumstances are, over but a lot of questions remain of how the monarchy moves forward. We begin today with President Bidens wide ranging exclusive interview with my colleague, we want to get right to it with more on that. Mike, as, always its great to talk to you about. This walk us through what we heard from the president , what we learned especially after announcing his reelection bid. Yasmin, good to be with you, as a White House Correspondent its my job to keep track of everything Pre
principal on this kind of case. that s coming up later. we will learn things. we will fact check. i invite you to stick around for that. that s later. the speech you may have heard about is landing tonight around 7:00 p.m. eastern, inside of an hour. president biden s first ever address from the oval office. we have heard him from the white house before. this is a thing we in journalism and white house junkies keep track of. this is in the views of the biden team, a positive that they are summoning the grandeur of an oval office address, the first several years in to talk about breakthroughs on debt, the economy and the new jobs report. that s 7:00 p.m. eastern tonight in joy s hour. we will cover that. you will see the president and the reaction. we have that. as for this moment, our lead story is what we are learning about the clear lid blowing off a key part of trump s dewith this report that everyone has been talking about all week, that he himself said he knew things
done before the end of the day. what multiple sources are telling our team on the hill. and i ll get the administration s perspective from nec deputy director in just a couple of minutes. plus, the comments from former president trump caught on tape and now in the hands of the special counsel investigating his handling of classified documents. and it s a horrific case involving unspeakable crimes. an ex-cia officer accused of drugging and sexually assaulting women, the evidence seemingly overwhelming including photos and videotapes, but today a judge is being asked to throw it all out. but we start in the senate where the scramble is on to push the debt limit bill through the senate as soon as tonight, cramming what would typically be maybe a week s worth of debate and drama into hours, with lawmakers now under the threat of a catastrophic default if they don t get this done by monday. here s majority leader schumer just a few hours ago. june 5th is less than four d