doctor is a professor at ufc san francisco s collaborative research group. inventing new standards and reproductive, health a professor at advancing new standards of reproductive health. the author of no real choice, how culture and politics matter for reproductive autonomy. robbyn marty is the operations west alabama woman. center also the author of the new handbook for a post-roe america. i will discuss the latest on the debt ceiling standoff with democratic senator, chris coons of delaware. he says that defaulting would have a quote, catastrophic effect on the country and must be taken off the table. another hour of velshi begins right now. good morning, it s saturday may 20th, as the old saying goes, if i don t succeed, stop following the republican playbook. you would think that after just one bat election cycle, the gop would have regrouped and reassess its shortcomings so it could rebound. but it s been nearly seven years since the republicans last truly significan
of the war in ukraine cast on them both. first, the g7, where the world s most advanced economies are meeting in japan. the us has said it will support providing advanced fighterjets including us made f16s to ukraine and also back training ukrainian pilots to fly them. meanwhile, moscow s closest ally in the middle east, syria s bashar al assad, received a warm welcome at a summit of arab leaders in saudi arabia after years of international isolation. during syria s bloody civil war, it was only massive russian military support, that allowed assad, condemned by many as a war criminal, to cling onto power. the summit was also attented by the ukrainian president, volodymr zelensky, who is due tojoin the g7 group in hiroshima on sunday, where its expected he ll address leaders and hold a meeting with us presidentjoe biden. details on that later in the programme. but first, the news of more military support for ukraine. a short whie earlier, us national security advisor jake sull
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
the world s most advanced economies are meeting injapan, with america signalling it s willingness to back the supply of f 16fighterjets, and the training of ukrainian pilots, in the war with russia. meanwhile, moscow s closest ally in the middle east, syria s bashar al assad, received a warm welcome at a summit of arab leaders in saudi arabia, after years of international isolation. during syria s bloody civil war, it was massive russian military support that allowed assad, condemned by many as a war criminal, to cling onto power. details on that later in the programme but first, to the g7. the bbc s nick marsh is in hiroshima for us and we can bring him in now. nick, a lot of news coming out of the g7 so far. much of the initial talks have been members recommitting to the defence of ukraine and some big news involving fighterjets ukraine and some big news involving fighter jets and sanctions as well today. involving fighterjets and sanctions as well today. yeah that s righ
leaders, but each hold huge potential to shape the trajectory of the war in ukraine. at the g7 summit, in the japanese city of hiroshima, presidentjoe biden told leaders the us was prepared to give the go ahead to train ukrainian pilots on f16 fighter jets. some details remain unclear, like who would supply the jets, and how many pilots would be trained. britain, the netherlands, belgium and denmark have expressed support for the plans. president zelensky welcomed the move, and said it would greatly enhance the ukrainian army in the sky. i count on discussing the practical implementation of the decision at the g7 summit in hiroshima . that is what he tweeted. president zelensky is due tojoin the g7 group in hiroshima in the coming days, where its expected he ll address leaders, and hold a meeting with us president, joe biden. but on friday, he was in saudia arabia for an arab league summit. of those present, only syria has openly supported the russian invasion. others have s