anything, that is why i m so concerned. default must be taken off the table. i predict you will see things that you don t even believe, the level of corruption. the fbi moved quickly to investigate the allegations of connections of collusion between the trump campaign and russia and that they did so by ignoring a lot of evidence. i think the party has developed a culture of losing. governor desantis is the mos electable most conservative who can win the general election and govern effectively. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is tuesday, may 16, 4:00 a.m. in washington where in the coming hours u.s. president biden will meet with top congressional leaders at the white house to once again try to increase an increase in the u.s. debt ceiling. a deal has to be reached by june 1 to avoid defaulting. but with the current stalemate americans are starting to get nervous. i get calls about the debt ceiling now more so than
is not on the ballot but his power is being put to the test in a contentious republican governors race. eva mccann reports. reporter: republicans in the blue glass starass state will bg on a nominee to take on the democratic governor andy bashir beshear that is tested donald trump s influence. dan yes, miel cameron, rising s the party after his 2020 convention speech. that is why i am voting for donald trump for president. reporter: cameron is considered a top contender along with kelly kraft who served in the united nations. you are doing fantastic. reporter: but trump endorsed cameron. i have no doubt that he will be a fantastic governor. reporter: the endorsement resulting in barbs traded between the two candidates.
about character. and character will end up showing when you actually are in office. reporter: now, at no point during obama s speech did he mention his successor, former president donald trump, but mcauliffe, the democratic candidate here, certainly did. repeatedly hitting trump and tying him to glenn youngkin. at one point saying that yo youngkin, his opponent is just donald trump in khakis. this event was not necessarily about persuasion. many of the people here had already voted or intend to vote for mcauliffe on the november 2nd election. this is more about turnout. this is a city that obama won overwhelmingly in 2008 and 2012, and that is why he is here, urging voters, some of whom are very tired with politics, something he himself admitted he was tired as well, urging them to come out and vote, because this election, as he said, is just too important. dan merica, cnn, richmond. but on his end, youngkin is largely trying not to nationalize the race. as eva mccann reports, his