washington where things stand with our chad pergram. hi, chad. neil, good afternoon. the house freedom caucus just took a formal position in the debt ceiling debate. it endorses the bill passed by the house in april. the caucus says there should be no further discussion until the senate passes the legislation. the house bill, we passed it. that is the mechanism right now sitting there that there s 11 democrats in the senate and the democratic president of the united states that stand between that bill and it becoming law. it was thought that house speaker kevin mccarthy would lose a good chunk of republicans who could not accept anything less than the house passed bill. the question is can mccarthy get just enough gop members on board and can democrats provide the rest. speaker mccarthy has limited capacity to really negotiate. he s handcuffed and in leg irons from that 15 votes that it took to get them elected. if he is able to negotiate something, once he tries to
interfering in a presidential election. another obama era official testifies before the house weaponization committee behind closed doors today. sandra: james clapper in the hot seat for his role in pushing the false narrative that the hunter biden laptop was russian disinformation. marc thiessen coming up. john: breaking news, prince harry and his wife meghan markle say they were chased by paparazzi. but what really happened. sandra: i can say i m sandra smith and we are in washington. great to be with you. john: good to be with you today. sandra: a spokesperson say he and his wife meghan were involved in a two hour long car chase and now nypd and mayor adams are weighing in. john: laura is in the newsroom in manhattan, what is mayor adams saying about the alleged chase? we have been waiting to get some comment from city officials, prince harry and meghan markle spokesperson issued the statement earlier today saying the couple and markle s mother, all three wer
congress fails to act and the u.s. defaults on its debt will be bad. it s something that looks more possible by the day. the clock is ticking. speaker kevin mccarthy says he wants a deal by this weekend. that it s the only way to give both houses of congress enough time to actually mark up and pass anything on the debt ceiling. but president biden is leaving town tomorrow heading for the g-7 in japan. what punch bowl called a damned if he does, if he doesn t situation for biden with the stakes incredibly high. so with both of those things in mind, the clock and the travel, what is being said inside the white house right now? speaker mccarthy is there meeting with president biden for the third time to avoid a default. look at the background in a second. don t worry. what s on the table and what s even possible. does an acceptable compromise exist? one that actually passes not just the split congress, but this split congress. joining me now, nbc news white house correspondent,
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the international criminal court has issued an arrest warrant for russia s leader, vladimir putin in connection with war crimes. the court says there are grounds to believe that president putin is personally responsible for the deportation of hundreds of children, from children s homes and orphanages in ukraine for adoption in russia since last year s invasion. it s the first time the court has ordered the arrest of a prominent serving political leader. ukraine s president zelensky has hailed the decision as historic, but moscow dismissed the announcement as outrageous , saying it doesn t recognise the jurisdiction of the court. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports from kyiv. it is a war that he ordered. a war that brought death and devastation. a war that sent millions fleeing for their lives. but it is one that has now left president putin accused of war crimes by an international court and even
getting sick and dying in the area. the epa told fox this just hours ago. we have been in over 460 homes testing the air quality. we re going to test 28 more homes today. the data shows that there s no elevated levels. martha: so east palestine resident chelsea simpson said her lips with polka-dotted and had red patches on her skin. governor dewine will respond and give answers in his home state. first, let s go to garrett tenney live in east palestine today with the latest. hi, garrett. hi, martha. every day we re hearing more stories like those while officials say based on all the data that they collected so far, the danger has passed. the air is safe to breathe and the soil is safe and the small amount of chemical that is being detected in the drinking water shouldn t be a concern for folks. that disconnect between what the officials are saying and what folks are seeing and experiencing first hand is why most of the folks we ve talked to here don t have a lot of conf