that case in just a moment. also on capitol hill republicans and democrats are sticking to their demands on the debt ceiling despite a fast approaching deadline. we ll look at the fall back options being discussed at the white house. and the latest from donald trump s civil rape trial as jurors yesterday watched more of the former president s video deposition. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, may 5th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we ll begin with the scramble to avoid a first ever government default. with the clock ticking both republicans and democrats are still refusing to budge when it comes to debt ceiling negotiations. according to new reporting in the wall street journal the white house is weighing potential fall back options. people familiar with the matter tell the newspaper administration officials and lawmakers are considering alternatives like a short-term increase in the borrowing limit that would buy them time to f
you. renee. renee marsh for that report. now, neither turning point nor dream city responded to cnn s request for comment. and as i mentioned, thank you, renee, for that reported new our of cnn news central starts running no after his felony conviction, donald trump out raising president biden a reclusive billionaire, giving him a major boost, the tune of $50 while the latest poll of poll shows trump and biden in a dead heat, plus you good out there a southwest flight triggering a low altitude warning flying just 525 feet above and oklahoma town. now the faa he is investigating that. and a drastic drop in border encounters. the number of people entering the us illegally depths by 25%. what this means for biden in an his campaign all that and more ahead this hour i m sara sidner with omar jimenez, jon and kate out this morning. this is cnn news central all right everyone for the second month it s in a row. donald trump has pulled in more campaign donations, then presid
done. what are some of the alternatives we re looking at? i think this is getting a bit ahead of ourselves here. we re going to have a first meeting between biden and the leaders of congress next week, but certainly they re trying to see is there any fallback options, right? so far both camps have stuck to their negotiating positions, and the question is going to be will the biden administration budget all when it comes to spending cuts? will it try to negotiate with kevin mccarthy? so far i think what we re really seeing is a white house that doesn t seem to understand how to negotiate with republicans, which is why we re seeing this new reporting some of that is questioning, okay, are we going to try to pay our debt no matter what? and that will clearly trigger a lawsuit immediately, so this illustration doesn t have a lot of good options, jonathan, when it comes to not trying to find a way forward with republicans. i guess the counter there is they re saying we will negotiate
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