$2.1 trillion we ve ever had. if i can parrot to when republicans were in the majority when they had the house, the senate and everything, they didn t cut anything. that s house speaker kevin mccarthy defending the debt limit agreement hours before the bill barely cleared a republican led house committee. we ll have a look at where the vote count stands in the full house as lawmakers from both parties continue to criticize the bill. also ahead, we re learning more about what was reportedly happening inside mar-a-lago as the justice department ramped up the pressure on donald trump to turn over classified documents. plus we ll have an update from eastern europe following another drone strike inside russian territory. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 31st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning on capitol hill where the house rules committee voted in favor of advancing the debt ceiling bill to a
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jonathan. just speaking with strategists, speaking with the campaign as well and others in the party, there s no question the boost that he received from the indictment one from alvin bragg up in manhattan, which of course is just bizarreo world we re in right now, but nevertheless it did just catapult him to the fray. he had been weakened and struggled there. recall the november 15th announcement was very lackluster, but that really super charged his campaign just at the moment desantis started committing some pretty major foot falls. no doubt there, and we should remind viewers what benefits trump in the republican primary certainly may not help him in a general election next year were he to be the nominee. but no doubt trump s in first. let s talk about desantis who s still in second, but his support has really fallen. he s only been officially a candidate for a few days. we ll have a live report from iowa where desantis was
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