hour of chris jansing reports. i m alex witt. ahead for us, kevin spacey on trial. the oscar award winning actor appears in court on multiple count of sexual assault. we re live in london. plus, a scathing report in the wake of jeffrey epstein s death. the d.a. blasts prisoner workers for multiple failures. a russian missile strike targets a crowded ukrainian restaurant right at dinner time. also, trump s growing legal woes, word that his former lawyer, rudy giuliani, met with the special counsel s office. our nbc news reporters are following all the latest developments. we will begin with nbc s vaughn hillyard who s following the latest trump legal troubles. what can you tell us about rudy giuliani and the legal team. rudy giuliani is a lynch pin in so many of what is a large web around january 6th and the special counsel s investigation. at this point in time, we know that in fulton county in the district attorney s investigation there, he has already been togethe
earlier today, president biden told reporters, he is confident a deal will reach his desk. and no more sticking points to iron out. msnbc news has also learned part of the deals raising the debt limit for two years, avoiding another debt showdown before the 2024 election. the deal also clause back some unspent pandemic funding, we ll talk about what that means. and shaves off some irs funding. it also expands work requirements for certain adults on food stamps. speaker mccarthy also spoke to senate republicans this afternoon about his deal at the white house, two sources tell msnbc, republican retold the bill 150 pages. and will include 15 pages of spending cuts. this morning, he told reporters, he expects a vote on the bill as soon as this wednesday. we did a conference call with a conference over 95% were overwhelmingly excited but what they see. they re getting the text today, the process, look, in every single negotiation, when it comes to debt ceiling and others, you
we still have a lot of work to do. but with lawmakers on both sides skeptical, do they have the votes to actually pass it? i ll speak exclusively with house progressive leader, congresswoman pramila jayapal and gop congressman, dusty johnson, next. and room to grow? more republican presidential hopefuls jump in. i m running to lead our great american comeback. i m the candidate, the far left fears the most. with the former president dominating the polls, can they cut into his lead. republican governor chris sununu joins me exclusively. plus, fallen heroes. this memorial day, veterans reflect on their comrades who did not come home. i think about them probably every day almost. yeah, really. you don t every forget it. a look at some of the incredible americans we lost at war, coming up. hi, i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is waiting to exhale. president biden and speaker mccarthy last night announced that they have struck an agree
agreement in principle. president biden and speaker mccarthy reach a deal to raise the debt limit. we still have a lot of work to do. but with lawmakers on both sides skeptical, do they have the votes to actually pass it? i ll speak exclusively with house progressive leader congresswoman jamila jayapal and dusty johnson next. and room to grow? more republican presidential hopefuls jump in. i m running to lead our great american comeback. i m the candidate the far left fears the most. with the former president dominating the polls, can they cut into his lead? republican governor chris sununu joins me exclusively. plus break the wheel. three years after the murder of george floyd has there been any real change in police violence? the path forward when the man p who prosecuted floyd s killer keith ellison joins me. hi. i m jake tapper in washington with where the state of our union is waiting to exhale. president biden and speaker mccarthy last night announ
still believes trump is a strong candidate and went out with a fundraising pitch where he called donald trump the strongest candidate. you know, kevin mccarthy probably is happy that right now the house is not in session where he doesn t have to meet up with some of these freedom caucus people who are so loyal to trump face to face. the real question, alex, is what s going to happen when they come back, the conservatives are pushing for a number of measures that would provide donald trump air cover as he deals with legal battles, and heads into the 2024 election. among them, a resolution to expunge his two impeachments, pushed by marjorie taylor greene and elise stefanik. it s not worth the paper it s written on, but one of the symbolic gestures to suggest he somehow wasn t impeached, which would not be the fact. and this is something that kevin mccarthy now may be forced to bring to the floor sooner rather than later to appease a bit of angst from his most conservative