right. with us we have the host of way too early jonathan lemire, professor at princeton university, eddy jr., former white house director of communications to president obama, jen palmary, co-host of showtime s the circus and member of the new york times editorial board mara gay. joe will join us in just a bit. willie, we have a lot to get to. i know we re not starting with this, but rudy giuliani was sued. did you hear about that? i did. there s some explosive and wild details that are coming out of that lawsuit that i think we re going to be talking about in just a few minute. do want to ask you first, though, jonathan lemire about this latest debt ceiling meeting at the white house the big four getting together, some glimmers of optimism. i guess we re grading on a curve here, though, based on there being no optimism out of the meeting a week ago. that june 1st date that secretary janet yellen has been warning about for several weeks is inching closer. what came o
video campaign offering russians a secure way to safely share secrets about the war in ukraine. inside that strategy, next. and the critical meeting in the next 60 minutes between president biden and kevin mccarthy over the debt ceiling. what we just learned from an influential member of congress. our nbc reporters are following all of the latest developments for us. let s start at the white house where against backdrop of a slightly nervous wall street, that high level, high stakes meeting is about to get underway with the full faith and credit of the u.s. at stake. monica alba joins us with more. so, monica, what is the white house saying ahead of this meeting? well, much like last week when we were in this exact position, chris, when the president had invited the top congressional leaders to come to the oval office for this meeting, remember that white house officials lowered expectations, saying there wouldn t be a major breakthrough as a result of this meeting. we ar
still holds part of the burned out city of bakhmut. but how much of it and for how long? and senator tim scott getting into the race for president today with florida s ron desantis not far behind. good morning, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. this monday. president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are set to meet again today as they try to strike a deal to lift the debt ceiling. only ten days in june 1st. that s the earliest estimated date the government might not be able to pay all of its bills. mccarthy spoke to the president sunday by phone from air force one as he flew home from japan. i believe it was a productive phone call. and so at the end of the phone call, what we agreed to do is we re going to have patrick mchenry get back together withese going to ask his team, get back together. so, we can walk them through literally what we ve been talking about. i think some of the challenges they may not comp
soon land in japan for the g7 summit, where the war in ukraine is expected to be a top issue. we re live in hiroshima in just a few minutes. plus, prince harry and meghan say they were chased by paparazzi for nearly two hours to the streets of new york city. we hear from their taxi driver, just ahead. plus, a cnn exclusive new evidence may undercut donald trump s claims about classified documents found in mar-a-lago. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. u.s. president joe biden is set to arrive in japan in the next hour, ahead of a summit of the world s leading democracies. and the war in ukraine is expected to top the g7 agenda. ukraine has stepped up its campaign for f-16 fighter jets, although president biden has been reluctant to agree. there is also word that the u.s. does not want to talk about diplomatic solution until it sees how ukraine s plan spring offensive turns out. live now to hiroshima, and cnn s white
hear in the next few minutes? reporter: they are walking into the room where they will have this bilateral meeting, this is at a hotel here in hiroshima. the president there shaking the prime minister s hand. and this is real an important moment. u.s. officials say that they view prime the prime minister a political ally in the surprising role that he has taken over the war in ukraine and applying sanctions on russia that haven t been a guarantee. so you hear a lot from american officials how pleased they are at how strong the relationship has become. this summit only takes place every seven years so i think that you will see china playing a significant role. of course president biden wants the leaders to coalesce to counter beijing s military and economic aggressions. and you have seen that the backdrop is quite significant. that hasn t always been easy. there are significant differences in how they want to approach china. and so heading out of the summit president biden w