while answering questions about the negotiations. we ll have those comments for you in just a moment. and they come as president biden is busy with world leaders at the g7 summit in japan. we ll recap yesterday s events and preview what s ahead including a new round of sanctions for russia aimed at closing loopholes that moscow has been using to security previous attempts to hold it accountable for the invasion of ukraine. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, may 19th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning on capitol hill where it appears that at least some progress is being made on the debt ceiling. house speaker kevin mccarthy shifted to optimism yesterday on the negotiations saying a deal could now be made in time in order to avoid a default. i just believe where we were a week ago and where we are today is a much better place because we have the right people in the room discussing it in a very profes
hamstrings the biden administration s ability to project unity alongside allies and partners especially in countering china. the leaders out here have really been looking forward to having the president in australia participating in the quad discussion, participating in the pacific island forum, which would have been a new opportunity for the biden administration to project that leadership when it comes to the chinese economic coercion. so they understand why he s skipping it, but it certainly does raise questions about america s ability to really show up. papau new guinea even declared monday a national holiday in advance of president biden s arrival that day. he of course no longer coming. we ll have another live report from hiroshima a little later in the show. and speaking of china s influence, montana became the first state to ban tiktok. that ll take effect in january, and threatened to fine tiktok $10,000 a day for each violation