things were developing. that default was not an honest. and mccarthy even had said that it would be, quote, possible to get a deal by the end of the week, last week. this past week. signs of renewed discourse bill back out yesterday when republican aides paused the discussion saying that it was, quote, not productive. democrats and republicans remain far apart a number of issues including spending cuts and work requirements for federal mccarthy said is a red line for him. talks between congressional republicans and the white house have yet to resume. yesterday mccarthy made his disadvantage faction public, reading, 12. president biden doesn t think that there is a think oh-dollar saving to be found in the federal budget. he would rather be the first president in history to default on the debt rather than upsetting the radical socialist calling the shots for democrats right now. mccarthy s three conveniently of re-norms the fact that republicans nor democrats under a presi
closing in, the special counsel appears to be wrapping up his investigation into donald trump s handling of classified documents as new details emerge about what was going on at mar-a-lago, just before the feds swept in. melissa murray and barbara mcqueen will explain the significance. and, all hail the queen of rock and roll, danielle smith is here to celebrate the life and legacy of tina turner. i m jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. congress is on memorial day recess, but negotiation teams from the white house and house republicans are hard at work trying to seal an agreement to raise the debt ceiling. all signs show that they are inching closer to a deal that would raise the limit on federal borrowing and avert and unprecedented, catastrophic default. treasury secretary janet yellen added new urgency to the negotiations, over the last few months, she has warned congress that the debt limit could be reached in early june, and potentially as early as june 1st.
an official investigation said the shots were fired in breach of the army s rules of engagement. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the hostage deaths broke his heart , but that military pressure is still necessary. mr netanyahu has said his country is in a war for its existence, which it would continue, despite what he called the heavy price paid by israel. our correspondent hugo bachega reports on the fallout in israel to the hostage deaths, and growing pressure to rescue the others still held in gaza. for the families of the hostages who remain in gaza it s an agonising wait made worse by a tragic mistake. the israeli military has given new details of how three israeli captives were shot dead by its own soldiers. yotam haim, alon shamriz and samer talalka emerged shirtless from a building carrying a makeshift white flag. one of the soldiers misidentified them as a threat and opened fire. two were killed instantly. a third, injured, returned to the building, and was
and remembering an icon. tina turner the queen of rock & roll. and we begin this very busy hour with very latest from washington where time is literally running out for negotiators to reach a deal to raise the debt ceiling. there s just one week until the treasury secretary s estimated deadline to stave off what could be a devastating debt default. top credit agency has now put the country s aaa credit rating on negative watch. pointing to partisanship as hindering a solution. here is what speaker mccarthy had to say just this morning. everybody is very professional in these meetings. look, i m a total optimist. we will get this done, and we will have a better bill because of it. and joining us this morning with more is garrett haake. also with us, cnbc s dominic chu. garrett, mccarthy seems optimistic about a deal. what are you hearing from the democratic side? no, that s exactly right, jose. on the fitch part of this specifically, democrats are frustrated. t
attorney, roberta kaplan. they were here last week in the immediate wake of that remarkable court ruling in which a jury held unanimously that former president donald trump had sexually abused e. jean carroll and when he disparanoid her, he was the one. and he was defaming miss carroll and he would have to pay for it. in that case, that jury ordered donald trump to pay e. jean carroll $5 million in damages. both for what he did and for what he said about it. if you watched the show last week and you saw that interview that i did with e. jean carroll and her attorney, you might remember that in addition to sort of reflecting on the fact that they had won that case, one of the thing they were newly contending with in the wake of that jury verdict was that even though trump had just been ordered to pay out millions of dollars because of his attacks on e. jean carroll, his lies about her. even though he had just been ordered to pay millions of dollars, literally within a day of t