round-the-clock negotiations are on in washington as america faces the very real chance of a potentially catastrophic debt default. house speaker kevin mccarthy saying today he sees progress, but there are still major sticking points that need to be ironed out on everything from spending caps to work requirements. one top republican negotiator warning a deal could be reached as soon as today or they could collapse completely. meanwhile, the national deficit is growing every second, and with no deal in place the u.s. could run out of money to pay its bills, which could have a disastrous impact on the economy. the treasury secretary now saying that could happen in just eight days. cnn s covering all of the angles. what are the obstacles reaching lawmakers from reaching a deal? negotiators were in the capitol until 2:30 a.m. this morning and now they re back in house speaker kevin mccarthy s office meeting virtually with the white house as they continue to try and hash out the
advisers and longtime loyalist is jumping ship to endorse ron desantis. and he will join me in just a moment to explain why. but first, the florida governor is making waves even before his expected to jump into the presidential race. desantis today signed a bill to de-fund diversity programs at florida colleges. their response to critical race theory being taught in classrooms. he is also changing florida law to allow himself to campaign while serving as governor, and to reduce transparency over his state spending and travel. desantis is also stepping in to ward off his turf, sending migrants to states run by democrats, and wading into a new york city case praising the marine veteran now charged in a subway chokehold death. he also barn stormed a trail of iowa this weekend, where the 45th president canceled a rally there over weather concerns. donald trump is taking notice, and taking aim at desantis. and desantis is indirectly firing back. we must reject the culture of los
at this hour, fighting words with just days left to strike a deal. senate democrats are taking fierce new swings on capitol hill against the house republicans debt ceiling plan. plus, despite rival coasts and sports teams, the attorneys general of both california and new york are standing united in a new investigation into allegations of workplace discrimination and pay inequities at the nfl. how the league is responding next, and that explosive proud boys partial verdict. four members of the far right organization including their former leader were just found guilty by a jury of seditious conspiracy. this verdict is a major milestone for the doj and offers a significant blow to the far right group. we ll dig into where this case goes from here with a former federal prosecutor. our nbc news reporters and experts are following all of the latest developments for us. we re going to go ahead and start with ryan reilly in the ongoing deliberations of the proud boys trial. ryan, w
the search in several states across the south for the remaining fugitives now. 24 hours after declaring he is running for reelection, our mary bruce asking president biden about his age, whether he considered agent s own decision and if his decision to run would have been different had donald trump not run again. how he answers it all. columnist e. jean carroll taking the stained in her lawsuit against former president trump, declaring today i am here because donald trump raped me. the judge issuing a warning to trump s lawyer about the president. our parent company, disney filing a lawsuit against florida governor ron desantis accusing him of i targeted campaign of retaliation. click on how the governor is responding and what s behind all of this. tonight, the first call between president zelenskyy and china s president xi. what president she warned about nuclear war. back in the u.s. tonight three high school seniors under arrest in the deadly rock throwing spree near de
now. in this era of tribal politics, comedian bill mahr doesn t care if you re a democrat or a republican. truth isn t always 50/50. welcome his decades at the cross odes of politics and comedy given him an insight political consultants and bookies would die for this in 2015. donald trump could not go all the way, i i don t think they re right. this a few years later. i don t think he s leaving, even if he loses the election in 2020. tonight bill looks ahead to 2024 and trump s odds now. you think he ll get the nomination and do you think he can beat joe biden? mahr doesn t hold back about president biden or the democrats either. democrats sometimes can take it too far. he gives us his unfiltered take. how do you define on cancel culture, religion and one of his favorite hobbies. so you re a connoisseur of weed, i think that s fair to say. i think that s very fair. realtime to primetime, this is a cnn one on one special. welcome to