the l or barista coffee and espresso system. a masterpiece in taste it s opium in washington. there is still no deal to raise the debt ceiling, and at this hour, house republicans are holding a wig meeting to discuss what the process will be over the next few days, if in fact a deal is reached. president biden told reporters today that he is optimistic that a deal can be finalized tonight. with regard to the debt limit, i think they re looking good, very optimistic. i hope we will have some cool or evidence tonight before the clock ticks 12, that we have a deal. but it s very close. and i am optimistic. i am hopeful we will know by tonight whether we re going to be able to have a deal. all right, so settle in. this might be a long night for us. white house and house republican negotiators and look closer to a deal in the last 24 hours as we reported last night. this morning republican house speaker kevin mccarthy had this to say. i thought we made progress yes
that a deal can be finalized tonight. with regard to the debt limit, i think they re looking good, very optimistic. i hope we will have some cool or evidence tonight before the clock ticks 12, that we have a deal. but it s very close. and i am optimistic. i am hopeful we will know by tonight whether we re going to be able to have a deal. all right, so settle in. this might be a long night for us. white house and house republican negotiators and look closer to a deal in the last 24 hours as we reported last night. this morning republican house speaker kevin mccarthy had this to say. i thought we made progress yesterday. i want to be progress again today, and i want to be able to solve this problem. now speaker mccarthy has been given more time to solve this problem. treasury secretary janet yellen said today the protected debt ceiling deadline is now june 5th. in a letter to congressional leaders, secretary yellen wrote, during the week of june 5th, treasury is schedul
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do you feel vindicated? this isn t a question of vindication. it s not a question as i stated before about revenge this is a my position is that at the end of the day, donald trump needs to be held accountable for his dirty deeds, if, in fact, that s the way that the facts play out plain and simple this is not about him. this is about holding accountability, truth to power, and everything else in between michael cohen was back before a manhattan grand jury today could an indictment of donald trump be imminent? michael cohen joins me live in just a moment. also tonight, remember the republican party of ronald reagan demanding that the soviet leader tear down the berlin wall? well, today s republican party is parodying the talking points of the ultimate soviet nostalgic, vladimir putin. and offering to hand over ukraine to him as a reward for an illegal war. plus, today s high-stakes hearing in texas, which could result in women losing even more reproductive freedom
in this case, my office will seek a speedy trial so that our evidence can be tested in court and judged by a jury of citizens. that was special counsel jack smith back in august, and now he s asking the u.s. supreme court for a speedy ruling on whether presidential immunity protects donald trump from prosecution. also tonight, the u.n. describes the situation in gaza as apocalyptic and on the brink of collapse. for all the death and destruction, how much has hamas been degraded by israel. plus, a major new development tonight in the case of a texas woman who sought a court order to get an abortion. and we begin with the american hard right s bear hug of the european hard right. hungary s authoritarian leader, viktor orban, has long been a right wing idol for republicans trying to destroy democracy at home. it should come as no surprise that this week, allies of orban will hold a closed door meeting with republicans in washington, including members of congress, to push