good evening. we begin tonight with breaking news. signs of cautious optimism in the debt ceiling standoff with as few as ten days left before the federal government runs out of cash. with house republicans trying to extract major budget cuts in exchange for allowing new borrowing to pay the bills, president biden and house speaker mccarthy have just wrapped up talks at the white house. i felt we had a productive discussion. i believe we can get it done. we ll hear from the white house. earlier today, treasury secretary janet yellen reminded lawmakers of the stakes saying, it s, quote, highly likely, unquote the government will default as soon as june 1st. so, what s the status of the negotiations after speaker mccarthy s meeting? the talks are still very much alive, which is a positive sign, after a tumultuous weekend of negotiations. both sides are still very much committed to getting a bipartisan deal. speaker kevin mccarthy, as you heard, struck a very positive tone
the world. i am rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom. the clock is ticking down. the stakes are high. and there is still no debt limit deal. but oh away from a default. mounting legal problems for donald trump. new civil, criminal and business troubles and the week is just beginning. plus, a group of anti-putin russian fighters who support ukraine, are claiming credit for an attack inside of russia. good to have you with, us a much anticipated meeting between u.s. president joe biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy has come and gone. still, no deal on raising the u.s. debt ceiling. both the president and mccarthy said monday s talks were productive. but it does nothing for a looming default which could happen in just a matter of days. mccarthy was adamant that i need to strike a deal this week in order to avoid the june 1st deadline. when the u.s. could potentially default on its debt. u.s. treasury secretary janet yellen has been a constant reminder of the urgency
the former president s finances. according to notes that evan corcoran took of his conversations with his client, donald trump, the former president, wanted to fight the subpoena that demanded that he return classified documents that he had no right to have after his time in office. now, these notes taken by corcoran are providing more insight into trump s thinking and his actions around the time the criminal investigation was launched. and now they sit in the hands of a special counsel, jack smith. joining us now is john dean. he was the white house counsel for richard nixon. and just like evan corcoran, john, you testified about your conversations with president nixon. so, as you listen to what has been reported here, in your mind, why would there even be dozens of pages of documents, notes, about what to do with a lawful subpoena? shouldn t that conversation between attorney and client be pretty short? well, you i know mr. trump in the past said he was surprised his whit
viewers in the united states an around the world. i m bianca nobilo. i m max foster. just ahead we both know we have a significant responsibility. here we are june 1 being the deadline. this is not how government should work. what i sense from the white house is a lack of urgency. it is a unit of overwhelming tli russian citizens who volunteered to fight for ukraine because they want to depose the putin regime. no one could have seen that he would be a two time mvp. a lot to think about, to be honest. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is tuesday, may 23rd, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where lawmakers are trying to avoid defaulting on the nation s debt. and they may be closer after kevin mccarthy and president biden met on monday. both leaders said progress was made despite lingering disagreements. we still have some disagreements but i think that we may be able to get where we have to go. we
- [announcer] do you have an invention idea but don t know what to do next? call invent help today. they can help you get started with your idea. call now 800-710-0020. good evening. we begin tonight with breaking news. signs of cautious optimism in the debt ceiling standoff ten days left before the federal government runs out of cash with house republicans trying to extract major budget cuts in exchange for allowing new borrowing to pay the bills. president biden how speaker mccarthy have just wrapped up talks at the white house. i felt we had a productive discussion. i believe we can get it done. here from the white house earlier today, treasury secretary janet yellen reminded lawmakers at the state saying it is quote, highly likely, unquote, the government will default as of june 1st. emily s and anna joins us now with more from the capital. what is the status of negotiations after speaker mccarthy s meeting? the talks are still very much alive, which is a positi