we begin right here in washington d.c. where democrats and republicans are scrambling to close a deal on raising the federal debt limit. there is still no deal in place but as many lawmakers leave for a holiday weekend. president biden has hinted a deal might be not be too far away. with regards to the debt limit, things are looking good, i m very optimistic. i hope we will have some clearer evidence tonight, before the clock strikes 12, that we have a deal. but it is very close and i am optimistic. so according to the president, we might get the news of a deal in under three hours time. a top republican negotiator, patrick mchenry, says he s hopeful a deal will come together before midnight but significant challenges remain. earlier, the us treasury secretary janet yellen sending this letter to congressional leaders. she now says the us has until june 5th to avoid a default. she had previously said june 1st. if republicans and the white house fail to reach a comprimise, t
hello i m sumi somaskanda. we begin right here in washington dc where democrats and republicans are scrambling to close a deal on raising the federal debt limit. there is still no deal in place but as many lawmakers leave for a holiday weekend, president biden has hinted a deal might be not be too far away. with regards to the debt limit, things are looking good, i m very optimistic. i hope we will have some clearer evidence tonight, before the clock strikes 12, that we have a deal. but it is very close and i am optimistic. so according to the president, we might get the news of a deal in less than an hour. a top republican negotiator, congressman patrick mchenry, was a bit more cautious with his assessment, saying: we are in the window by which we meet thejune five deadline. it s not over, we re not done. but we have to come to some tough terms in these closing hours. earlier on friday, congress got a bit more runway for its negotiations. us treasury secretary janet yell
democrats at this time. the whistleblower doesn t make committee rules, sir. that happened. jim jordan s weaponization of government hearing goes off the rails. his so-called fbi whistleblowers are getting paid by a trump supporter and recently had their security clearances revoked. that s just one example of how toxic the republican brand has become as speaker kevin mccarthy allows the most extreme members of his caucus to run wild. also tonight, the rapidly growing field of republican presidential candidates and the misplaced perception that any of them can take the nomination away from donald trump. i m michael steele in for joy reid, and we begin tonight with the republican party. the party of abraham lincoln, ronald reagan, the party i chaired for two years. the face of so many losses, you would think that maybe just maybe the party would take a beat and reconsider the brand. alas, the modern maga republican party looks failure in the face and says, please, sir,
time announcing he is running for a second term and mark his first formal news conference in more than a month. this one to be two questions per side. sandra: all comes amid reports biden s advisers tend to shield him for his re-election campaign, to avoid unscripted comments that they have had to walk back. nikki haley is joining us exclusively on america reports. john: marc thiessen is standing by and peter, no surprise, the president once again running behind schedule. only about an hour, as far as these things go with the visiting head of state and dignitaries and press that travel with them, it s not so bad, but targeting 1:30 or so start for the rose garden press conference and the white house defense of the lack of press conferences from president biden has been well, he often entertains shouted questions. the reason this event this afternoon is significant is because people are not going to have to shout, somebody from the white house will bring a microphone u
dana: thousands of americans remain trapped in sudan. many of them hold dual citizenship of america and sudan. they have no safe way to get out. as of now, there are no u.s. plans for additional evacuations. the pentagon describing the rescue mission at the embassy as fast and clean. reminded me how proud i am to be a member of the military but how grateful i am to be an american. the only country that can do what occurred tonight. bill: general jack keane has analysis. jennifer griffin, national security correspondent has the word from the pentagon. what are you hearing? right now the u.s. military is flying unmanned surveillance drones over the dangerous overland route from khartoum to port sudan to protect a u.n. convoy exiting the capital. dozens of citizens have joined the convoy and they re setting up an international naval task force to help assist foreigners and americans trying to lead. congressional leaders were briefed on friday about the high risk evacuati