we still have a lot of work to do. but with lawmakers on both sides skeptical, do they have the votes to actually pass it? i ll speak exclusively with house progressive leader, congresswoman pramila jayapal and gop congressman, dusty johnson, next. and room to grow? more republican presidential hopefuls jump in. i m running to lead our great american comeback. i m the candidate, the far left fears the most. with the former president dominating the polls, can they cut into his lead. republican governor chris sununu joins me exclusively. plus, fallen heroes. this memorial day, veterans reflect on their comrades who did not come home. i think about them probably every day almost. yeah, really. you don t every forget it. a look at some of the incredible americans we lost at war, coming up. hi, i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is waiting to exhale. president biden and speaker mccarthy last night announced that they have struck an agree
agreement in principle. president biden and speaker mccarthy reach a deal to raise the debt limit. we still have a lot of work to do. but with lawmakers on both sides skeptical, do they have the votes to actually pass it? i ll speak exclusively with house progressive leader congresswoman jamila jayapal and dusty johnson next. and room to grow? more republican presidential hopefuls jump in. i m running to lead our great american comeback. i m the candidate the far left fears the most. with the former president dominating the polls, can they cut into his lead? republican governor chris sununu joins me exclusively. plus break the wheel. three years after the murder of george floyd has there been any real change in police violence? the path forward when the man p who prosecuted floyd s killer keith ellison joins me. hi. i m jake tapper in washington with where the state of our union is waiting to exhale. president biden and speaker mccarthy last night announ
caused them to die by suicide. i m thinking about my classmate benjamin recla. he succumbed to the unseen war. he took his own life as a west point professor and i carry him with me each and every day. and james was far from the only one. one of my soldiers, i brought him hem from a 12 month combat deployment only to have him succumb to the invisible wounds and take his own life on the phone with his new bride. this is certainly a day to honor all who made the ultimate sacrifice in combat but we have to remember the wider sort of wounds that were left with them, especially here at the vietnam memorial. i m thinking about james hassle, a marine from my platoon, a hero from deep south alabama. when we were in a building in iraq and they were rolling grenades down the tears, another
you don t ever forget about it. john james is not just thinking about those left behind on the battlefield, but also those who came back and whose anguish and pain caused them to die by suicide. i think of my classmate, benjamin recla. he succumbed to wubs of war and he took his own life as a westpoint professor and i carry him with me each and every single day. james was far from the only one. one of my soldier, i brought him back from a 12-month deployment only to have him succumb to the invisible wounds only to take his life on the phone with his new bride and we also have to remember the wider sort of wounds that were left especially here at the vietnam memorial. james hassle, a marine from
memorial day? a number of people who are lost. one who comes to mind in particular is a marine from my platoon who was one of my heroes. james hassle. he was a lance corporal from alabama. tough upbringing. was a real hero in the war. he saved the life of another marine in my platoon, ryan from vermont, when he put him on his back after he was hit by a grenade in a building we were in. insurgents were rolling grenades down stairs at us. he took ryan out across the street through absolute lly withering machine gunfire to safety. if ryan hadn t been evacuated quickly, he would have died. james didn t die in iraq. he came home and wanted to continue saving lives back here in america. he went to nursing school. got a great job in an e.r. as you might imagine, having gone through an experience like that, he was troubled by