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
barbara, let me do some headlines from the past few years about the trump era department of justice, all for federal prosecutors quit roger stone s case after doj overrules prosecutors on sentencing requests. the same fabric 12th, 2020. trump justice department secretive chain phone records, that s may 7th 2021. trump doj seized data from house democrats in leak probe, that s june 11th, 2021. barr press durham to find flaws in the trump russia investigation, that s from this year, january 26th, of 2023. tell me how this squares with the department of justice that you once worked for? yeah, that somebody spent the bulk of my career the justice department, to hear those kinds of things is very concerning. that justice department prides itself on being independent, objective, and nonpartisan. and so, when there is this sort of political interference, or even the appearance of it, it really diminishes, i think, the public trust that the department of justice needs to
legal, and constitutional rules, and norms. barbara, let me do some headlines from the past few years about the trump era department of justice, all for federal prosecutors quit roger stone s case after doj overrules prosecutors on sentencing requests. the same fabric 12th, 2020. trump justice department secretive chain phone records, that s may 7th 2021. trump doj seized data from house democrats in leak probe, that s june 11th, 2021. barr press durham to find flaws in the trump russia investigation, that s from this year, january 26th, of 2023. tell me how this squares with the department of justice that you once worked for? yeah, that somebody spent the bulk of my career the justice department, to hear those kinds of things is very concerning. that justice department prides itself on being independent, objective, and nonpartisan. and so, when there is this sort of political interference, or even the appearance of it, it
this concept is not new. in fact, if you were paying close attention you might think that this segment was from 2018, or 2020. but it s not. this is actually life. it s june 11th, 2021, and the threat posed by donald trump continues to grow. just look at the bombshell reporting from the new york times which details trump s efforts in 2017, to investigate media leaks about contacts between trump associates and of the russian government. trump ordered his own justice department to secretly sees phone data from democratic congressman adam schiff and congressman eric swalwell, aids on the house intelligence committee. and members of their families in order to further his investigation. today, senate majority leader, chuck schumer, and senate judiciary chairman, dick durbin, starting to subpoena jump attorney general william barr and jeff sessions to testify before congress about trump s undemocratic order. and under pressure for democrats in congress, the justice department announced today