before the u.s. defaults. not everyone is confident a deal can be reached, with at least one top republican negotiator warning a deal could come together as soon as today or fall apart entirely. what is the mood on capitol hill right now? reporter: good afternoon. the mood is more optimistic than we ve heard in days. negotiators here this morning are saying they think they re closing in on a deal and really it s all about having an agreement on the agreement and hashing out the remaining sticking points, which we re told are on work requirements and spending caps. we heard speaker mccarthy came to the capitol shortly before 10:30 a.m. this morning. he says he feels more confident than he has and they ve made progress, but some sticking points remain. i asked him if he thinks he would be able to get his full conference behind whatever deal they re able to strike, and he said he does think that will happen. he also said he thinks a deal could potentially come together as earl
message from the courtroom one day after sentencing the malicious founder to 18 years in prison. and we re getting terrifying new video of the moment a man allegedly opened the cabin door of/south korean airliner while the plane was in mid flight. authorities are sharing new details tonight about the suspect. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get straight to the new developments on the debt ceiling. the u.s. treasury now offering negotiators a slightly longer timeline before a default unleashes economic catastrophe. last hour right here in the situation room, i got reaction from the house minority leader, democratic congressman hakeem jeffries. can you guarantee that house democrats and you re the leader of the democrats will deliver the votes needed to pass any deal that s negotiated? well, one of the challenges that we confront is that it s unclear how many votes house repu
yeanjanetyellen says governmentn out of cash june 5th. make payments of $130 billion to medicare, social security and veterans programs in early june. but then the government will only have what she termed, quote: an extremely low level of resources. it was another day without a deal. here we are, night after night after night and the pressure is more, the consequences are greater. we recognize that. we know details are thornier. workman dates for people to receive some federal said a flash point. republicans and democrats will not move. white house very difficult on this issue. and i will tell you, it s critical. it continues to be a very candid conversation about how we re going to move forward if we re going to be able to come together and ultimately get a deal. republicans say they are within the window of getting a deal. anxiety on global capitals who look to washington. at the time of significant uncertainty, we do not self-inflicted injury to those economy al
still without power. the extent of the death and destruction may just be coming to light. governor ron desantis is defending officials in lee county where more than half the storm related deaths have been announced. they re facing criticism for issuing evacuation orders a day later than neighboring counties. here s what governor ron desantis told cnn. is that what you ll be reviewing, looking at the evacuation orders even lee county if they had followed their own evaluation orders from what we reviewed they should have had the evacuation order sooner. the issue is they informed people and most people did not want to do it. that s just the reality. you re in a situation, are you going to grab somebody out of their home that doesn t want to. i don t think that s the appropriate use of government. i think that takes it a little too far. reporter: boris sanchez joins us live from fort myers this morning to tell us what they re dealing with there. boris, what s the latest?
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