bipartisan cocktail of votes to pass. but there s bipartisan opposition. i m not sure what in the bill people are concerned about. it s the largest savings of 1.1 trillion we have ever had. number votes he might be. i haven t. necessary to do to make sure. you have been here a long time. any time there is an agreement with two parties, there s always two parties who vote for it at the end. minority leader hakeem jeffries say democrats will hold up their end of the bargain. we also are committed to making sure occurs that the house republicans keep their promise to produce at least 150 votes, period, full stop. that means at least 68 democrats must vote yes. but g.o.p. votes could be on thin ice. i think the no votes are going to increase as more people know more about this bill. there s going to be some very sore feelings around here. we voted for the speaker to make good deals not do what the democrats wanted. conservatives are seething at mccarthy. the
hello and welcome to this special memorial day edition of inside politics. i m manu raju in for john king in washington. the president marking this memorial day at a stop at the tomb of the unknown soldier and thanking troops who gave their last measure of devotion to the country they serve. plus a debt deal. the stext of the deal is now ou. they must find a goldilocks rolled to get it to the president s desk. and chris sununu says he ll decide soon on a 2024 run but is the field already too crowded for anyone not named donald trump. first, a salesmanship test for the president the of the united states and the house speaker. n they struck a deal but now comes the hard part. the president must convince democrats he didn t give away too much. this morning new optimism that the middle out strategy will get enough members onboard to push the deal across the finish line. but there are already loud complaints too. progressives say the president opened up the door to draconi
clock to january 20, 2025, at high noon because on the west side of the u.s. capitol i will be taking the oath of office as the 47th president of the united states. no excuses, i will get the job done. well, that was one of the few moments where in you could actually hear ron desantis as he attempted to announce his presidential campaign last night on twitter spaces. we ll have much more from the glitch filled launch. also ahead there s still no deal on the debt ceiling, but a republican leader in the house told lawmakers they can go ahead and leave for memorial day even as the clock ticks. plus, he proudly put his feet up on a desk in nancy pelosi s office on january 6th, and now he s going to spend years in prison for his actions that day. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, may 25th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. ron desantis has officially entered the 2024 white house race, but what should have been a historic mo
jump into the race? what his staffers say about his political future and the white house. ainsley: peter doocy live from the would you say with the latest. peter: republican front-runner donald trump does not use twitter any longer. ron desantis is trying to find primary voters on there. will be interviewing ron desantis and he has quite an announcement to make. and for the first time something like this is happening on social media and with realtime questions and answers, not scripted. peter: nothing about the desantis record in florida in the initial campaign ad offering, instead, just this. i do have the courage? is it worth the sam fies? sacrifice? america is worth it every single time. peter: officials won t talk elections, but they are happy to speak broadly about florida, particularly now that the naacp issued a travel advisory for the state. lawmakers, republicans in florida have attacked diversity, attacked inclusion efforts, limited the teaching of b
just ahead here on cnn newsroom. republican and nikki haley begins her run for for confidene the tests, politicians over 75 years old. could she be targeting president biden? or donald trump? our political analyst weighs in. plus, anger in eastern ohio as residents wonder if this small town is safe after a freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed. and, later, survivors still being found under the rubble more than a week after a powerful earthquake left parts of turkey and syria devastated. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. but first, we begin with new developments in the investigation into former president donald trump s role in seeking to overturn a 2020 election. cnn has now learned a special counsel has subpoenaed trump s former chief of staff mark meadows, who was witness to trump s actions during the insurrection at the u.s. capitol. cnn s evan perez has more details now from washington. donald trump s former chief of staff