against russia this weekend. they are expected to hear in person from president zelenskyy after his appearance today at the arab league summit. we do have truth on our side. we are pushing the occupiers out of our land. the president is monitoring debt ceiling negotiations back home. the white house tries to ward off defections from progressive lawmakers angry about potential cuts in entitlement programs. this hour, disney striking back against ron desantis just days before his expected presidential campaign announcement. they scrapped plans to relocate 2,000 jobs to florida for a billion dollar new development. desantis is expected to announce next week. he told major donors, trump cannot beat biden as he makes a push to post a large campaign war chest the day he announces. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. republican debt ceiling negotiators say they are pressing pause on the talks at a critical stage in the process. in the last hour, a lead neg
for its brutal aggression. the white house is being briefed on the debt ceiling negotiations back home. i will speak to a senate democrat leading the push for the president to bypass congress and raise the debt ceiling by invoking the 14th amendment. this hour, desantis versus trump. dueling positions on abortion, as the florida governor prepares to jump into the race as early as next week and signs four more bills positioning himself to the right in the culture wars. rising tensions over immigration boiling over far from the border. cities like new york run out of space to house migrants being sent north. it has overwhelmed our system. 65,000 people are coming to the city. a week and a half ago, we had 4,200. in one day, we had 900. the numbers are unbelievable when you think about it. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. president biden is balancing major domestic and foreign policy challenges while on the other side of the world. in japan today,
let s have a negotiation. let s walk out where the american people win. this hour, how did a stranger get past secret service and on the national security advisor s home at 3:00 in the morning? the battle over abortion. north carolina republicans override democratic governor roy cooper s veto of a bill banning most abortions after 12 weeks. a three-judge panel on the fifth circuit court of appeal will hear the arguments against the texas ruling all but banning the abortion pill, a case that will inevitably go back to the supreme court. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in new york. president biden heading to hiroshima, japan, this hour, for meetings with g7 allies. cancelling stops in australia and new guinea to return to washington for what he hopes will be a final agreement to raise the debt ceiling. a meeting between the president, speaker mccarthy and other congressional leaders ended tuesday with an agreement to streamline the talks, with the white house and
cannot beat biden as he makes a push to post a large campaign war chest the day he announces. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. republican debt ceiling negotiators say they are pressing pause on the talks at a critical stage in the process. in the last hour, a lead negotiator exiting the talks telling reporters, we re not going to sit here and talk to ourselves. president biden has been receiving briefings on the discussions as he works alongside g7 allies in japan. their priority today, russia s invasion of ukraine with a new round of sanctions by world leaders against the kremlin expected this weekend. they await an expected face-to-face discussion with president zelenskyy in the coming days. joining me now is correspondent kristin welker in japan where she will co-host saturday
the numbers are unbelievable when you think about it. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. president biden is balancing major domestic and foreign policy challenges while on the other side of the world. in japan today, focusing on russia s invasion of ukraine as g7 allies debate whether to provide the f-16s president zelenskyy has been pleading for, which the u.s. has been opposing. in washington, negotiators are reportedly making progress as they try to avoid a catastrophic default. we re not there. we haven t agreed to anything yet. i see the path that we could come to an agreement. they are working through it in a professional manner where we can take the concerns of what the house has and others and put a bill together that will become law. joining me now, kristin welker in japan, and new york times correspondent michael