the way he s characterizing this bill? yes, he is lying. members of the house caucus like congressman roy and bishop are still struggling to come with a strategy to actually block the deal tonight. and there is also a divide over whether to oust mccarthy as speaker. as for the republican leader he says he s not concerned about losing his post and can t seem to understand what all the fuss is about. i m not sure what in the bill people are concerned about. it is the largest savings of 2. 1 trillion that we ve ever had. a quick refresher share of what is in this deal over this memorial day weekend. it would replenish our near empty treasury with borrowed cash by suspending the debt ceiling for two years. it also includes caps on federal spending, more work requirements for food stamps and cuts to irs funding among other things. neither party got everything they wanted, something the senate republican leader noted on the floor earlier as all of this gop infighting plays
now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. good evening, alex. we have a big guest tonight, so we re gonna move right to it. have a great show. thanks, alex. the breaking news of the night is that the colorado supreme court in a 4 to 3 decision ruled that donald trump, quote, is disqualified from holding the office of president under section three of the 14th amendment of the united states constitution. because he is disqualified it would be a wrongful act under the election code for the colorado secretary of state to list him as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot. neal katyal and andrew weissmann will join us to discuss that historic ruling later in the hour, but we begin tonight as we promised you a week ago, with the vice president of the united states and an exclusive interview. i met kamala harris when she was district journey of san francisco, and an actor friend who was wiser than most of us about politics or to b
hit the campaign trail in iowa today. getting brand new reporting on the former president s strategy there and how it might play nationwide. and we have wild pictures out of iceland, just look at this, when a volcano began erupting overnight. it would be beautiful if it wasn t so destructive and dangerous. an update on what is happening there now. and new law in texas making it a state crime to enter illegally from mexico. the details after the increase in crossing at the attorney border. i m sara sidner with kate bolduan. john is off. this is news central. and today, it is all about iowa. nearly all of the 2024 republican presidential candidates will be in the state. and ready to rumble. they have no time to lose. less than a month until the caucuses. and that is translating into more face time with caucusgoers. more money going to ads, more money going to bolster every campaign s ground game to get iowans to turn out and caucus on january 15th. and this morning cnn ha
they still appear to be far apart and there are warnings that avoiding default might not be good enough if they come too close to june 1st when the u.s. potentially runs out of money. tim scott is running. the senator from south carolina the only black republican in the senate announces a run for the white house. scott may be hoping to run on a message of positivity, but if he goes, can he win if other candidates go low? and the suspect in the idaho college murder case appearing in court for an arraignment. 20-year-old bryan kohberger facing the death penalty if found guilty. when it came time for him to enter a plea, he and his attorneys remaining completely silent. the latest from court. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. washington is running out of time and money. president biden and speaker mccarthy will meet this afternoon to once again try to avoid a u.s. default. that nightmare scenario co
extradition to the u.s. the rally in iowa has been canceled due to weather bridport governor desantis is in the early presidential caucus state today. first let s go to bill melugin live at the border in brownsville, texas. bill, what is the latest there? brian coming in brownsville for the many cities that declared a state of emergency. brownsville sink thousands of illegal crossings every day this week. massive numbers and as a result of that border patrol i did mass releases. take look this video which are right here in brownsville. large group of migrants mass release walking on the bus terminal here ngo they get assistance with her travel documents. large majority are venezuelan right we caught up with one who said his release in the morning. i m elated and extremely excited. i was released this morning i made it. the mass illegal crossing here in brownsville officially got plugged up because with the state of texas dead. take a look the drum drone team shot to see a g