good evening and welcome to politicsnation. tonight s lead, breathing room. right now, it looks like there is some deadline and our debt ceiling debate. janet yellen giving congress and the white house and extension, but only of a few more days, to hash out a day will and avoid an economic catastrophe. and the biden white house aides and republican house speaker kevin mccarthy are reportedly closer to doing that, as the clock runs out. with gop hard-liners in the house already throwing cold water on the deal, the american public hasn t even had a chance to see. we are bringing you the very latest from capitol hill in just a moment. and ron desantis made his 2024 presidential run official this week. enlisting another in secure right winger to make help help him make america his 50 state version of florida. i m puzzled why the sunshine state governor would choose a black form that elevates darkness along with hate speech and disinformation to launch his bid for the
you. we have got a lot more coming, up everybody. you are watching msnbc, or second hour starts right now. starts right now hey everybody, i m yasmin vossoughian. if you re just joining, us welcome. if you are sticking with, us we are so thankful for that. collision course, the president in the air right now, flying back to washington and right into a debt ceiling showdown with speaker mccarthy. the two men sit to meet tomorrow sometime, to try to resolve the gulf of differences between them as they face a deadline. it could lead to the unimaginable default by the united states of america. my assessment is that the odds of reaching june 15th will be unable to pay all of our bills. it s quite low. based on what i ve offered, i would be blameless. on the politics of, it no one would be blameless. it seems as though he wants to default more than he wants a deal. speaker mccarthy is allowing himself in the entire nation to be held hostage by the biden republicans. just by
washington where things stand with our chad pergram. hi, chad. neil, good afternoon. the house freedom caucus just took a formal position in the debt ceiling debate. it endorses the bill passed by the house in april. the caucus says there should be no further discussion until the senate passes the legislation. the house bill, we passed it. that is the mechanism right now sitting there that there s 11 democrats in the senate and the democratic president of the united states that stand between that bill and it becoming law. it was thought that house speaker kevin mccarthy would lose a good chunk of republicans who could not accept anything less than the house passed bill. the question is can mccarthy get just enough gop members on board and can democrats provide the rest. speaker mccarthy has limited capacity to really negotiate. he s handcuffed and in leg irons from that 15 votes that it took to get them elected. if he is able to negotiate something, once he tries to
the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy beginning a critical trip overseas, with plans to attend the g7 meetings in japan, as his military gears up for a potential decisive battle against russia. a chilling video, how the mass shooting in farmington, new mexico, earlier this week unfolded. watch how the officers had to take down the shooter. and the big apple has a big problem. a new study suggests manhattan sky scrapers could be pushing the city down at the same time that sea levels are going up. we re following the major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central the high-stakes g7 summit in japan has taken on a whole new meeting, now that ukraine s president will have a seat at the table. volodymyr zelenskyy will arrive in hiroshima this weekend to speak with leaders of the world s largest economies. those nations just announced a major new round of sanctions targeting russia, and the united states is signaling a path forward
come. those were then-candidate joe biden s words to asylum seekers in 2019 as he slammed his opponent donald trump s immigration policies. today thousands of migrants waiting for their chance to cross the border are trying to heed that call. in the hours since title 42 was lifted we have seen an orderly processing mostly despite warning from the white house that the first few days could get chaotic. we are live in el paso and in san diego where many who have been in limbo waiting for months have now finally gotten through. the question is next where do they go now, and while the numbers so far seem manageable the white house is still facing legal pushback from both the aclu and some states. late last night a judge in florida sided with governor ron desantis and blocked the administration from carrying out key parts of its new immigration plan, which could lead to overcrowding. we re going to explain what will happen in a moment because capacity is very much an issue, even be