should be. however, i will say that our team, who is gone it was a go shading on this, is absolutely committed to figuring out how we can reach an agreement. america cannot default. president biden has been keeping an eye on the talks while at the g7 summit in japan, even leaving the dinner to get an update. he will be back in washington on sunday to work on this. meanwhile, progressive democrats say biden should be ready to invoke the 14th amendment to raise the debt limit on his own. also making big headlines tonight, the big reversal from the president on getting f-16 fighter jets to ukraine. biden will support efforts to train ukrainian pilots on the f-16s, though the jets themselves might not necessarily come from the united states. and according to two u.s. officials, president biden plans to announce a 375 million dollar military aid package for ukraine. this all comes as ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is set to join world leaders at the g7 summit later
enforced. and my one-on-one with conversation with actor and comedian rain wilson. where he reveals the secret to happiness. at the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. good evening, once again. i m stephanie ruhle. it is friday night. that means our nightcap crew is here to talk about all the big news of the week. but first, we ve got to get to the serious drama in d.c. over efforts to keep the u.s. from default in an economic collapse. which could happen as soon as june 1st. talks between aides for joe biden and kevin mccarthy have been intense, and so far, there is no deal inked. earlier today, mccarthy s aides briefly walked away from negotiations, claiming things were going nowhere. we ve got to get moving by the white house. the white house is just, we can t be spending more money next year. we have to spend less than we did. kamala harris says the white house team is committed to finding a solution to matter what there are differences in terms of where
Mitchell reports, House Republican leader Kevin Mccarthy 24 hours from the biggest moment of his political career and still no closer to securing the votes he needs to become the next speaker of the house. Also this hour, i will speak to dr. Zeke emanuel about a tough holiday flu season along with new concerns about a new strain of covid19 in the u. S. And we will have a live report from rome as catholics travel to the vatican to Pope Emeritus Benedict during the three days he will lie in state ahead of thursdays funeral mass. Good day, im andrea in mitchell. Happy new year, everyone. Well, the pressure is on republican leader in this in you year, Kevin Mccarthy has to win over the hard line House Conservatives that he needs to become the next speaker of the house. Tomorrow the new Congress Returns to washington with the speaker vote as the top item on the agenda. But at this hour no one knows how long its going to take for republicans to secure the Majority Vote needed to appoint a le
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and good evening to you and welcome to ayman tonight. we are following two major breaking news stories. the u.s. military has shot down that suspected chinese five a loon. and at a democratic national committee has voted to officially shake up the presidential primary calendar. then, trump legal trouble. one former associate might be flipping on his old boss. and making history. three black state attorneys general will join me to discuss their historic elections. police reform, and finding republican policies. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. let s kick off this hour with some breaking news. as we mentioned, the u.s. military has shut down that suspected chinese surveillance balloon off the carolina coast on orders from president biden. at about 2:40 pm eastern and f 22 fighter jet fired a missile at that balloon, puncturing it, while it was about six nautical miles off the coast near myrtle beach, south carolina. president biden said this right after the balloon was