that elected us. and thes bing i can say or that i think can be said about the current deal on the debt ceiling is that it could have been much worse. that was republican senator mike lee and then independent senator bernie sanders sharing their pretty negative opinions on that debt ceiling deal, which is now headed to their chamber. we ll go through the tight time line the senate now has to get this bill to president biden s desk ahead of default. meanwhile, florida governor ron desantis is ramping up up his criticism of donald trump after taking heat from the former president for months, and that comes as two more prominent republicans are ready to jump into the 2024 race. we ll look at the impact chris christie and mike pence may have on the growing field. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, june 1st. we are in june. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning with a big deal on capitol hill. the house
proffer letter, which is an agreement not to use against him any statements hega says in tha meeting.n so maybe he has agreed to cooperate, and that happens when you give the target letter someone says oh, my god, don t indict me, i want to be a witness, let me tell you everything i know, and we can work out some sort of a deal. sometimes it s a momentf of trh when that happens. sometimes it comes earlier, sometimes it comes later and the case proceeds for a while and they know what they re up against. i don t know if we can be sure, but i d be surprised if donald trump is the only name listed as ana defendant in that indictmen. charlie, your colleagues at the new york times were the first to report mark meadows the jack smith investigation in june, andt that was unsettling to trump and to his team, quote, for months people in mr. trump s orbit have been puzzled by and wary about the low profile kept by mr. meadows in thept investigations. as reports surfaced one witness after anot
did say that attack was conducted by some sort of pro-ukraine group. it seems anytime there s momentf of talks between washington and beijing they take a step backwards. here it s this chinese fighter jet that flew directly in front of of u.s. reconnaissance plane and nixed a meeting. things are still poor. probably thepoor. the most important positive development of the last few weeks is probably the meeting in vienna between jake sullivan, the national security adviser, and wang yi, the senior most official responsible for foreign policy. your point is right. i think, jonathan, we re seeing that the chinese want to carve out contacts. the secretar had a meeting with
robert mueller under oath. he is set to testify publicly about his investigation into russia s attack on the 2016 election here in the united states and allegations of obstruction by the president. i m wolf blitzer. and i m jake tapper. it is a doubleheader, of course. he ll before the judiciary committee. democrats there would like mueller to say whether president trump would have been charged if he was not a sitting president. but mule har has made it clear he wants to stick to the 448-page report and not deviate from it in any way. the judiciary hearing is expected to last about three hours and then the intelligence comittee will focus in on russia s election influence. this could potentially be a do or die moment f.
hello from new york. i m chris hayes. george martinez, an activist with occupy wall street and a candidate in tuesday s congressional race. communication director elise jordan. michelle goldberg author of means of reproduction and leila from the new american foundation middle east task force. you re joining us at a momentf tremendous anticipation and tension in egypt. that s a live shot of tahrir square in cairo where momentarily, we re told, the ruling council of generals will announce. the two candidates that have gotten the most votes is mohammed morsi and the candidate of the old mubarak ahmed shafik. it appears we ll get an announcement momentarily. you should stick with us and we ll geto cairo.