Democrats are in a box. They are trapped inside and it is a box of their own making. Slowly but surely, Kamala Harris is being exposed for what she has. An empty pantsuit. Even when obvious questions are asked, she wont answer them. Just because you have changed your position on so many things. You were against tracking and now your ford. You were for medicare for all and now you are not. So many of the people dont truly know what you believe or what you stand for and i know you have heard that. Speak when the last four years, i have been Vice President of the United States. Ive been traveling the country and listening To folks and seeking what is possible in terms of common ground. I believe in building consensus. We are diverse people. Geographically, regionally in terms of wHere we are in our backgrounds and what the american people do want is that we have leaders who can build consensus. WHere we can figure out compromise and understand, it is not a bad thing as long as you dont co
Washington tonight. The unserious woman. That s the focus of tonight s angle. Laura: democrats are in a box. They are trapped inside and it s a box of their own making. Slowly, but surely, kamala harris is being exposed for what she is. An empty pants suit. Even when obvious questions are asked, she won t answer them. You have changed your position on so many things. You were against fracking. Now you are for it. You have supported looser immigration policies. Now you are tightening them up. You were for medicare for all. Now you are not. So many of the people don t truly know what you believe or what you stand for. And i know you have heard that. In the last four years i have been vice president of the united states. And i have been traveling our country, and i have been listening to folks. And seeking what is possible in terms of common ground. I believe in building consensus. We are a diverse people. Geographically, regionally, in terms of where we are in our background, and what th
congress fails to act and the u.s. defaults on its debt will be bad. it s something that looks more possible by the day. the clock is ticking. speaker kevin mccarthy says he wants a deal by this weekend. that it s the only way to give both houses of congress enough time to actually mark up and pass anything on the debt ceiling. but president biden is leaving town tomorrow heading for the g-7 in japan. what punch bowl called a damned if he does, if he doesn t situation for biden with the stakes incredibly high. so with both of those things in mind, the clock and the travel, what is being said inside the white house right now? speaker mccarthy is there meeting with president biden for the third time to avoid a default. look at the background in a second. don t worry. what s on the table and what s even possible. does an acceptable compromise exist? one that actually passes not just the split congress, but this split congress. joining me now, nbc news white house correspondent,
ahead on cnn newsroom, north carolina s republican controlled legislature overrides democratic governor roy cooper s veto banning most abortions in that state after 12 weeks. gaps reportedly remain after the latest negotiations between the white house and republicans trying to head off a possible default on the u.s. debt. and ukraine says it successfully shot down six hypersonic missiles launched by russia, a claim moscow refutes. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. we begin in north carolina, where the republican-led assembly moved to ban most abortions after 12 weeks, overriding a veto from democratic governor roy cooper. the vote in the state senate on tuesday was 30-20 along party lines. just hours later, the state house also voted 72-48 to do the same. governor cooper slammed the vote in a tweet, saying republicans are unified in their assault on women s reproductive freedom and vowed to fight back. the sta
our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. i m bianca nobilo. and i m max foster. just ahead on cnn newsroom we re having a wonderful time. everything is going well. nothing has been resolved in this negotiation. so let s stop the political games. let s get down. we only have 15 days to go. house has overridden the governor s veto and the bill becomes law. should we be worried about this for our elections? my worst fears are that we cause significant harm to the world. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, may 17th, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where the pressure of the debt standoff has the president offering his plans for the g7 summit. joe biden will cut his trip short in order to get back as the default line creeps closer. the u.s. has until june 1 to raise its borrowing limit. and the latest round of talks between the republicans and the white house resul