the debt limit right now. we expect mitch mcconnell to also maybe make some remarks. we ll monitor for all as we continue this discussion, kayla. walk us through this high stakes showdown and what both sides are expected to ask for on may 9th. well, senate leadership has some decisions to make about which processes they re going to proceed with and how they re going to take that up at this may 9th meeting on the calendar will set the stage for the negotiations to come. a white house official says the president s approach is going to be to try to keep these negotiations separate, to try to continue to push to avert a default while running a parallel process to negotiate what government spending after september 30th of this year should look like. now, the house and republicans generally their priorities are going to be to try to figure out exactly which versions or which portions of the house passed bill from last week could be viable in this negotiation going
arrest or using any kind of arms themselves. they ll be in a supportive role here. we should also note this is not is not active duty troops. thank you very much for that update. meantime, the stage is now set for high stakes negotiations in washington and with an incredibly tight timeline nbc news learned speaker kevin mccarthy has accepted president biden s invitation to meet at the white house on may 9th to talk about ways to keep the country from defaulting on its debts. and it looks like there could be even less time than expected for the president and speaker to reach a deal. treasury secretary janet yellen revealing the u.s. will be unable to pay its financial obligations as early as june 1st. that s sooner than previously expected. joining us now is nbc news correspondent kayla tausche in washington. chuck schumer is speaking about
comes to the congressional negotiations. house is off this week, and it haas a limited amount of working days on the calendar. same story for the senate. democrats are also insisting of a, quote, clean debt limit, as the president eluded to. a debt limit increase with no conditions at all, while republicans are calling for spending cuts and passing a bill with $4.8 trillion in deficit savings over the next decades. the credit of the united states potentially becoming a political football. the president calling lawmakers to the white house on may 9th, one week from today, to hammer out the deal. on my show, worldwide exchange at 5:00 a.m. eastern, we heard an expert from d.c. saying the most likely outcome would be a short-term extension, giving us more breathing room, similar to what we saw in 2021. cnbc s frank holland mika, one more thing. yeah? happy birthday. aw, that s nice. willie, happy pre-birthday. surprised you guys are working. happy birthday.
it s holding onto the russians. while they re here, we re fighting to the last. let s get live to ukraine, lviv, scott mclean, what s the latest? reporter: john, odesa has been a pretty scary place as of late. it has been hit by a constant barrage of missile strikes over the last few weeks. officials were expecting more of that on may 9th. russia s victory day, and frankly, that s exactly what they got with missile strikes up and down the black seacoast of the city. there was a warehouse that hit north of the city center. there was also a shopping mall hit. this is one of the largest in southern ukraine. this is an american style mall. a big parking lot. lots of international brands. remarkably, only five people were injured. security guards we re told by the mayor, and one person was killed. it would have been a lot more, of course, were it not gr a government imposed curfew which went into effect sunday night and only lifted this morning. the mayor says that undoubtedly
expeued nazis were expelled, they were expelled from donetsk and other townses were liberated from the occupiers. president zelensky speaking earlier today. across this country, some towns and cities are under curfew and expecting there would be more intense russian artillery fire, in bombardment against some of the main cities, and only some of the critical infrastructure that russia has increasingly by targeting, in recent weeks, let us cross to the city of lviv to join our correspondentjoe inwood. has there been any incident to report so far today, on may 9th victory day here in ukraine? th today, on may 9th victory day here in ukraine? in ukraine? in lviv, certainly not. we were told in ukraine? in lviv, certainly not. we were told yesterday in ukraine? in lviv, certainly not. we were told yesterday to - in ukraine? in lviv, certainly not. we were told yesterday to watch | in ukraine? in lviv, certainly not. i we were told yesterday to watch out for bombardment overnight. we w