at the white house for the third time to discuss the debt ceiling. this comes a little more than a week away from the treasury secretary s so-called hard deadline for default. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. we are expected to hear something each side following this meeting which has happened after every other meeting. it is speaker mccarthy s first solo meeting with the president, after talks fell apart last week and both sides exchanged barbed over the weekend. treasury secretary janet yellen setting the stable for the president s meeting with house speaker kevin mccarthy saying again it is highly likely the treasury will no longer be able to satisfy all of the government s obligations if congress has not acted to raise or suspend the debt limit by early june and potentially as early as june 1st. there will be hard choices if that doesn t occur. after exchanging barbs
bret: there is progress on a crucial water issue for the western u.s. the interior department says several states have a now come to an agreement. national correspondent william la jeunesse has specifics tonight from los angeles. in a landmark deal,orado rivr agreed monday to save it from running dry. this is the river supports the southwestern united states. ravaged by drought, the falling water lines of lakes powell and immediate reveal a crisis as 40 million residents and millions of acres of farmland use for water than the river can produce. without a deal last month officials warned of mandatory cutbacks. i wish there were a widget or a magic bullet if it were possible it would have happened already. in the deal arizona, colorado and nevada agreed to share cuts of roughly 13% or one million