republicans about what should be in any compromise. the devil is always in the details and the two sides are still pretty far apart on some of those details. we have fox team coverage tonight. chad pergram is on capitol hill to tell us what is going on behind the scenes but we begin with white house correspondent jacqui heinrich live from the north lawn with the biden administration perspective. good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. the white house called a lid before 5:00 p.m. with no deal and earlier today the press shop held its last scheduled briefing before tuesday, meaning, as things stand, the american people are set to spend four of the remaining seven days before the economy could go off a cliff without getting questions answered. and some are coming from within the president s party. and they are making progress. i want to be clear that the negotiations we re having with speaker mccarthy is about the outlines of what the budget will look like, not about defa
message from the courtroom one day after sentencing the malicious founder to 18 years in prison. and we re getting terrifying new video of the moment a man allegedly opened the cabin door of/south korean airliner while the plane was in mid flight. authorities are sharing new details tonight about the suspect. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get straight to the new developments on the debt ceiling. the u.s. treasury now offering negotiators a slightly longer timeline before a default unleashes economic catastrophe. last hour right here in the situation room, i got reaction from the house minority leader, democratic congressman hakeem jeffries. can you guarantee that house democrats and you re the leader of the democrats will deliver the votes needed to pass any deal that s negotiated? well, one of the challenges that we confront is that it s unclear how many votes house repu
we begin right here in washington d.c. where democrats and republicans are scrambling to close a deal on raising the federal debt limit. there is still no deal in place but as many lawmakers leave for a holiday weekend. president biden has hinted a deal might be not be too far away. with regards to the debt limit, things are looking good, i m very optimistic. i hope we will have some clearer evidence tonight, before the clock strikes 12, that we have a deal. but it is very close and i am optimistic. so according to the president, we might get the news of a deal in under three hours time. a top republican negotiator, patrick mchenry, says he s hopeful a deal will come together before midnight but significant challenges remain. earlier, the us treasury secretary janet yellen sending this letter to congressional leaders. she now says the us has until june 5th to avoid a default. she had previously said june 1st. if republicans and the white house fail to reach a comprimise, t
danger to the country given what the country saw on january 6th and the ongoing threat to democracy. thank you. that does it for us. this edition of andrea mitchell reports . and now chris jansing reports. hello. i m chris jansing in new york city. tallahassee, we have a problem. ron desantis glitchy campaign launch sparked gleeful attacks on his opponents. will it also fuel new questions about donors? about whether the governor is ready for a political fight? and how does his team put their rough start in the rear view mirror? plus, the house gop ditching d.c. without avoiding an economic catastrophe. touting progress but making no promise about where things go from here. and breaking news, an 18-year sentence for oath keeper responder stewart rhodes. we start with ron desantis. his newly minted presidential campaign forced into damage control on day one after his decision to announce live on twitter got maybe the worst reviews for a presidential kickoff in rec
hello, everyone. thanks for joining me this saturday. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin this hour in washington where right now negotiators are back at the table as they race to end the debt ceiling standoff. republican leaders and white house officials are returning a short time ago, after a marathon session lasted well into the night, the clock is ticking, to get a deal in place, before the u.s. defaults on its loans. the national deficit continues to soar. with no rise to the borrowing limit, the u.s. will default on its loans which could be catastrophic to the economy. the treasury secretary now is saying the deadline for an agreement is just eight days away. but talks are teetering on the brink, with at least one top republican negotiator warning that a deal could come together as soon as today, or fall apart entirely. cnn is following the latest. good morning. you re on capitol hill, and you spoke to the house speaker kevin mccarthy. what did he say? is he optimistic?