plus deepening legal roles with the former president, as amanda alvin bragg turns the screws on trump s former cfo. and later, our conversation with abortion providers here in new york as they prepare for the possible and of mifepristone, and another southern state passes a strict ban on most procedures. plus, the dreamers take on desantis in florida state capital, we will speak with two of them, they went to tallahassee to confront lawmakers face to face and more. this is american voices. we begin this hour with a fight over the nation s debt limit as the deadline to reach a deal is now less than two weeks away. it is a show down the world is closely watching. as house republicans threaten to use our economy as a pawn to force spending cuts. nbc news has learned a, quote, candid discussion on the desk limit house republicans stretched late into the night friday. however, house speaker kevin mccarthy nowsays that negotiations won t resume until president biden retur
deadline is june 1st. who has time for a break? well, apparently conversations are not productive, at least that s how the gop is framing it. here was the republicans lead negotiator, congressman garrett graves who walked out of the room early today. the house passed the strong bill. it has great savings, and it s responsible and puts us on a path. until people are willing to have reasonable conversations about how you can actually move forward and do the right thing, then we re not going to sit here and talk to ourselves. speaker mccarthy says the pause is not fatal, and the white house says an agreement remains possible, but it does concede, the white house does, both sides are still pretty far apart, perhaps as far apart as some of the more progressive senate democrats who say the president should ignore a vote all together, and raise the ceiling by himself, with authority, they argue, is granted by the 14th amendment. and the house freedom caucus which tweeted today t
manhattan d.a. alvin bragg turns the screws on trump s former cfo. and later, our conversation with abortion providers here in new york as they prepare for the possible and of mifepristone, and another southern state passes a strict ban on most procedures. plus, the dreamers take on desantis in florida state capital, we will speak with two of them, they went to tallahassee to confront lawmakers face to face and more. this is american voices. we begin this hour with a fight over the nation s debt limit as the deadline to reach a deal is now less than two weeks away. it is a show down the world is closely watching. as house republicans threaten to use our economy as a pawn to force spending cuts. nbc news has learned a, quote, candid discussion on the desk that limit between the white house and house republicans stretched late into the night friday. however, house speaker kevin mccarthy now says that negotiations won t resume until president biden returns to the u.s.. bac
country s rejection of donald trump in the 2020 election and became a critical battleground in the campaign by trump and his allies to overturn his defeat. a letter today from fulton county d.a. connie willis to judges and her fellow county officials saying in essence, clear your calendars. the new york times reports this, the georgia prosecutor leading an investigation into the former president and his allies has taken the unusual step of announcing remote workdays for most of her staff during the first three weeks of august. asking judges in the downtown atlanta courthouse not to schedule trials for part of that time, as she prepares to bring charges in the inquiry. the move suggests that the fulton county d.a. is expecting a grand jury to unseal indictments during that time period. thanks to court filings and reporting, we know that willis has cast a very wide net, with everyone from state gop officials to the ex-president himself, under scrutiny right now. the new york
game-changer. russian officials meanwhile warned western countries that they would ruin, rather run colossal risks if they supply ukraine with f-16s. but white house officials are saying they got assurances that ukraine will avoid potential escalations of the war. we have had multiple conversations with ukrainians about the risk of escalation here. nobody wants to see world war iii. and we have made it clear that we re not gonna encourage or ukraine to strike inside russian territory. so we ve had that discussion with ukrainians, we have had it with respect to fighter aircraft. we are confident they will live up to their commitments. more on the presidents trip in a moment, back in washington, the white house is blasting congressional lawmakers over the debt ceiling deadlock. accusing republicans of holding the economy hostage. talks between both parties started, paused, restarted and ended with no indication of whether they will resume. , president biden was briefed this