conclusion. it s going to be remarkable. have a great memorial day weekend. that does it for us this morning. yasmin vossoughian picks up the coverage right now. hey, everybody, it s 10:00 a.m. in the east, i m yasmin vossoughian in for ana cabrera this morning. urgency in washington with less than a week to avoid a catastrophic default. there s optimism that a deal is close, but can they get it done and before too much damage is done? we have a lot of hangups. do you think it s possible to get a deal by this weekend. look, we re not going to stop negotiating. this is a priority. plus, we ve got more questions about donald trump and classified documents at mar-a-lago. new exclusive reporting from the washington post, sources saying that two employees moved the boxes the day before a visit by fbi agents. what could that mean for the special counsel s investigation? growing outrage in mississippi, an attorney for an 11-year-old says the child was shot after he
his first public event since announcing his candidacy. our nbc news team reports that at a summit with donors in miami yesterday, the florida governor mapped out their strategy to beat the gop front runner including positioning desantis as the values candidate. the latest polling puts trump ahead of desantis by sizable margins. i want to bring in nbc news correspondent dasha burns and former republican congressman from florida, carlos curbelo. dasha, let me start with you, how does desantis think he can beat trump sf. well, look, he s going to be laying out the case as he did yesterday to donors here in miami that he is the best alternative to the former president and that voters are, in fact, looking for that. one big piece of evidence that they are going to be touting for that point is massive number that the campaign just put out. they re saying that they raised $8.2 million in the 24 hours since desantis launched his