go basically around the clock until the x date. margaret talev, thank you for joining us this morning. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early on this tuesday morning with us. morning joe starts right now. optimistic we may be able to make some progress because we both agreed default is not really on the table. we have to get something done here. and the consequence of failing to pay our bills would be the american people would have a real kick in their economic well-being. as a matter of fact, the rest of the world would, too. president biden and speaker kevin mccarthy continue to take positive have that positive tone on the debt ceiling and how it is going, but there s still no deal with just over a week until the country could default completely. we ll look at the disagreements that are holding up a deal for now. also ahead, donald trump s comments about e. jean carroll during his town hall could cost him more money, as the writer takes new legal ac
case also tonight we return to florida devastated by hurricane ian eight months ago florida insurance companies are accused of short changing homeowners were damage claims altered? families still in limbo in uninhabitable homes. we investigate plus florida s massive tourism industry, booming in some places but struggling in others we met them right after ian hit. some left, some stayed the steps forward big and small as ft. myers beach comes back announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight live from ft. myers beach, florida. good evening and welcome, everyone. we ve taken nightly news on the road tonight to ft. myers beach, florida for a story of unfinished business tonight with the official start of hurricane season just over a week away, a followup to hurricane ian, which came ashore here last september as a destructive category 4 hurricane. in many spots here as you can see around me it looks like it just happened last week there ar
okay. i have just a really quick question. i promise it will be quick. the statue that everyone is talking about that they think is her on the yacht s that her? so, it is not her. although a striking resemblance. it s actually the norse goddess freya. beautiful looking mermaid on the front of the ship slash megayacht. it s not a boat. it s much bigger than the boat. you don t have that on your yacht? i don t have the yacht. thank you, chloe. thank you, chloe. congratulations to them and cnn this morning continues right now. a u-haul truck rammed into security barriers near the white house. and the driver is around arrest for threatening to kill, kidnap harm the president, vp or family members. looming debt limit deadline. experts warn of a global recession that could take years to recover from. this would be a generational, economic self-inflicted wound. the fact that they are still committed to getting a deal is a positive sign. i felt we had a prod
reporters at length. we re going to tell you what he said, and what it means for this evening because mccarthy and president biden are meeting again at 5:30, face to face at the white house. keep an eye on what each side says coming out of that meeting, the third one in as many weeks. if they can t start coming together now, when will they? because although we say eight working days, that doesn t mean a deal and a bill and a vote will happen overnight. marking it up, debating it, signing off on it all take time even when congress is trying to go quickly, and according to treasury secretary, janet yellen, there isn t exactly wiggle room. june 1st is a hard deadline, she told meet the press over the weekend, even invoking the 14th amendment would take time, which by the way, yellen says would be potentially inappropriate and legally uncertain. so what would be left, aside from defaulting? again, watch what comes out of this meeting. house democrats have 210 vote for their dis
let me close with this. as much as i m excited about this journey, i simply want to say this. it s really not about me. it s about that 7-year-old girl named jordan who brought roses to the stage for my mother. it s about 12-year-old who came on the stage. you see, america is a city on the hill. we are the beacon in the midst of darkness. we have an unusual responsibility. we have the responsibility to prove that self-governance works. we have the responsibility to share for thousands of generations what america has done for me, she can do for you. this can t be a another presidential campaign. we don t have time for that. we need a president who persuades not just our friends at our base. we need a president that persuades. we have to do that with common sense. conservative principles, but we have to have a compassion for people. we have to have a compassion part people who don t agree with us. we have to believe that our ideas are so strong and so powerful and persuasive th