the way he s characterizing this bill? yes, he is lying. members of the house caucus like congressman roy and bishop are still struggling to come with a strategy to actually block the deal tonight. and there is also a divide over whether to oust mccarthy as speaker. as for the republican leader he says he s not concerned about losing his post and can t seem to understand what all the fuss is about. i m not sure what in the bill people are concerned about. it is the largest savings of 2. 1 trillion that we ve ever had. a quick refresher share of what is in this deal over this memorial day weekend. it would replenish our near empty treasury with borrowed cash by suspending the debt ceiling for two years. it also includes caps on federal spending, more work requirements for food stamps and cuts to irs funding among other things. neither party got everything they wanted, something the senate republican leader noted on the floor earlier as all of this gop infighting plays
everyone. poppy is off today. i m erica hill. thanks for being with me this morning. let s get started with five things to know for this memorial day, may 29th, 2023. joe biden and kevin mccarthy made a debt ceiling deal. now they have to sell it. can they get the votes before default on june 5 th? russia shot down a record number of missiles ahead of the long awaited counter offensive. search and rescue operations under way right now after an apartment collapse in iowa. seven people have been pulled out. the mayor, though, says a number of others are still missing. and happening today, president biden will honor america s fallen service members during a memorial day address from arlington national cemetery. he ll also participate in a wreath laying ceremony at the time of the unknown soldier. tonight, boston celtics looking to make more history by becoming the first team to win game seven after being down 3-0 to the miami heat. cnn this morning starts right now.
first of all, big amen to all of that. this hour, the former president doubling down, donald trump telling a crowd, immigrants are poisoning the blood of our country. and quoting vladimir putin, condemning american democracy. all well questions swirl about reports around a binder that s been missing, containing highly classified russian intelligence. a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york, welcome, everyone to alex witt reports. we begin with the breaking news on capitol hill, top senate negotiators are scrambling right now to hammer out a bipartisan deal to fund the wars in both israel and ukraine. while also clamping down on u.s. border security with a framework needed by the end of today. nbc s julie tsirkin is reporting from capitol hill for us. julie, welcome. tell us who is negotiating there, and with the latest issue here on the talks? hey, alex, the next couple of hours we ll see the new consented to go cheaters once again h
washington where things stand with our chad pergram. hi, chad. neil, good afternoon. the house freedom caucus just took a formal position in the debt ceiling debate. it endorses the bill passed by the house in april. the caucus says there should be no further discussion until the senate passes the legislation. the house bill, we passed it. that is the mechanism right now sitting there that there s 11 democrats in the senate and the democratic president of the united states that stand between that bill and it becoming law. it was thought that house speaker kevin mccarthy would lose a good chunk of republicans who could not accept anything less than the house passed bill. the question is can mccarthy get just enough gop members on board and can democrats provide the rest. speaker mccarthy has limited capacity to really negotiate. he s handcuffed and in leg irons from that 15 votes that it took to get them elected. if he is able to negotiate something, once he tries to
five people including a nine-year-old boy. the u.s. sending hundreds of additional troops to its southern border, in anticipation of a massive surge of migrants. and, b day in the u.s. debt crisis could come as soon as june 1st. with days standing for default. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. a four-day manhunt. for the suspect in the fatal shooting of five people including a mother and her nine-year-old son in texas was arrested tuesday evening. authorities say that 38 francisco oropeza was found hiding in a closet under some laundry at home just miles from the house where the killings took place. oropeza is being held on five counts of murder with bonds set at $5 million. and, will appear in court in the coming hours. and, because he is a mexican national, the mexican consulate will be notified. cnn s josh campbell has details. a major development, in southeast texas, authorities announcing tuesday the arrest of the man accused of brutally