the time is ticking for congress to take action, because it s congress that has an exit constitutional responsibility here. they swore an oath to and the 14th amendment of that constitution says, the validity of the public debt of the united states shall not be question, which presumably means, you need to pay the debt. june 5th is only nine days from now. the house of representatives has adjourned for the long memorial day weekend. republican leadership said, they will provide 24 hours notice before scheduling voting days, and addressing the potential default. while some republicans might just be hoping to extract a greater cuts to the social safety net in exchange for not crushing the american economy, with others, the motivation is less clear. take, for example, the chaos caucus, a group of the most disruptive members of the republican caucus right now. the chaos caucus, many of whom are members of the freedom caucus, succeeded and complicating and stalling kevin mccarth
to pay our bills would be the american people would have a real kick in the economic vein, as a matter of fact the rest of world would, too. president biden and house speaker mccarthy in the oval office yesterday after what both sides called a productive meeting. we ll look at the issues that are still holding up a deal on the debt ceiling. plus, e. jean carroll wants a judge to update her defamation lawsuit against donald trump following his comments about her during a recent town hall. and also ahead the field for the 2024 republican presidential domination adds a new name. we ll show you senator tim scott s first pitch to voters. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, may 23rd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks interest starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning with the ongoing debt ceiling negotiations in washington. president joe biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy met at the white house yesterday afternoon. they emerged without a deal
challengers if not his biggest challenger former president donald trump is playing to undercut the campaign launch. speaking of trump, the special counsel investigating the former president is about to get some crucial documents from the national archives today. they could end up potentially being key evidence in his probe. and the man accused of ramming the barricades near the white house and threatening to kill the president will appear in court. new details about what the suspect said after the crash. also guam getting slammed by one of the most devastating storms we have seen there in decades. today marks one year since that mass shooting in uvalde that left 19 elementary school children and two teachers dead. president biden is planning to address the anniversary calling for an end to the gun violence epidemic happening in america. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. today florida governor ron desantis will officially launch his presidential race. we
days. we have new video to show you, bakhmut getting absolutely pummeled in shelling. this shows the devastating toll the war has taken on this city in particular the past year. this as ukraine prepares for the counteroffensive to try to reclaim occupied land. sam kiley joins us from eastern ukraine. sam, good morning. reporter: hey, poppy. what can you tell us? reporter: oh, sorry. there is a rather heavy wind condition here, so difficult to pick you up. but i think the main thaing to take away from this latest wave of attack by cruise missiles, surface-to-surface missiles, the full pan alpy of missile technology fired by the russians is once again they are trying to soak up the air defenses of the ukrainians and expose vulner blts such as they could find in ke kyiv. 30 miles an hour filed, 29 the ukrainians claim to have shot down 29 out of 30. either a missile or debris of a missile hit the southern port city of odessa killing one person. three people were killed the
investigating donald trump s role in the january six insurrection has finally secured the testimony of former vice president, mike pence. i will talk to one of pence s former top aides and the day after i last spoke with volodymyr carr moussa, the russian opposition figure was arrested for speaking out against russia s invasion of ukraine. he has now been sentenced to 25 years in prison. his wife, the afghan-y tara bosa, goings me this morning. today s meeting of the velshi book club futures award-winning author, lauren broths, who is acclaimed story of marriage and identity with was removed from public shelves in her home state of. florida chill talked me about the book and the ban. velshi starts now. good morning to, you it is saturday april 29th and i m ali velshi. back in 2020, most of the country had not heard of his always ever. but as the montana legislature was in session that, year she was playing close attention to the bills that were being introduced. and she was