here s the deal. take the debt limit, pass it like you did three, four times, when trump was president, and he increased the whole national debt by 40%. republicans would argue that donald trump, at the very least, they d say, played ball. you re not willing to play ball. play ball? play ball. he ballooned the debt, he created unemployment look, when i came to office, we had incredibly high unemployment. we were in a situation where we had very little movement on anything going on. look, look at the employment right now. just today, 250,000 new jobs. highest participation in 75 years of women in the job market. lowest unemployment rate for african americans. things are moving. as i said, you have a good economic recovery story. this is a very volatile congress. there were members of congress that might be okay with a stifel dane, because they think it could hurt you more politically given that, are you prepared to invoke the 14th amendment and blow through the debt ce
just warned of a new, and earlier drop down date for the yellow now says the country could run out of cash to pay its bills on june 1st, that is one month from tonight. if congress does not raise the debt line. he followed me disaster for our economy, everyone would feel the effects. yellen s warning came late today in a letter to top lawmakers this quote, it is imperative that congress act as soon as possible. tonight, president biden invited the top four congressional leaders to the white house to find some way to avoid the fault. last week of course, the gop led house passed a bill that raise the debt limit, but it included steep spending cuts. biden said absolutely no to that, and tonight he and mccarthy are still in a stand off. we will not pass the debt ceiling a fetus races without doing something about our debt. we pay our bills, and we should do the without reckless hostages on some of the many republicans in congress. meanwhile, the administration is also de
as president biden calls for a last-minute meeting. but is a room for negotiation? and what we are default mean for americans? then, the man hunt for a suspected gunman who killed five people in texas, the latest mass shooting putting a focus on america s unique gun problem. and representation matters, but tell introducing the first barbie dahl with down syndrome, as the 11th hour gets underway, on this monday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle live from los angeles, and i start with one question, are you buckled up? you had better be, because treasury secretary janet yellen just warned of a new, and earlier drop down date for the yellow now says the country could run out of cash to pay its bills on june 1st, that is one month from tonight. if congress does not raise the debt line. he followed me disaster for our economy, everyone would feel the effects. yellen s warning came late today in a letter to top lawmakers this quote, it is imperative that congress
it began with court documents revealing fox s tucker carlson was privately skeptical of election lies, contemptuous of the former president, texting someone saying i hate him passionately even as he indicated to viewers the opposite. a dominion voting systems lawsuit, carlson was on the air lying about january 6th. reporter: the crowd was enormous, a small percentage of them were hooligans, they committed vandalism. you ve seen their pictures again and again, but the overwhelming majority weren t. they were peaceful. they were orderly and meek. these were not insurrectionists. they were sightseers. that spectacle using cherry-picked footage house speaker mccarthy released only to him was just the beginning. the former president claimed that city, state and federal prosecutors are practicing, quote, good old election interference, all caps, and then there was something else that happened that didn t get as much attention, but is important, it involves lies told by jenna el
good morning. breathe it in deep. the weekend is here. and welcome to cnn this morning. i m boris sanchez. is and i m paula reid. boris, it s great to be with you. we appreciate you getting up bright and early. amara is skiing somewhere in europe. here s a look at what we re watching this morning. overall we created more jobs in two years than any administration created in the first four years. president biden taking a victory lap following a strong jobs report. where we re seeing those jobs. plus a stunning free falls that led to the second largest bank collapse in u.s. history. and testing the waters. presidential hopefuls sworm iowa this week as the gop race heats up. we have new reporting about when ron desantis might announce that he s running. i looked on the ground and it was flooded. he seems to be in a smiling mood for a natural disaster. california soaked by the another round of storms. those atmospheric rivers washing out roads, collapsing bridges and