$2.1 trillion we ve ever had. if i can parrot to when republicans were in the majority when they had the house, the senate and everything, they didn t cut anything. that s house speaker kevin mccarthy defending the debt limit agreement hours before the bill barely cleared a republican led house committee. we ll have a look at where the vote count stands in the full house as lawmakers from both parties continue to criticize the bill. also ahead, we re learning more about what was reportedly happening inside mar-a-lago as the justice department ramped up the pressure on donald trump to turn over classified documents. plus we ll have an update from eastern europe following another drone strike inside russian territory. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 31st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning on capitol hill where the house rules committee voted in favor of advancing the debt ceiling bill to a
governor, and so it kind of distinguishes himself from the rest of the pack as well because as we know a lot of the other 2024 candidates are unwilling to even go after trump virtually at all. and so i think their thinking here is let s use the media. they re going to ask about trump, it will allow us to rerespond to these attacks. and then when we get out and talk to iowa voters, iowa voters are little bit more unpredictable. we don t know how they re going to react to some of these harsher jabs against trump so we re going to focus on biden. certainly desantis still perceived by many to be the most viable trump alternative but has a lot of extreme positions on his record that may be tough in a 2024 general election. politics reporter for semifore shelby live for us in iowa. up next we ll go live to cnbc for a look at what s driving wall street. we ll be back with that. iving w. we ll be back with that. power s easy-to-use tools