we fail to pay our bills. we re going to come together because there s no alternative. we have to do the right thing for the country. we have to move on. those were president biden s comments on the debt ceiling negotiations just before he took off for the g7 summit in japan. we ll have the very latest on the budget talks and the president s trip overseas. he has arrived. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, may 18th. i m jonathan lemire. because right now these are indeed live pictures from hiroshima, japan, where president biden is meeting with japanese prime minister kishida ahead of their bilateral meeting. g7 leaders are gathering there where they will likely focus on the war in ukraine and tensions in asia. the president, of course, had announced he was cutting short his planned trip to the pacific, no longer visiting papau new guinea or australia in order to get back on sunday to continue those debt ceiling negotiate asians. we ll bring you
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taxpayer dollars on an illegitimate impeachment inquiry because donald trump, the puppet master, has directed extreme maga republicans to launch a political hit job against president joe biden. that s house minority leader hakeem jeffries calling out republicans in the lower chamber before the vote to authorize an impeachment inquiry into president joe biden. that came after hunter biden defied a subpoena from house republicans challenging them to hold public hearings for his testimony. we ll have much, much more from a bitter and partisan day on capitol hill. plus, the supreme court will hear the first case tied to abortion rights since it overturned roe v. wade. we ll get expert legal analysis on that just ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, december 14th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we have a busy morning ahead, and we ll start here. the republican controlled house has voted to formally authorize its impea
in washington, nbc news senior national politics reporter, jonathan allen and if you re asking yourself, what about new hampshire, they re going to be in new hampshire. where is your new hampshire reporter, vaughn hillyard is there, and he ll be with us in a moment, and he s interviewing a couple of would be candidates for no labels. give us a moment. ali vitali, when it comes to the idea of a third-party candidate, we hear so much from people out there that they re sick of the system. sick of the way it works. don t like their options. are you hearing anybody who s open to not voting for a republican and not voting for a democrat? it s tough. there s an openness. you and i on the campaign trail, wee talk to people fed up with the two-party system. that being said, it s really early and most of the folks i m talking to are certainly not in a place where they re ready to commit to voting for anyone. third party or otherwise. while there might be an appetite
fact that desantis has not yet officially announced his white house bid. we expect that soon. during an event yesterday, the statehouse speaker and senate president applauded desantis legislative priorities, saying he is the leader the country needs. these public endorsements are expected to serve as the starting point for a wave of support from rank and file republicans in the sunshine state. desantis supporters are trying to counter the expectation that most of the state is backing president trump. it s rolling out on a day when desantis was in washington trying to get the backing of other lawmakers. joining us now, nbc news senior national politics reporter, jonathan allen. we re always glad to have you on the show. let s start here with this, trump/desantis rivalry. early on, trump outmaneuvered desantis for the endorsements, and now desantis striking back. trump has been blasting desantis