sanders-townsend. simone will be back tomorrow with a come for session with chested buttigieg on his new book, i have something to tell you for young adults. and the right-wing campaign to brand lgbtq books in schools and libraries. politicsnation with reverend al sharpton starts right now. tonight, crisis averted. earlier this afternoon, president biden signed a bill putting an end to a dramatic week. that saw the nation just days away from a preventable economic catastrophe. with the debt ceiling showdown settled, and made job numbers far stronger than expected, the president has strengthened his case for reelection going into a 2024 presidential race. that intensified this week on the republican side. with the two front runners for the gop nomination, donald trump and ron desantis, sharpening their attacks on biden, the debt deal, and each other this week. in key early primary states. but they re also contending with the growing pack seeking the nomination. former
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judge jeanine pirro, harold ford jr., jesse watters, and greg gutfeld. it s 5:00 in new york city and this is the five. the 2024 election turning into a free-for-all, maybe. a dozen states could follow colorado in kicking donald trump off their ballots, or at least trying to. now republicans are found to retaliate against joe biden. we should all be encouraged by any action that makes it less likely that he will return to the president. it s a question of law. if a 14-year-old tried to run for president, would that person be kept off of the ballot because the constitution says you have to be 35 years old to run for president? what is the limiting principle for that? why, could we just say biden can be on the ballot because he lead in 8 million illegals into the country and violated the constitution, which he has? maybe we should take joe biden off the ballot in g texas. utfeld california now lookings copy the ballot ban, and a lieutenant governor trying to run
so they have a deal, but do they have the votes? right now the race to get party holdouts onboard with the debt ceiling agreement, that potentially catastrophic default just days away. we ll have the latest. plus, what caused part of an apartment building to collapse? rescue dogs are now scanning for any sign of survivors in davenport, iowa, as the city s fire chief says the building is structurally up snsound posing threat to his teams. we ll follow those and more stories coming in right here to cnn news central. so some good news over the weekend. president biden and speaker mccarthy face another heavy lift after hammering out a deal in principle to raise the nation s debt ceiling. they have to get their parties to support it. based on early reaction, it may not be entirely easy. the house vote is expected on wednesday. hard liners from both sides are signaling they at least will not support the agreement. so here s part of what s in it. it suspends the debt ceiling thr