a day after the six-week abortion ban went into effect, a judge has ordered the law to be put on hold. anyhow it s up to the all-male justices of the state supreme court. plus we re on standby for another member of the oath keepers to be sentenced for their role in the january 6th capitol insurrection, one defendant telling the judge she was just another idiot running around the hallway. then, 12 people are injured and the big question is, why did he do it? hello, everyone, and welcome to the lead, i m biana. a judge has blocked south carolina s new abortion restrictions from going into effect. yesterday, governor henry mcmaster signed a law banning most abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy before many women even know they re pregnant. it did allow for some exception b s but it s all on hold. dianne gallagher is following these developments for us. what happens now? zbl. reporter: so, at this point in south carolina, the limit on abortions returns to wha
right now, president biden is flying back to washington with a deadline looming. nbc news is reporting tonight that republican house speaker mccarthy had what he said was a productive call with the president earlier today. the two leaders agreed to sit down one-on-one tomorrow in pursuit of a bipartisan compromise on the debt ceiling hike. before leaving the gc some of this morning in japan. we are seeing this right now on capitol hill. i think there are some maga republicans in the house who know the damage this would do to the economy. because i am president, and presidents are responsible for everything. biden also announced another round of military aid to ukraine. reiterating support for ukraine s defense with russia. i will be talking about it with senator bill cardin, he joins me just a minute. plus the gop presidential field grows even larger this week. south carolina senator tim scott making his 2024 white house bid official tomorrow. florida governor ron desantis
closing in, the special counsel appears to be wrapping up his investigation into donald trump s handling of classified documents as new details emerge about what was going on at mar-a-lago, just before the feds swept in. melissa murray and barbara mcqueen will explain the significance. and, all hail the queen of rock and roll, danielle smith is here to celebrate the life and legacy of tina turner. i m jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. congress is on memorial day recess, but negotiation teams from the white house and house republicans are hard at work trying to seal an agreement to raise the debt ceiling. all signs show that they are inching closer to a deal that would raise the limit on federal borrowing and avert and unprecedented, catastrophic default. treasury secretary janet yellen added new urgency to the negotiations, over the last few months, she has warned congress that the debt limit could be reached in early june, and potentially as early as june 1st.
out of the gate. so what we know is he will sit down with elon musk tomorrow and talk through some of this. elon musk confirming that today, but stopping short of endorsing him in any way or saying that he has plans to endorse. so all eyes will turn to that, also here to miami, where he is going to gather his donors to talk to them about his presidential bid and really try to maximize this moment. again, going back to what his team wants. they want to go on the offensive. they want a big blitz coming out of this announcement. they want a lot of media attention and also money. they want to really have a strong showing with millions and millions of dollars right out of the gate so that s what you can bet they ll be leaning on their d donors to do then move toward the next phase of the campaign. jessica, so the event in twitter spaces is 6:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow, i believe. what is desantis going to do after that? right. so after that, we look ahead to next weekend. you me
leaders of the world s wealthiest democracies sent a message to russia and china during the second day of the g7 summit. ukraine president volodymyr zelenskyy is among the non-member leaders invited to the summit. he is boosting support for his country in the war with russia. zelenskyy is expected to address some leaders tomorrow, but today he held sit-downs with some leaders. providing military aid to ukraine was one of the items for the g7 leaders, but the leaders of japan, germany, italy, united kingdom and the u.s. issued statements on china to help end the war in ukraine and establish sustainable economic relations. ongoing negotiations over the debt ceiling have been a subject of interest at the gathering. during a meeting with australia s prime minister, president biden was asked about the talks and said negotiations are progressing as he expected. we have team coverage. jasmine wright is live in washington. nic robertson is standing by in ukraine. let s start with