viewers watching from all around the world. i m paula newton. ahead on cnn newsroom, u.s. lawmakers insist default is not an option, but there s no deal yet to raise the debt limit. ahead, what this could mean for the global economy. plus new reporting from the washington post. employees of former president trump allegedly moved boxes of papers at mar-a-lago a day before the justice department showed up to collect classified documents. memorial day weekend is just the start of what s going to be a very busy summer travel season that we re expecting. yes, it is the unofficial start of summer and people are packing up and heading out of town for the long weekend. just ahead, we have your travel and weather forecast. we do begin in washington where marathon talks to avoid the first-ever u.s. government debt default appear to be making progress. sources tell cnn the white house and congressional republicans are getting closer to a deal to raise the debt limit and cap
how conservatives and liberals think this country should raise and spend its money is a very, very valid discussion to have. sadly, that s not the one we re having. thanks to both of you, and solar and political economy in the american enterprise institute. he s the author of a dream is not dead, but populism could kill it. jennifer reuben is an opinion writer at the washington post, and msnbc political analyst host of the new podcast, jen reuben s green room. all right, straight ahead, we ll continue our breaking news coverage of the debt ceiling negotiations, which are ongoing right now. i ll be joined by congressman lloyd doggett, democrat of texas, and a member of the budget committee, as well as congressman adam smith, democrat of washington, and ranking member of the armed services committee. another hour of velshi begins right now. of velshi begin right now. and good morning to you, it is saturday may the 27th, i m ali velshi, the full faith and credit of the united
[ laughing ] democrats are taking rude, crude, and shouty congresswoman marjorie taylor greene s calls for decorum in the house as seriously as the republicans seem to be taking the threat to our economy with their manufactured debt ceiling crisis. but i m guessing our veterans and social security recipients are not laughing. plus, the longest january 6th sentence so far as oath keepers leader stewart rhodes gets 18 years for seditious conspiracy. and later, ron desantis disastrous campaign rollout leads to speculation that pudding may have been clogging up the twitter tubes. yuck. but we begin with the republican lie that could plunge our nation off of an economic cliff. with just seven days until the united states could default on our debt, talks between republicans and white house representatives have yet to resolve the issue. but today, president biden made a very important point. it s time for congress to act now. i want to be clear. the negotiations we re havin
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freeman and omar jimenez. okay, the u.s. has one week left to southeast that the myth crisis before facing the fall. sources tell cnn that white house officials and gop negotiators are getting closer to an agreement to raise the debt ceiling, and zane is on the story. are we on the verge of a deal? i think that the major disaster that we were talking about on tuesday as more or less been a voted for now. i am some optimistic based on what i am hearing. i think i am getting the impression that if mccarthy want to make a deal at this point, he probably could. and terms that the contours of what we are hearing right now, there is possibly a deal in the works to raise the debt ceiling to years and issue spending cuts for two years. that s good news there. i think that my concern is even if they reach a deal, this is what i was talking about earlier, even at the reach a deal and you have mccarthy and biden come together to reach a deal, mccarthy still has to sell it, right? that