appeal. then, as we head into 2024, voters in the keystone state weigh in on their key issue, how complicated economy. the consequences of a broken immigration system unfolding across the country. how one communities hospitals are impacted as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle, live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. tonight we begin with a bombshell from the detroit news, they ve got new reporting about donald trump, and alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election in the state of michigan. the paper reports that donald trump himself personally called to members of the wayne county board of canvassers and pressured them not to certify joe biden s win. republican national committee chairwoman, ronna mcdaniel, was also reportedly on that call. the detroit news reached out to trump, mcdaniel, and the canvassers, and none of their spokespeople disputed this account. the paper says the audio was captured by
gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle, live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. tonight we begin with a bombshell from the detroit news, they ve got new reporting about donald trump, and alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election in the state of michigan. the paper reports that donald trump himself personally called to members of the wayne county board of canvassers and pressured them not to certify joe biden s win. republican national committee chairwoman, ronna mcdaniel, was also reportedly on that call. the detroit news reached out to trump, mcdaniel, and the canvassers, and none of their spokespeople disputed this account. the paper says the audio was captured by someone present for the conversation between trump and the canvassers. the detroit news obtained the audio through an intermediary who heard the recordings but was not present for the cause. nbc news has not heard or verify these recordings, but earlier ton
american economy hostage. lifesaving health care denied or delayed, we will talk to one of the doctors behind a new study showing a pattern of serious health complications caused by post roe abortion ban. and a dire warning from the u.n. s top weather and climate scientist and what we can do about it. plus the velshi banned book club goes to court. this week we ll talk to two previously featured authors of banned books who have joined with free speech activists, parents and the largest publishing house in the country and hauling book banners to federal court. velshi starts now. good morning, it is saturday may 20th, i m ali velshi. as the old saying, goes if i don t succeed, stop following the republican playbook. you would think that after one bad election cycle the gop would have regrouped and reassessed its shortcomings so it could rebound. it s been nearly seven years since the republicans last truly significant wind. donald trump s electoral college victory in 2016. sinc
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
Republican and Democratic Leaders set to meet with the president for highstakes negotiations on the debt ceiling. America is not a deadbeat nation. We pay our bills. With the Clock Ticking toward a june 1st default deadline failure to do that would be unprecedented. We talk with two powerful senators who have a history of working across the aisle about how to avoid an economic meltdown. We should never put the credit of the United States at risk. Until the president engages, it doesnt matter what we do. Later this hour country superstar Miranda Lambert on how she could set a new record in Country Music. It sounds really big when you say it like that. Is that part of your super power . Get it done, baby. It was possible that i may not see the end of the year. You mishandled that . I dont know if i mishandled im a little wistful. This is not where i thought this story was headed. Good evening and welcome back to whos talking. Its called the x day, the day when the u. S. Government defaul