biggest they had ever had. it did break the twitter space. we re really excited with the enthusiasm, ultimately it is about the future of our country. brian: other presidential candidates seizing on the stumble. former president trump s campaign saying, ron, he said rob, botched campaign announcement is another example of why he is not ready for the job, the stakes are hoo high to gamble on a first-timer not ready for prime time, and here is another caption, this link works, despite the shade desantis has announced with first stop in iowa next tuesday. he had a great interview and a one-hour with trey gowdy at 8:00 p.m. last night, not like he just went on twitter spaces. plus, you can do whaefr you want, if you make a mistake, you are open, if anyone, blame the guy who owns it, elon musk. it is not desantis s fault. if i interview someone on fox, you can t blame who i am interviewing. ainsley: you have to make sure it works. i wonder if ron desantis said, i will do thi
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
looking to enter the u.s. in the next few hours. do not risk your life and your life savings only to be removed from the united states. we are making it very clear that our border is not open, that crossing irregularly is against the law. cnn s nick valencia is in brownsville, texas, on the southern border, where officials are working with buses and airlines to try to get migrants out of that city. nick, is that working? reporter: well, we got some clarity from the city, just a short time ago, jake. we asked them where they re going to be sending migrants to. and they said the destinations that migrants are asking to go to and that the city is going to help them get to include chicago, dallas, houston, brooklyn, denver and miami. and though the city is known for quite some time along with the state and really the nation that title 42, this policy is going to end in less than a day, they re still working out the specifics of their plans and things they want to avoid acco
state showdown. we begin with the fox news alert and we are awaiting the white house briefing next hour where karine jean-pierre will be pressed for the president s massive $6.8 trillion tax and spend budget plan. a lot to unpack in america reports in the next two hours. i m john roberts in washington and, s sandra, weather correspondent made it to washington. i m sandra smith, glad to be with you, john. this massive new tax and spend plan as inflation remains stubbornly high and as a brand new jobs report is just released by the labor department. it did show payrolls rising by 311,000 last month. that was higher than expected and as the wall street journal references what they see as evidence of resilient economic economy. the unemployment rate meanwhile ticked up to 3.6%, that s from the record low in january. but there s still a big question on what s coming down the pike as more rate hikes could be on the horizon. so with that in mind, let s get right to it wi
ukraine will never be a victory for russia. what does victory look like and are we give them enough to win the war or just surviving? if you want victory, we have to do more. plus, rising tensions. you are approaching chinese airspace. as the u.s. continues to warn china about sending weapons to ukraine, tensions are rising in the south china sea. is the pentagon preparing to move more troops to taiwan? my guests this morning, if national security adviser to president biden jake sullivan and dan sullivan of alaska. and off the rails. i sincerely hope that when all of the politicians get here including biden to get back from touring ukraine that he s got some money left over. donald trump travels to the site of the toxic train derailment in ohio to bash the biden administration for focusing more overseas, creating the first real split screen moment of the 2024 campaign. joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news chief white house correspondent kristen