christine romans. it s memorial day here in the u.s. glad you re with us. let s get going. we begin this morning with president biden defending the deal he made with house speaker kevin mccarthy to raise the debt limit for two years. it takes the threat of catastrophic reform off the table. protects our hard-earned economic recovery. and the agreement also represents a compromise which means no one got everything they want. mccarthy agreed to raise the debt limit in explain for cuts to the budget. even though, the president insisted to reporters he wasn t actually negotiating on the dead limit. want to try to make it look like i made some grow myself in the debt ceiling, i didn t. i made a compro 3450is on the budget. that s what they wanted a compromise on the budget, that s what you ve done, even though you haven t gone as far as you wants, in that right? sure, can you think of an alternative? the president praised mccarthy, although he avoided predicting whethe
sproefd support for athletes speaking out against biological men who keep trying to compete with women in sports. you know, the guys who keep putting the meat in swim meet. disgusting. ponder tweeted i barely said anything publicly about this issue and i ve had so many people message me stop me in the streets and say thank you and tell me stories about girls afraid to speak up for fear of loss of employment or hateful but it s not hateful to demand fairness for girls in sports that s logical fair and based on er refeudable scientific facts. what happens next? liberals in the media are furious because well they re stupid and what do they do to a woman speaking out against bullying of women? they bully her of course. riding in on her broomstick is nancy armor a ghastly sports columnist for usa today the official dor matt for americans staying at low priced hotels. if the laquinn take inn goes out of business, so does she. the god awful armor writes quote don t be fooled by the
it is an entire capitulation. kevin mccarthy is emasculating himself and the republican majority. emasculating. the republican chaos caucus is this mad about the debt deal,ia know president biden got a good result. also tonight, new reporting on the growing bad blood among trump s lawyers, including that one of them may have been misled about where trump was hiding classified documents. and presidential candidate and toy sized mussolini ron desantis unveils his authoritarian manifesto, vowing to destroy leftism and wokism. so, tell us how you re going to do that, ron. we begin tonight with a debt ceiling deal. and the wrath of the pro-default caucus. i m sure you have heard by now that after marathon talks over the weekend, president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy reached an agreement on a deal to suspend the debt ceiling. suspend, not raise. that s important, and i ll get back to that in a minute. the house is expected to vote on the bill tomorrow. the house rule
yeah, yeah, yeah. thank you. thank you. thank you. however, that feels so good. it s friday, so you know what that means. let s welcome tonight s guests. she runs bikes and swims. anything to avoid the cops. joseph kennedy saves the world podcast. he s the funniest thing to come out of new jersey since chris christie s diet coach, actor and comedian. it s all good as a former miss florida citrus. she never blames the juice. former state department spokeswoman and founder of polaris and security morgan taking. and he s the naughty list for eating sandy s reindeer. new york times best selling author, comedian and former nwa world champion darren. all right. now, before we get to some news stories, do this. greg s left. yes, that s right. it s the leftovers where i read that jokes. we did news this week. and as always, it s my first time reading them. so if they , we ll send joe machi a strip club and have lizzo give him a tap dance. ooh, tap dance. no, you re right. it s
situation room. happening now, president biden and house speaker mccarthy are scrambling big time to sell their debt limit deal to lawmakers. their agreement could avoid a catastrophic default if congressional leaders can find the votes and push the bill across the finish line before it s too late. only a few days left. in ukraine, a rare daytime missile barrage shakes the capital city of kyiv. the russian attack apparently repelled by air defenses as ukrainian forces hit. they re nearly ready to launch their highly anticipated counteroffensive. we re keeping our eyes to the roads and the skyways on one of the busiest travel days of the year. what you can expect if you re heading to the airport or hitting the road on this memorial day. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, this is a situation room special report. our top story this evening, the debt limit deal between president biden and speaker mccarthy is about to be pu