Investigation. And the fact that barr has been really the only voice speaking out on this has fed that perception. So with mueller now finally adding his voice, that will hurt the president s ability to continue this line of total exoneration, jim. Especially when its not true. Doesnt match the facts. Sarah westwood, thanks very much. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Top of the hour here. I am jim sciutto in new york. Our breaking news, a bombshell in the making. Robert mueller, the Special Counsel, who has not said a word in public since he took over the Russia Investigation two years ago this very month, is set to make a Public Statement, his first Public Statement one hour from now. This comes amid weeks of negotiations with the House Judiciary Committee over whether and how he will answer questions on the hill about the report that he submitted in march and will he take questions, will he take them in public . A lot of open questions there about the testimony. But no question n
russia the attempts to mask communications that are anti- ukraine and pro-russia messages, some of which we even hear being uttered on the house floor. the next former gop congressman ken buck chimed in as well, calling out moscow marjorie, a.k.a. marjorie taylor greene, who he says gets her talking point from the kremlin, like when she said some of her fellow congress members, quote, would love to send u.s. troops to ukraine. reviews are so in line with the kremlin that democratic congressman jared moscowitz filed a bill amendment earlier this week that would make her putin special envoy to congress. and then, there s, of course, republican senator tommy to prevail. we re thinking about getting ukraine more money. these people can t buy any more houses with what they ve bought. they ve got these houses all over the world. now, tuberville is not the only republican senator to respond to russia s anti- ukraine campaign. in a recent op-ed for the new
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we re following the breaking news on this show down over raising the federal debt limit. the treasury secretary janet yellen, issuing a dire warning that an unprecedented default could happen as soon as june 1st. joining us now senator chris murphy, democrat of connecticut, senator, thank you so much for joining us. the white house says president biden called the house speaker mccarthy today to propose a meeting next tuesday on the debt limit. you think that s enough to avert what would be a disaster? reporter: it s up to speaker mccarthy. i mean, listen, just important note, we routinely raised the debt limit. it s a responsibility congress has in order to keep paying our bills to make sure that we don t default on debt. we do it pretty routinely. we have done it under republican presidents, democratic