Congress. Well have the latest on the talks between Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer. And take a look at new polling which shows President Biden making up significant ground in a swing state. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 22nd. Im ali vitally in for jonathan lemire. Testimony in President Trumps hush money trial has officially finished. Former President Trump did not toifr in his own defense can spite telling the press multiple times he really wanted to. Yeah, i would testify, absolutely. Its a scam. Its a scam. Mr. Trump, are you going to testify . Yes. Will the gag order stop you from testifying . No, it wont stop me from testifying. The gag order is not for testifying. Do you plan to testify in court . Probably so. I would like. I would think so. When asked why he didnt testify the former president refused to answer. Watch. Why did you decide against testifying in your case . Did you not want to take the stand . The im
American taxpayers more than a Million Dollars. Earlier white house tried to downplay its role. To be clear, white house doesnt have role on the front end of approving private Charter Flights. Thats agencies and something were looking into from this point forward and asked a halt to be put particularly at ahs on any Charter Flights moving forward. White house may not approve but played a role in travel costs overall. Approved the use of Military Aircraft for prices trips to africa, europe and asia to tune of half a Million Dollars. Adding to the cost. Price reimbursing government about 52,000. Inspector general is investigating whole mess but in case of private jets, anyone can figure out how outrageous the
travel costs were. 300 to fly commercial from washington to nashville. He took a private plane at more than 17,000. At least 20 trips. Including a flight from washington to philadelphia, can drive in 2 1 2 hours or train for 72. This is just the spending that price railed against un
seekers while in border cities temporarily. i spoke to some of these individuals a little while ago, kate, one of them in particular he s getting ready to get on a bus and head over to denver in the next day or two. in the meantime he s waiting on the sidewalk because a friend of his is still in detention, hasn t been processed and released yesterday. so that s why we re still seeing people, a limited number of people on the streets, but many, many more inside of shelters. these are folks that are caught in a sort of limbo. they ve been processed by federal authorities, they want to make it to washington, to philadelphia, to denver, certainly new york, but they don t know when that s going to happen. polo, great to have you there. have the perspective on the ground. we will speak to the mayor of denver later about what that means there. really appreciate it. john? happening now ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is meeting with leaders across europe hoping to bolster support a
pittsburgh at the bridge which collapsed in january on the same day that biden had previously visited that city. it served as the backdrop for the infrastructure improvements the president is touting made possible by the infrastructure law. it s more than about building infrastructure, it s about rebuilding the middle class. pennsylvania is my native state. it s in my heart. i can t tell you how much it means to me to be part of rebuilding this beautiful state. you may have heard the president is from scranton. he then went on to philadelphia where he and fetterman attended a fund-raiser. no cameras were allowed at that particular event. fetterman addressed his recovery from a stroke while criticizing his republican opponent oz. fetterman who raised eyebrows by put ogen a suit yesterday because he prefers sweatshirts
we re also tracking severe storms tonight in the midwest. possible tornadoes, in fact. large hail and damaging winds across several states from texas to indiana, and then the east tomorrow, washington to philadelphia to new york. senior meteorologist rob marciano tracking this for us tonight. hey, rob. hi, david. these storms have already produced winds of 60 and 70 miles per hour. look at the radar. storms blasting through arkansas. trees down all over the place. look out, greenville. jackson, mississippi, you re next. this whole line with that cold front gets over the aplpalachias and into d.c., when they get to the coast, they should weaken somewhat, but damaging winds possible by the end of the day. david. we ll be tracking it with you. when we come back tonight, news on the baby formula shortage, the new step this week. with less asthma? u with dupixent, i can du more. crazy commutes. crowd control-