the dear colleague letter from speaker johnson. tell us what you know about this agreement. we ve got a lot of numbers here. yes, symone. a lot of numbers. a little bit of a discrepancy and what we re hearing from republican leader, speaker johnson and democratic leaders. you mentioned we have that dear colleague letter that gives us the first sense of these top line members. you know, one point 59 trillion for fiscal year 2024, which republicans say allots 886 billion dollars in defense and 704 billion in non-defense. now, democrats are saying that they ve secured more than 772 billion in non defense spending. so, this is getting a little in the weeds here. but the difference is a side card dam deal that is a 69 billion dollars, that was negotiated as part of that speaker mccarthy, biden deal. and so, that is actually sticking around, explaining that discrepancy. what this does is it allows democrats to show that they ve got more money and it allows speaker johnson to kind
right now on the story, we re awaiting word from the supreme court as the push continues for the justices to tackle former president trump s disqualification from the colorado ballot. on the ballot for now, after an appeal by the state s republican party. this as the gop frontrunner faces a new challenge in the election interference case. special counsel jack smith asking the judge to limit what trump can say during his expected march trial. writing he shouldn t be allowed to propagate irrelevant disinformation or inject politics in to this proceeding. trump firing back that smith wants to take away my right of free speech. jonathan turley standing by with his analysis. first to fox news legal editor, carrie kupec. this filing from jack smith, you think it s necessary or overkill? where does it go from here? it reminded me a lot of the gag order that jack smith wanted in september. that was a gag order that the aclu characterized as election interference. it would limit h
airports around the country are seeing the biggest memorial day in years. and also, a passenger opens up an exit door mid flight, and it is captured on camera, and we have video right here on cnn news central. kevin mccarthy speaks just moments ago, and we got new information about where the negotiations stand on avoiding a default, and maybe reaching a deal on raising the debt ceiling. now, hints of optimism overnight, but to state the obvious, until there is a deal, there is no deal. the stock market had been up on hin hints of signs of what is about to happen, and members were going home, but they need to be within hours of getting back. lauren fox, standing by on capitol hill, and you just heard from speaker kevin mccarthy, and what did he say? he is optimistic that a deal can come together very soon, but he noted there are still some outstanding sticking points. he said they made progress last night, and hoping to make more progress this morning. he met by bike w
murdaugh s own brother on the stand and what he said, why he broke down on the stand, and the defense arguing that there had to be more than one shooter. eva pilgrim tonight. there is also breaking news tonight involving fox news and owner rupert murdoch acknowledging under oath fox news hosts endorsed false election fraud claims saying any fox news executives who knowingly allowed lies to be broadcast on the air should be reprimanded or maybe got rid of saying in a deposition, i would have liked us to be stronger in denouncing it in hindsight. jon karl standing by. tonight the next question after that toxic train derailment in ohio. where should that toxic waste be taken? the new fight now, states blocking it, and in that community tonight questions over the drinking water. our reporter with erin brockovich. the war in ukraine and the intense fighting under way tonight for control of a key city, and this evening, the u.s. warning to china not to help russia with weapon