deadlocked. 11 days left on the clock and debt ceiling negotiators are moving farther apart. much of what they ve already proposed is, quite frankly, unacceptable. is the risk of default only growing? i ll speak exclusively to republican senator bill cassidy in moments. and show of unity, president biden gives ukraine fighters a sky-high advantage. we have ukraine s back. after scrapping part of his world trip for debt ceiling talks is the u.s. on shaky ground on the world stage? national security adviser jake sullivan joins me exclusively from japan, plus go time. president trump readies himself for his biggest gop challenger yet. it s easy to be a front-runner. as the republican field expand, will any of them crack trump s hold on the party? hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is careening toward the edge of an economic cliff with 11 days until the moment the u.s. government could run out of money to pay its bills accord
president biden gives ukraine s fighters a sky high advantage. we have ukraine s back. but after scrapping part of his world trip for debt ceiling talks, is the u.s. on shaky ground on the world stage? national security adviser jake sullivan joins me exclusively from japan. plus go time. president trump readies himself for his biggest gop challenger yet. it is easy to be a front-runner and harder to dig in. reporter: as the field expands will any crack trump s hold on the party? hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is kareening toward the edge of an economic cliff with 11 days until the moment the u.s. government could run out of money to pay its bills according to the treasury secretary. president biden just told reporters he cannot guarantee the u.s. will not default and the same message came from the top house republican negotiator just hours before. it is the only thing the sides seem to agree on in addition to blaming the other si
against russia this weekend. they are expected to hear in person from president zelenskyy after his appearance today at the arab league summit. we do have truth on our side. we are pushing the occupiers out of our land. the president is monitoring debt ceiling negotiations back home. the white house tries to ward off defections from progressive lawmakers angry about potential cuts in entitlement programs. this hour, disney striking back against ron desantis just days before his expected presidential campaign announcement. they scrapped plans to relocate 2,000 jobs to florida for a billion dollar new development. desantis is expected to announce next week. he told major donors, trump cannot beat biden as he makes a push to post a large campaign war chest the day he announces. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. republican debt ceiling negotiators say they are pressing pause on the talks at a critical stage in the process. in the last hour, a lead neg
politicsnation. tonight s lead, last-ditch effort. senate negotiators have been meeting this afternoon trying to hammer out a deal on immigration. president biden s homeland security chief met with lawmakers on the hill earlier in the day. majority leader chuck schumer delayed the holiday recess, hoping for a breakthrough on a bill that would also include military aid for israel and ukraine. if a bill cannot be made in the next several days, both chambers will have to take it up next year alongside a spending package to avoid a government shutdown. and in the house, there will be the matter of and impeachment inquiry into president biden. launched this week at the origin of that republican leadership. all this as the first presidential nomination contest is now less than a month away and iowa. and black voters across that south are literally so when the states that live in, over voting district maps that they contained designed to suppress the vote in 2024. an
raised. it s nonnot an acceptable situation for us to be able to pay our bills. that s treasury secretary janet yellen, reiterating her belief that the united states will go into default if the debt ceiling is not raised in just nine days. it comes as president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are set to meet again today in hopes of hashing out their growing differences on the budget. also ahead, we ll recap the president s trip to japan for the g7 summit, which included a meeting with the ukrainian president. plus, we ve got new reporting on turmoil inside the trump legal team that s representing him in the classified documents investigation. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, may 22nd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. we ll begin this morning with the debt ceiling. president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are expected to meet one-on-one today at the white house. this comes after a weekend of