to pay our bills would be the american people would have a real kick in the economic vein, as a matter of fact the rest of world would, too. president biden and house speaker mccarthy in the oval office yesterday after what both sides called a productive meeting. we ll look at the issues that are still holding up a deal on the debt ceiling. plus, e. jean carroll wants a judge to update her defamation lawsuit against donald trump following his comments about her during a recent town hall. and also ahead the field for the 2024 republican presidential domination adds a new name. we ll show you senator tim scott s first pitch to voters. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, may 23rd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks interest starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning with the ongoing debt ceiling negotiations in washington. president joe biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy met at the white house yesterday afternoon. they emerged without a deal
right. with us we have the host of way too early jonathan lemire, professor at princeton university, eddy jr., former white house director of communications to president obama, jen palmary, co-host of showtime s the circus and member of the new york times editorial board mara gay. joe will join us in just a bit. willie, we have a lot to get to. i know we re not starting with this, but rudy giuliani was sued. did you hear about that? i did. there s some explosive and wild details that are coming out of that lawsuit that i think we re going to be talking about in just a few minute. do want to ask you first, though, jonathan lemire about this latest debt ceiling meeting at the white house the big four getting together, some glimmers of optimism. i guess we re grading on a curve here, though, based on there being no optimism out of the meeting a week ago. that june 1st date that secretary janet yellen has been warning about for several weeks is inching closer. what came o
congressional leaders wrap up a new round of talks without a deal on raising the nation s debt limit. the president speaking out about the meeting just a short while ago as he scraps part of his overseas trip to keep the negotiations going. and a very disturbing new security lapse by the u.s. secret service. an intruder entering the home of biden s national security adviser, jake sullivan, undetected. we re taking a closer look at the growing threat to top american officials. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, air raid sirens have been blaring in the ukrainian capital of kyiv a day after a major new air assault by russia. moscow claiming it hit a critical target overnight, a u.s. patriot air defense missile system. cnn s sam kkiley s on the groun. what do we know about the strike by russia and the fate of that patriot system? reporter: tonight, wolf, the ukrainians say that
the price, first to report that homeless veterans are being kicked out of hotels in upstate new york in an effort to make room for more migrants a local nonprofit says 20 homeless and vulnerable veterans were displaced in total with 15 of them being evicted from a single hotel. our veterans, the brave men and women who risked their lives to keep america free now being kicked to the curb because of the disaster unfolding on our border? new york assemblyman bryan mayor calls it a complete embarrassment. the biden administration, governor hochul and city of new york, slap in the face of veterans, citizens of new york and this country who are being cast aside to allow for asylum seeker toss come here. when it comes to this particular situation you had combat veterans who are homeless, who were told to get out of their hotel after one day. sharon and their team scrambled to find locations, let those veterans know we appreciate them. we have their backs. kayleigh contrast,
is making waves even before he s expected to jump in the presidential race. desantis today signed a bill to defund diversity bill at florida colleges, a clear response to critical race theory being taught in classrooms. he s also changing florida law to allow himself to campaign while serving as governor and to reduce transparency over state spending and travel. desantis is stepping off his turf, sending migrants to states run by democrats. and praising the marine veteran now charged in the subway chokehold death. he also barnstormed betrayal in iowa this weekend when the 45th president cancelled a rally there over weather concerns. donald trump is taking notice and taking aim at desantis. and desantis is indirectly firing back. we must reject the culture of losing that has infected our party in recent years. if we focus the election on the past or on other side issues, then i think the democrats are going to beat us again. trump was asked for his response in a new interv