texas sized fall from grace, the state s controversial attorney general, ken paxton, is impeached by fellow republicans in the state house. texas congresswoman, jasmine calk, joins me live to talk about that and more. and, as sunday show first. republican presidential candidate, asa hutchison, joins me live. how does he plan to stand out in a crowded field still dominated by donald trump? i ll ask him. i m jonathan capehart, this is the sunday show. we begin with a deal of house speaker kevin mccarthy and president john biden reached an agreement after a three-month standoff that almost triggered a u.s. to fall. the tentative deal would boost the nation s borrowing limit for the next two years, until after the 2024 presidential election. there are no changes to medicaid, or biden s student debt relief bill. but, the deal does include work requirements for recipients of federal aid like snap. increasing the aid from 29 to 34 with the exception of veterans. this is a deal w
closing in, the special counsel appears to be wrapping up his investigation into donald trump s handling of classified documents as new details emerge about what was going on at mar-a-lago, just before the feds swept in. melissa murray and barbara mcqueen will explain the significance. and, all hail the queen of rock and roll, danielle smith is here to celebrate the life and legacy of tina turner. i m jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. congress is on memorial day recess, but negotiation teams from the white house and house republicans are hard at work trying to seal an agreement to raise the debt ceiling. all signs show that they are inching closer to a deal that would raise the limit on federal borrowing and avert and unprecedented, catastrophic default. treasury secretary janet yellen added new urgency to the negotiations, over the last few months, she has warned congress that the debt limit could be reached in early june, and potentially as early as june 1st.
and migrants in the city. with tens of thousands of migrants crowding into new york, its mayor is demanding help from washington. mayor eric adams joins me live to discuss what he wants from the president. i m jonathan capehart, this is the sunday show. president biden took to the world stage at the g7 in japan to stress problems at home. and to reaffirm his stance on debt ceiling negotiations as time continues to run out. it s time for republicans to accept that there is no bipartisan deal to be made solely on their partisan turns. they have to move as well. all four congressional leaders agree with me that the fault is not, let me say it, again the fault is not an option. i expect each of these leaders, excuse me, to live up to that commitment. the statement comes in response to house speaker kevin mccarthy drawing his own line in the sand on behalf of republicans less than 12 hours ago after negotiations failed to yield results yet again last night. i think we re gon
former new jersey governor chris christie. at the top of that list, it s florida governor ron desantis, the far-right culture warrior against abortion rights, the lgbt community, and disney. one of his states largest employers. desantis has said his term as governor will serve as a, quote, blueprint in his quest to remake america and florida s image. that would be more impressive if you were not losing an all out war with a cartoon mouse, but more on that later. donald trump may be a disgrace to twice impeached criminally indicted former president who fermented insurrection, and was recently found liable for sexual abuse and defamation, and is currently the subject of several federal and state investigations. but a new harvard capitalist poll shows none of that has hurt his standing with the republican base. joining me now, david jolly, the former republican congressman from florida who left the party in 2018, and michael steele, former chairman of the rnc, msnbc political an
, and, while officials, acknowledge the situation could still escalate reports from the border are of relative calm. that said, the tension facilities are overcapacity as policy decisions continue to play out in washington there is one thing that has not changed the drive and desperation of those making the journey to and across the border. under united states and international law, anyone who fears persecution in their home country can t come to the united states and seek refugee status. this image of a father carrying a baby in a suitcase as he wades across a river is emblematic of the border story. desperate people going to extremes for just a chance at a better life for their family. if you are in their place, wouldn t you do the same? on the base of the statue of liberty are the immortal words by ahmaud lazarus, give me your tired, your four, your huddled masses, your doesn t attaching to the promise of america s what has made this nation oblique into the world. these