desantis in the white house? new evidence that the governor s willing to test that theory as he gears up to announce his presidential run. if you re not worried about the potential for a catastrophic debt default two weeks from now, the white house has a message for you. right now vice president kamala harris is trying to make their case to the public with the goal of pressuring republicans into making a deal. the latest on that, plus a live report from japan and the latest remarks from top administration officials on where the talks go from here. plus, why a house vote to punish admitted liar and federal fraud suspect george santos may ultimately help the new york republican s chances of staying in office. we ll explain that coming up. but we start in florida as nbc news learns that governor ron desantis will officially announce that he s running for president next week as we watch him try to super charge his campaign by harnessing the powers of the culture wars incl
kristen, we just heard from the vice president, kamala harris, on the debt ceiling. she was talking i think it was a zoom call to, you know, folks who have a big stake in this, and she of course called it a critical issue, but emphasized it s not an abstract policy debate. what role is she playing in these talks? you re absolutely right on that call with stakeholders, chris, she really tried to stressed urgency of this debt limit crisis. she s basically sitting in for the president who, of course, is here overseas, and she s underscoring, i think, the fact that the heavy hitters are now in the room, exactly what we heard garrett just talking about. the fact that you have shalanda young, the omb director, steve ra shet tee, one of the president s longest serving advisers in the room trying to get this over the finish line. there are a number of key sticking points. you heard the president crack the door open slightly, the slight possibility that he could potentially find some common g