at the white house with more on this. good afternoon, mark. good afternoon. we expect the meeting to begin any moment now. as you mentioned, top congressional leaders talking about the debt ceiling. we re going to get video from inside the oval office with the president sitting down with the leaders, listening to remarks before the meeting. the president, the vice president, speaker mccarthy and schumer and mcconnell. the biden administration has urged congress to raise the debt ceiling as soon as possible warning any delay could hurt the u.s. economy. the white house once again urged congress to act now and negotiate spending later. we are right now having a conversation negotiating on the budget. that s what the president has been very clear about. we want to go back to regular order and talk about appropriations. and we ve been very clear that the debt limit needs to be taken care of. congress needs to do their constitutional duty. republicans who control the house o
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morning. it is april 15th. i m victor blackwell. merrill walker. thank you so much for spending part of your day with us. um how s it going? move here . you know what i have in my mind right now is when we re getting that invite to your place once your bar is all built out, is being built out. the bottles have not yet arrived from storage. but it s coming. it s coming. haven t arrived yet. no invitation just come and look at the shelves. okay it s coming. sure i m sure the shelves are beautiful. here s what we re watching this morning. this is not just about taking home documents. a 21 year old air man charged in connection with the leak of classified documents appeared in front of a federal judge friday . what we re learning about him and the questions being raised about who should have access to classified information. president biden is weighing in on the supreme court s decision to temporarily extend access to an abortion drug while it considers the case the next steps in
Bermuda. Four years since the killing of george floyd, in our next hour, a look at how much has not changed. Plus, he sure likes his papers. In moments, what to make of all those stacks of printouts Donald Trump Holds when he speaks to reporters. A good day to all of you from msnbc World Headquarters here in new york. Welcome everyone to alex witt reports. Begin with President Joe Biden wrapping up his Commencement Address to the u. S. Military academy in west point, new york, with a promise to keep american soldiers out of the war in ukraine. Theres never been a time in history where weve asked our military to do so many Different Things in so many different places around the world, all at the same time. There are no american soldiers in the war in ukraine. Im determined to keep it that way. But we are standing strong with ukraine and we will stand with them. And Breaking News in Donald Trumps classified documents case, Special Counselor jack smith is calling out trumps claims that fb
Lifestyle. Also ahead, the starstudded event with an obama cameo. How a state dinner for kenya became a showcase for the allies who President Biden is keeping close during the heat of the campaign season. Plus, they were bitter rivals, but is donald trump warming to the thought of nikki haley on his team . Also could he be reading too much into her comment that she would vote for him. And the Memorial Day Rush is on. What you need to know if youre planning to skip town for the weekend. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments. We begin with nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian on that hearing for hunter biden. Just got a slew of rulings from the judge about what can and cannot be referenced at trial. What can you tell us as this wraps up . Reporter thats right, chris. The hearing does appear to be over now, and the judge worked through a series of motions by the prosecution and the defense to admit or deny certain evidence. This is a w