speaker told reporters that they re not close to a deal at this point. are you concerned about timing at this point in. look, i think everybody needs to relax. regardless of what may be said about the talks on a day-to-day basis, the president and the speaker will reach an agreement, it will be passed on a bipartisan vote in both the house and the gnat. live look at capitol hill, it s 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. and that was senate minority leader mitch mcconnell trying to calm fears about a u.s. default. we ll have the latest in the negotiations over the deceiling. plus, florida governor desantis chooses an unusual platform for launching his presidential campaign. we ll get into that, that has definitely never been done before and another southern state passes an extreme abortion bill despite bipartisan efforts to block it. we ll also have new reporting on the status of the mar-a-lago classified documents investigation, which some legal experts feel is the strongest leg
and new hope in saving off the debt default. and disney now scrapping plans for a new billion dollar campus in florida. did the war with ron desantis have anything to do with it. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. happy friday. i m christine romans. we begin with president biden and other world leaders unveiling tough new sanctions against russia at the g7 summit in japan. and they will be joined by president zelenskyy making a surprise trip halfway around the world to speak at the g7 in person kevin liptak is live on the ground. what more do we know? reporter: a source telling me that the ukrainian president zelenskyy will be making his way here. and i ve been told that that will be on sunday that he is meeting face-to-face with these other world leaders. and certainly he wouldn t be making this dramatic visit if he didn t think that there was something real to be gained in meeting these leaders face-to-face. certainly he will be making t
already ramping up its assault tonight. plus, a major update to a story we ve been following. the fbi now investigating congressman george santos for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars meant to help a veteran s dying dog. this is the $17,000 that sontose claims he spent in florida reportedly doesn t add up either. hunter biden s attorneys now calling for a criminal investigation into rudy giuliani and others over the laptop found at a delaware computer repair shop. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, half a million more russian fighters. that s what ukraine is bracing for tonight, 500,000 more russians and a major onslaught. here s ukraine s defense minister with the chilling warning. translator: officially, they announced 300,000. but when we see the troops at the borders, according to our estimates, it is much more. we think that they have already mobilized 500,000. 500,000. it sounds huge on an absolute basis, and if it pans out, it is huge. just to give y
pence, justice department wants a word. first he has been subpoenaed in the january 6th investigation. and second, the fbi discovered another classified document at the former cheapie s indiana home. we will have a legal analysis and reaction from democratic congressman, jim clyburn. plus, we have the latest from an turkey. after a massive earthquake rocked the country and neighboring syria. over 25,000 people have died, and rescue hopes are dwindling. i am simone sanders thompson and i have something to say. at this hour we are following breaking stories that have changed in the last 24 hours. we have the latest twists and turns for you. start with new developments in a separate justice departments investigations. first on the classified argument was discovered and former vice president indiana home after a five hour search. it was the latest drop in a steady stream of classify discoveries that have spanned multiple administrations. although, it seems to be only one person h
inflation rose steadily after biden took office. some say his agenda does not reflect economic reality. biden is blaming saudi opec when all he has to do is unleash projection, a novel thought. biden says inflation is coming down but his spending keeps going up. the president thinks he can spend and spend money that fuels inflation and there is no cost to it. it is like running the drain at the same time you have the bathtub on. it is not going to work. what s really scary is president biden thinks this is all great. i don t know what country he is living in but it is not mine. dana: peter doocy is traveling with the president in california. it s early there. what does president biden think is bringing costs down. you were with him all day yesterday. he is arguing this bill he signed almost exactly two months ago, august 16th, has been bringing prices down since. president biden: overall inflation was 2% over the last three months. that s down from 11% over the prio