whether it s a mental illness or not having enough food, these are just not intractable problems in the least. they are uniquely exacerbated in the united states as it relates to developed countries. but absolutely solvable problems. especially here in new york city. a city awash in wealth. that s right. among a very few number of households. i appreciate that you are staying on top of. it thanks alex, have a great weekend. thanks ali, have a great show. the validity of the public debt of the united states shall not be questioned. that is america s constitutional mandate. and who in the current negotiations between president biden and kevin mccarthy appears to be violating that? who really knows what s going on with the white house negotiations with kevin mccarthy ten days before a potential default date. here s the update. talks briefly resume tonight with no progress after republican negotiators abruptly left a meeting with the biden administration officials t
president biden gives ukraine s fighters a sky high advantage. we have ukraine s back. but after scrapping part of his world trip for debt ceiling talks, is the u.s. on shaky ground on the world stage? national security adviser jake sullivan joins me exclusively from japan. plus go time. president trump readies himself for his biggest gop challenger yet. it is easy to be a front-runner and harder to dig in. reporter: as the field expands will any crack trump s hold on the party? hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is kareening toward the edge of an economic cliff with 11 days until the moment the u.s. government could run out of money to pay its bills according to the treasury secretary. president biden just told reporters he cannot guarantee the u.s. will not default and the same message came from the top house republican negotiator just hours before. it is the only thing the sides seem to agree on in addition to blaming the other si
briefly resume tonight with no progress after republican negotiators abruptly left the meeting with officials this morning saying that they needed to quote, press pause, and quote. calling the talks not productive. the republicans exit was widely seen, not as an order from the speaker, kevin mccarthy, but rather as kevin mccarthy taking marching orders from the chaos caucus. otherwise known as the house freedom caucus. and it s spiritual leader, donald trump. who said today, quote, republicans should not make a deal on the debt ceiling unless they get everything they want, including the kitchen sink. that s the way democrats have always dealt with us, do not fold. exclamation, exclamation, exclamation. and quote. that the chaos of kevin mccarthy s speakership taught us anything, it s that kevin mccarthy does not control his caucus. and now those hard-liners who one unknown concessions from mccarthy to make and the speaker, seemed to be calling the shots. a source familiar wit
including line reminding him to thank the japanese prime minister for hosting him. todd: reminder to thank the audience for joining us on friday morning, i m todd piro. ashley: i m ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. clock ticks toward default, which could throw our country into recession and upset the global economy. the president says negotiating teams are making progress and he is confident they will come to a bipartisan agreement before the deadline. alexandria hoff has more. alexandria: the president did receive a briefing this morning from his negotiating team on capitol hill. steady progress is being made and he asked the team to keep pushing forward. house democrats are concerned about what an agreement might look like. on wednesday, they introduced procedural resolution that would allow members to force a vote to raise the debt ceiling. hakeem jeffries wrote to colleagues, given the impended june 1 deadline, it is important all options are pursued in the ev
for its brutal aggression. the white house is being briefed on the debt ceiling negotiations back home. i will speak to a senate democrat leading the push for the president to bypass congress and raise the debt ceiling by invoking the 14th amendment. this hour, desantis versus trump. dueling positions on abortion, as the florida governor prepares to jump into the race as early as next week and signs four more bills positioning himself to the right in the culture wars. rising tensions over immigration boiling over far from the border. cities like new york run out of space to house migrants being sent north. it has overwhelmed our system. 65,000 people are coming to the city. a week and a half ago, we had 4,200. in one day, we had 900. the numbers are unbelievable when you think about it. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. president biden is balancing major domestic and foreign policy challenges while on the other side of the world. in japan today,