that case in just a moment. also on capitol hill republicans and democrats are sticking to their demands on the debt ceiling despite a fast approaching deadline. we ll look at the fall back options being discussed at the white house. and the latest from donald trump s civil rape trial as jurors yesterday watched more of the former president s video deposition. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, may 5th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we ll begin with the scramble to avoid a first ever government default. with the clock ticking both republicans and democrats are still refusing to budge when it comes to debt ceiling negotiations. according to new reporting in the wall street journal the white house is weighing potential fall back options. people familiar with the matter tell the newspaper administration officials and lawmakers are considering alternatives like a short-term increase in the borrowing limit that would buy them time to f
i ll see you on velshi this weekend. the 11th hour begins right now. tonight. three weeks away from the midterms. president biden makes a new push to get voters to the polls. from the publicans that stoke fears but offer no solutions. plus, the twice impeached former president likely hours away from getting a subpoena from the january 6th committee. and we go inside the ultra right movement and its push to win over young voters. how a young democrat fights for his political life in the midwest. as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. with only 21 days until the election and with his party s congressional majority in jeopardy, president biden is making a full court press to get out to vote. today, he raised the stakes for the midterms promising to legalize abortion if democrats can keep their majorities in congress. come this november, we are going to see what happens all over america. if you care about the right
all republicans do fears but offer no solutions. plus, the twice impeached former president likely hours away from getting a subpoena from the january 6th committee. and we go inside the ultra right movement and its push to win over young voters. well a young democrat fights for his political life in the midwest. as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. with only 21 days until the election and with his party s congressional majority in jeopardy, president biden is making a full court press to get out to vote. today, he raised the stakes for the midterms promising to legalize abortion if democrats can keep their majorities in congress. come this november, we are going to see what happens all over america. if you care about the right to choose, then you got to vote. that s why in these midterm elections are so critical, to elect more democratic senators to the senate and, more democrats keep control of the night sta
default on this debt they d likely be blamed by the public for it. so the question is is there something to be done on the overall spending limits and budget caps to be done? i mean those are going to be the three things to be watching in the next week or so. is there any movement there, or do the camps just continue tostay in their hard line places? then things get a little more dicy i think as we get closer to this deadline that s in less than a month. the white house is concerned at least at this moment we ll be talking to you a lot in the weeks ahead about this. thank you for joining us today, co-founder of punch bowl news anna palmer. after months in the courtroom a jury has convicted five members of the far right group the proud boys of serious felonies relating to the january 6th attack on the capitol. nbc news justice and
perplexing. where is the beef? indicating that they are not making their case. that privilege attaches to any of these documents. as carol says, it s not only a bad fact but it is a bad day for a lawyer when a federal judge looks at your arguments and says, where is the beef? carol, in another courtroom a jury acquitted the source of the infamous steele dossier in the russia investigation. this was trump s big case that was going to prove the deep state was real, it was out to get him. is all of this finally over? i don t know that it will ever be over for donald j trump. it appears to be over for mr. durham. with all the fanfare that was made, by both by him and by former attorney general bill barr, and ultimately fanned an exaggerated by don trump when he was in the presidency, all these claims that we re going to find out how the dossier was