and lots of questions to answer, so let s get started. deal or no deal. congress leaves d.c. for the memorial day weekend without reaching a deal to avoid disastrous debt default for the first time in u.s. history, we are live on capitol hill with a new deadline, giving lawmakers a little bit more time to reach an agreement. plus, stumbling start, and unforgettable, maybe forgettable, launch for florida governor ron desantis s presidential campaign rollout on twitter. what we can expect from his campaign, plus the new exclusive nbc news reporting that desantis administration is actually hitting of lobbyists for campaign cash. later, travel at your own risk. the naacp issues a blistering formal travel advisory for the state of florida, saying it s, quote, hostile for black americans. president of the day naacp joins us live to weigh in on this rare rebuke. ahead. and a good saturday morning to you all, i am katie phang, we re going to start today s show with the nation teeteri
we ll get it fixed and get it fixed properly in two years. but we re going to get it fixed and fixed properly. we ll get it fixed in two years. all right. he s going to get it fixed in two years. two years. wait, but he had a chance to fix it in 2017. what did he do? well, he called the debt ceiling sacred. and 18, 19. then he urged a default. now, donald trump is back in the mushy middle, promising a big fix down the road. you know, like infrastructure, health care, and a border wall. yeah. meanwhile, ron desantis continues de-santis. i think you should. really. if i say it, you should do it, okay? willie, mika wants me to change the pronunciation of my name to joe subaru. or brzezinski. joe subaru. it s been scarborough, like, my whole life. yeah. subaru, joe subaru. iramping up for a campaign, maybe it s time for a rebrand. people love a good subaru, reliable automobile. great family car. it is odd, i have to say, that the desant
and a moderator. he praised each other and bashed the mainstream media. no shortage of hit pieces on you in the press over the last week or two. i thinks this is a function of these, the legacy media, these corporate journal they re in their little bubble. i saw a headline from the atlantic basically claiming that anyone who listens to this space on twitter basically a nazi. howard: but by then they d lost half their audience, so why did ron desantis roll the dice on twitter not blowing up like a spacex rocket? he s hardly a big fan of the mainstream media and not a great can orator, so he made the digital bet. the coverage of musk, who s been hated by left-wingers and admired by right-wingers. i mean, look at in this disgusting vanity fair headline, ron desantis the will formally announce with elon miss you can because apparently david duke wasn t available. i m howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. howard: ahead, finally a debt ceiling deal, but is the press t
closing in, the special counsel appears to be wrapping up his investigation into donald trump s handling of classified documents as new details emerge about what was going on at mar-a-lago, just before the feds swept in. melissa murray and barbara mcqueen will explain the significance. and, all hail the queen of rock and roll, danielle smith is here to celebrate the life and legacy of tina turner. i m jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. congress is on memorial day recess, but negotiation teams from the white house and house republicans are hard at work trying to seal an agreement to raise the debt ceiling. all signs show that they are inching closer to a deal that would raise the limit on federal borrowing and avert and unprecedented, catastrophic default. treasury secretary janet yellen added new urgency to the negotiations, over the last few months, she has warned congress that the debt limit could be reached in early june, and potentially as early as june 1st.
a federal judge has ordered the massachusetts air national guardsman accused of leaking classified documents to be held behind bars until his trial. mourners packed into a new york city church today for the funeral jordan neely. all of us have the right to live. more than 15 million are on alert for severe storms across the southern plains today. watch for some hail, as well as the heavy downpours, the lightning, and can t rule out even an isolated tornado or two. james: remembering jim brown. the iconic football player, actor, and civil rights activist has died at the age of 87. he helps everybody. that is what he is known for. meet gravedigger allen mccloskey. allen has been at this job since 1952. what was your hardest one? my wife. how did you get through that? i figured she d want me to do it. james: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this friday night. i m james brown, in for norah. and we begin tonight with