anything, that is why i m so concerned. default must be taken off the table. i predict you will see things that you don t even believe, the level of corruption. the fbi moved quickly to investigate the allegations of connections of collusion between the trump campaign and russia and that they did so by ignoring a lot of evidence. i think the party has developed a culture of losing. governor desantis is the mos electable most conservative who can win the general election and govern effectively. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is tuesday, may 16, 4:00 a.m. in washington where in the coming hours u.s. president biden will meet with top congressional leaders at the white house to once again try to increase an increase in the u.s. debt ceiling. a deal has to be reached by june 1 to avoid defaulting. but with the current stalemate americans are starting to get nervous. i get calls about the debt ceiling now more so than
c confirmed could happen as soon as june 1. manu raju has the latest. reporter: speaker kevin mccarthy has been pessimistic as talks have occurred on the staff level the past week to try to avoid the nation s first ever debt default. the white house has resisted calling for the national debt limit which is more than $31 trillion to be raised without any conditions whatsoever to avoid the prospects of the u.s. not being able to pay its bills. the house did pass a bill that included a host of priorities that democrats say is dead on arrival. so there is not much time left. in order to get a deal by that june 1 potential deadline to avoid the default, default could occur in the first couple weeks of june according to the treasury department or as soon as june 1. but he spoke to reporters on monday, and mccarthy made clear there is a long way to go. the way the president has ignored it for 100 days and he still hasn t taken it serious. reporter: even if they would to get a
Right now on early start, time and money both running out as direct talks on the debt limit resume in person today. plus russia launches drones and missiles at ukraine s capital as intelligence suggests moscow may not have the fire pow forelar er for large scale attacks. and the john durham report is here. does it deliver the goods for the gop. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. in just hours president biden is set to meet for the second time with the four top leaders in congress. they are trying to avoid having the federal government default on its bills which yellen owing