with way too early. yasmin vossoughian picks up our coverage now. good morning. on this memorial day, i m yasmin vossoughian. at this hour we re breaking down everything we know about tentative deal between the white house and the republicans on capitol hill to raise the debt ceiling, avoiding what would have been a cats trovg debt default. in iowa, crews are frantically searching for survivors when a six-story apartment building partially collapsed after residents reportedly complained about the state of the structure. over in ukraine, new explosions in the capital city after another brutal round of russian drone attacks. we ll bring you a live report from the capital city of kyiv. also, on this memorial day, tens of millions of americans returning home as the long weekend comes to a close. we ll bring you what you can expect on the roads on one of the busiest travel days of the year. hey, everybody. good to see you. we re going to begin with a critical breakthrough in
classified documents case. evidence that paints a potentially damning portrait of efforts by the expresident in the expresident s push to retrieve important and sensitive security documents from that washington post report, quote, two of donald trump s employees moved boxes of papers the day before fbi agents and a prosecutor visited the former president s florida home to retrieve classified documents in response to a subpoena. timing that investigators have come to view as suspicious, and an indication of possible obstruction. according to people familiar with the matter. trump and his aides allegedly carried out a dress rehearsal for moving sensitive papers, even before his office received the may 2022 subpoena. that is according to people familiar with the matter who spoke anonymously to describe a sensitive ongoing investigation. the washington post has new details on a question that has loomed over the entire investigation. what did donald trump do with his trove of
before the u.s. defaults. not everyone is confident a deal can be reached, with at least one top republican negotiator warning a deal could come together as soon as today or fall apart entirely. what is the mood on capitol hill right now? reporter: good afternoon. the mood is more optimistic than we ve heard in days. negotiators here this morning are saying they think they re closing in on a deal and really it s all about having an agreement on the agreement and hashing out the remaining sticking points, which we re told are on work requirements and spending caps. we heard speaker mccarthy came to the capitol shortly before 10:30 a.m. this morning. he says he feels more confident than he has and they ve made progress, but some sticking points remain. i asked him if he thinks he would be able to get his full conference behind whatever deal they re able to strike, and he said he does think that will happen. he also said he thinks a deal could potentially come together as earl
room one day before a doj official came for the classified documents. the worker was reportedly helping trump val l.a. matt nauda move the boxes but didn t know what was inside of them. nbc has yet to confirm that account. it comes on the heels of a similar the washington post report which says workers allegedly carried out a, quote, dress rehearsal for moving sensitive papers his office received a may 2022 subpoena. and more shocking details from that report reveal trump showed those classified documents to other people. quote, prosecutors have gathered evidence that trump at times kept classified documents in his office in a place where they were visible and sometimes showed them to others. trump has insisted he s done no wrong. i have every right to under the presidential records act. you have the presidential records act. i was there and i took what i took and it gets declassified. i took the documents i m allowed to. but reports indicate special counsel jack smith
the deadline to avoid an economic catastrophe. they appear to be inching toward a deal as the clock winds down. we re keeping an eye on the roads and in the air, with memorial day travel rush under way. this weekend could be one for the history books. new reporting about what allegedly happened the day before the fbi showed up to former president trump s estate looking for classified documents. in rome, 24 hours after pope francis tells telemundo his health is improving, he s sick again. we have details. and thousands of little girls across the country line up to see the new little mermaid movie with a new take on arielle. people aren t perfect. they re different. so, i think this one is mostly like, she s different. and we begin with what could be encouraging signs in efforts to raise the nation s debt limit and avoid a potential economic catastrophe. white house and republican negotiators are said to be inching closer to an agreement with just days left until th