Happening now in the newsroom, a heartbreaking loss for u. S. Womens soccer. Off the post sweden can win on this kick. Plus one on one with Donald Trumps lawyer who claims trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election were aspirational, not criminal. And lost at sea for two days in a boat only 12 feet long. Well show you the incredible rescue. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Hello again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me this sunday, im fredricka whitfield. Donald trumps lawyer doubling down that trump was within his First Amendment rights when he told former Vice President mike pence not to certify the election results. The Attorney Says it all boils down to the way he asked. And all of this played out in the open. Its all free speech. There was a Supreme Court decision that says when youre exercising free speech, youre not engaging in a fraud on the government. Unfortunately most people dont understand thats just one example of the actions. Its very political. Thats just one
child abuse material? i don t know if it was followed up on did you report the people that wanted it? victims? would you like to apologize for what you have done to these good people? [applause] todd: plus, should we ban hamas terrorists from entering the u.s.? seems like a no-brainer, not for sq squad members ilhan omar and upons cori bush. carley has the day off, i m todd piro. a response the white house says could last weeks. lucas tomlinson has the latest. lucas: four days since the drone attack that killed three soldiers. 14 have not returned to duty and three had to be flown to germany, one is in critical condition. u.s. forces have been attacked more than 160 times. here is john kirby at the white house. we believe the plan was the islamic resistance in iraq. we have obligations to our troops and those attacks have taken the lives of three of them. we will have to do, we will do what we need to do to make sure those responsible are held accountable. lucas
we begin tonight with breaking news straight from capitol hill. we are getting word that the white house and house republicans are getting closer to a deal to raise the debt ceiling. one week before the u.s. runs out of money. what do we know right now about where the deal stands between kevin mccarthy, house republicans and the white house? i think we should caveat by saying nothing has been agreed upon yet. nothing has been finalized. they are moving closer to a deal. we have seen progress over the last 12 hours, particularly on the spending issue. that s been something that has been really bedevilling the talks. they started floating the idea of a potential compromise that both sides could try to claim as essentially a win. one of the things they are discussing is raising the debt ceiling for two years, which would be longer than what house republicans had proposed in their debt ceiling plan in the house. then instituting spending caps for two years. caps on federal spen
abby, i think we should caveat by saying nothing that we have nothing has been finalized. they are moving closer to a deal. we have seen some progress over the last few 12 hours, particularly on the spending issue. that is as something that has been really bedeviling the talks. but they started at least floating the idea of a potential compromise that both sides could try to claim as a win. one of the things they are discussing is raising the debt ceiling for two years, which would be longer than what wrote republicans have been proposing in their debt ceiling plan, and then instituting spending caps for two years. so caps on federal spending levels. they have not agreed on those numbers for the spending caps, but one of the emerging compromises here is the idea that they would spare pentagon funding. so, it would spare specific domestic programs so that democrats can say, we actually didn t cut certain things. other programs would see some cuts, which republicans couldn
loosened the rules, plus how the collapse is turning into another culture war. then, michael cohen testifie in front of a grand jury settling his - refusing to do what it could mean for prosecutors. running mates, turned politica rivals donald trump and mike pence go head to head over january 6th. the wind up to 2024 as the 11t hour gets underway, on thi monday night here we go good evening, once again, i stephanie ruhle. normally i start this progra giving you an overview of th most important stories of th day. but tonight, there s only on story. it is all about banking, money government, and politics it is exactly what we cove here every night joining me to dig into all o it, my nbc colleagues, jak ward, shannon petty. former wall street banke turned journalist, my friend bill cohen,. before we get into it, let s remind our audience of how w got there. silicon valley bank i, the preeminent bank in the valle for tech it s where all the start o stood their business in many c