, everyone i m yasmin vossoughian on a very busy saturday afternoon. it s down to the wire as negotiators say they are very close to a deal on the debt ceiling, as talks continue right now. i feel closer to agreement now than i did last time before i couldn t see progress. but this is not easy. but that since [inaudible] i am cautiously optimistic a deal will be negotiated and the default will be averted, and congress will be called back into session next week. but there s nothing to celebrate here. this is purely a self inflicted wounds. we re also keeping an eye on the rare side of the house hearing in texas as well, considering the impeachment of state attorney general, ken paxton. and its fellow republicans leading the charge against him. we also have new information about donald trump on tape. part of the evidence against him in a manhattan d.a. s investigation, and it is, everybody, as you all well know, memorial day weekend. the unofficial start of summer. we re
unflinchingly answered the call to protect and their duty to serve. we have had enough gun violence in louisville. we have had enough gun violence in our country. asking for specific relief to stop interfering with the criminal investigation. republicans believe that alvin bragg was doing this for audit of pure political motivation. they knew what was going on. they always was a step ahead. work like they re never gonna find us like this because they didn t deserve that. none of us none of us deserved it. live from london. this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, april 12th nine am here in london, four am in louisville, kentucky, whether police have released bodycam video showing their offices quick response to monday s deadly mass shooting at a bank. the 25 year old gunmen, an employee of the bank opened fire, killing five people and wounding eight others. please dispatch audio reveals the gunman left a voicemail to his friend saying he was go
annoying. i just strongly believe you have to follow the law. alex, the mayor has continued to express his support, but we have says nothing wrong, again, at this point, he has not been accused of any wrongdoing. no charges have been filed. alex? okay, thanks for both of those points as well. george police, appreciate that. there s a lot of ground to cover in this next hour for you. first, up donald trump s testimony in court. did he help the prosecution instead of himself? you re going to hear from a courtroom insider. plus, what if trump wins the election? a chilling new article about what could come next. plus, my election officials are on high alert, and whether it is this is a new normal. as i bid you all a very good day from msnbc world headquarters in new york, welcome to alex witt reports. drama on capitol hill this afternoon, as house republicans will hold a meeting in an effort to avoid a looming government shutdown. the details of the gop funding plans
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to the complications in investigating something like this and trying to figure out the motive behind it, or in lieberman, cnn at the pentagon. us president joe biden has spoken with the parents of evan gush covic, the wall street journal reporter arrested in russia last month on espionage charges. the phone call happened tuesday as the president flew to northern ireland. the white house says that it s committed to getting gushy. it s released as well as paul whelan, another american who has been held in russia for years. the family of gush kovic issued a statement which reads. we re encouraged that the state department has officially designated evan is wrongfully detained. we appreciate president biden s call to us today, assuring us that the u. s government is doing everything in its power to bring him home as quickly as possible. w n b a style brittany greiner is writing a memoir about her detention in russia. the book will cover grinders 10 month ordeal, including her arrest, trial