House correspondent, Weekend Today cohost Peter Alexander, Garrett Haake on capitol hill, brendan buck, former Senior Adviser to house speakers paul ryan and john boehner, and former Maryland Democratic congresswoman Debra Everets and former senator claire mccaskill. Peter first to you. Lets start with the covid Relief Package. The white house releasing a statement after that monday meaning with republicans saying the president is open to reconciliation, but the republicans are in the conversation. So where do we stand . Are democrats on the Progressive Side getting nervous hell compromise too much, or are all saying hell go big even if it means going it alone . Reporter when everybody was said and done last night, it was clear President Biden, this white house wasnt really giving much ground here. They say that the meeting was substantive and productive but at the end of the day he said they had to meet this moment. The decision is whether to go big and go it alone or scale back this
and arizona, and one month after pennsylvania voters go to the ballot boxes. the trial, of course, involving 34 felony counts related to the stormy daniels hush money case. trump has pleaded not guilty in that case. also tonight, florida governor ron desantis will announce his candidacy tomorrow in a rather unconventional way, appearing in a live conversation on twitter with elon musk. we are getting word donald trump and his allies are making plans to offend that announcement. maggie haberman will join us in a moment. just a reminder of how wide open and unpredictable these races are, take a look at the republican primary polls from this month back in 2015. marco rubio and jeb bush both led the pack. donald trump, he stood at 3%, tied with george pataki, and speaking of polls, fast forward to right now. you see the numbers show that republicans, they smell blood. president biden s approval rating just hit 40%. the lowest number since last summer. it s also lower than trump s
exports via the black sea for another two months. the existing deal was arranged last july to tackle a global food crisis caused by russia s invasion of ukraine one of the world s top grain exporters. it was due to expire today, thursday. arnaud petit, executive director of the international grains council says the extension is vital for many countries food security. you re right, it is very important to have this extension, particularly for north african, sub saharan african countries, which would import much more grains that we have seen in the past season, so really it s good news for them that they can already plan some buying contract with producers in ukraine and also in russia. and important, as you say, about russia because there maybe is a tendency to think that russia is just blocking those exports from ukraine, but this is also good news for russia, isn t it? indeed, both ukraine and russia exported 70 million tonnes of wheat during the current season and we ex
five people including a nine-year-old boy. the u.s. sending hundreds of additional troops to its southern border, in anticipation of a massive surge of migrants. and, b day in the u.s. debt crisis could come as soon as june 1st. with days standing for default. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. a four-day manhunt. for the suspect in the fatal shooting of five people including a mother and her nine-year-old son in texas was arrested tuesday evening. authorities say that 38 francisco oropeza was found hiding in a closet under some laundry at home just miles from the house where the killings took place. oropeza is being held on five counts of murder with bonds set at $5 million. and, will appear in court in the coming hours. and, because he is a mexican national, the mexican consulate will be notified. cnn s josh campbell has details. a major development, in southeast texas, authorities announcing tuesday the arrest of the man accused of brutally
you, i m abby philip in new york. with the political heavyweights ready to go, we are following the key races across the country and the big names rallying behind candidates who could shift the balance of power in washington. let us start in the state of florida where the president is headed today. cnn s jeremy diamond is out there for us. so president biden is bringing a new message, the extreme maga republicans to florida, but privately his aides are telling you and our other colleagues that this is not necessarily about making these two races, the senate and the gubernatorial races competitive this fall. reporter: a spoke with democratic strategists who say they do not have high hopes that the president s visit will shift a race that appears to be heading in the governor s race and in the senate race in republicans direction but a week from election day we are very much in the closing argument phase of this election and the president s advisers have told me that they se