right now on cnn this morning, new calls for the president to bow out part of the race coming from inside his own party. plus the hollywood a-listers, major biden fundraiser whose just turned his back on the president s campaign. plus ukraine s president in the house speaker meeting face-to-face for the first time all right. 5:00 a.m. here in washington, a live look at the capitol dome on this thursday morning. good morning, everyone. i m kasie hunt. it s wonderful to have you with us support for president biden s reelection. bid seems to be slipping. vermont s peter welch. now the first senate democrat to call on biden to step aside. he wrote this in an op-ed, quote, i understand why president biden wants to run he saved us from donald trump once, and wants to do it again but he needs to reassess whether he is the best candidate to do so. in my view, he is not for the good of the country. i m calling on president biden to withdraw from the race. welch s demand was one of t
in the auto industry, carlos ghosn expected to be fired today amid allegations of financial abuse and covering up some compensation he was reportedly arrested just a short time ago phil lebeau joins us on the squawk line with details phil andrew, this is huge news obviously stating what everybody can deduce for themselves. carlos ghosn is the chairman of the nissan renault group to put it in context, in terms of his influence, keep in mind that nissan renault is carlos ghosn and they are his company they march to his drum beat. the report that he has been arrested, that japanese authorities are investigating whether or not he misreported or underreported his compensation, those are details that we re still trying to determine this morning. there are reports that he has been fired or will be fired, the implications are enormous. he is not only the person who was the architect of putting together nissan and renault. if you go back to the early 90s, he is the man who served
special live coverage of the state of the union address tomorrow at eight on cnn it s wednesday, march 6, right now on cnn this morning approaches, end. they did that in their countries from where they came. they d be killed instantly. instantly. they wouldn t do that donald trump dominant on super tuesday pulling off in your sweep that could spell the end for nikki haley, president biden, hoping to drive home two key points when he delivers his state of the union address later this week, why he s fit for a second term and why donald trump is not and nikki haley still hanging on on foot for how long after seeing her hopes all but slip away on super tuesday all right. it is 05:00 a.m. here in washington. that is a live look at the lincoln memorial on this wednesday morning nikki haley had a rough night last night, donald trump. all but sweeping the primaries on super tuesday, although i will point out, nikki haley did have that slightly unexpected win. here in vermont. a
that elected us. and thes bing i can say or that i think can be said about the current deal on the debt ceiling is that it could have been much worse. that was republican senator mike lee and then independent senator bernie sanders sharing their pretty negative opinions on that debt ceiling deal, which is now headed to their chamber. we ll go through the tight time line the senate now has to get this bill to president biden s desk ahead of default. meanwhile, florida governor ron desantis is ramping up up his criticism of donald trump after taking heat from the former president for months, and that comes as two more prominent republicans are ready to jump into the 2024 race. we ll look at the impact chris christie and mike pence may have on the growing field. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, june 1st. we are in june. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning with a big deal on capitol hill. the house
clock to january 20, 2025, at high noon because on the west side of the u.s. capitol i will be taking the oath of office as the 47th president of the united states. no excuses, i will get the job done. well, that was one of the few moments where in you could actually hear ron desantis as he attempted to announce his presidential campaign last night on twitter spaces. we ll have much more from the glitch filled launch. also ahead there s still no deal on the debt ceiling, but a republican leader in the house told lawmakers they can go ahead and leave for memorial day even as the clock ticks. plus, he proudly put his feet up on a desk in nancy pelosi s office on january 6th, and now he s going to spend years in prison for his actions that day. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, may 25th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. ron desantis has officially entered the 2024 white house race, but what should have been a historic mo