$2.1 trillion we ve ever had. if i can parrot to when republicans were in the majority when they had the house, the senate and everything, they didn t cut anything. that s house speaker kevin mccarthy defending the debt limit agreement hours before the bill barely cleared a republican led house committee. we ll have a look at where the vote count stands in the full house as lawmakers from both parties continue to criticize the bill. also ahead, we re learning more about what was reportedly happening inside mar-a-lago as the justice department ramped up the pressure on donald trump to turn over classified documents. plus we ll have an update from eastern europe following another drone strike inside russian territory. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 31st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning on capitol hill where the house rules committee voted in favor of advancing the debt ceiling bill to a
make. and we ll be the first time something like this is happening on social media. with real-time questions and answers. not scripted. yeah, he will become the seventh declared candidate following tim scott, who is facing new racially charged attacks on his bid. here s the view doubling town today. he s like clarence thomas, black republican who believes in pulling himself by your bootstrap rather understanding the systemic race as that african americans face. he doesn t get it. neither does clarence. that s why they re republicans. tim scott responded just a short time ago. quaking in their boots. when an african american conservative that believes in the future of this nation stands up to be counted, they push back. that s a good sign we re on the right message. let s bring in tomi lahren, host of tomi lahren is fearless on outkick.com and juan williams. juan, to you first. i want your thoughts on ron desantis jumping in the race, the timing, the format. elon
but i rainian-backed malitia groups. these attacks must stop. it can announce the decision to deploy an additional 300 troops to the u.s. central command region from home stations in the continental united states. these additional troops will provide communications and other support enablers for forces already in the region. neil: under fire, but not israeli troops. try american ones. iranian backed proxies targeting u.s. forces in the middle east. in a moment, republican presidential candidate ron desantis on what the u.s. should do. former vice presidential candidate joe lieberman on what the u.s. and the world should do. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. first to rich edson at the pentagon with more on these latest attacks and how we re responding. rich? good afternoon, neil. the pentagon says they re putting more munitions, more people, more troops in to the region. the 300 you just heard announced there is on top of the 900 the pentagon announced were heading th
Governor, and so it kind of distinguishes himself from the rest of the pack as well because as we know a lot of the other 2024 candidates are unwilling to even go after trump virtually at all. and so i think their thinking here is let s use the media. they re going to ask about trump, it will allow us to rerespond to these attacks. and then when we get out and talk to iowa voters, iowa voters are little bit more unpredictable. we don t know how they re going to react to some of these harsher jabs against trump so we re going to focus on biden. certainly desantis still perceived by many to be the most viable trump alternative but has a lot of extreme positions on his record that may be tough in a 2024 general election. politics reporter for semifore shelby live for us in iowa. up next we ll go live to cnbc for a look at what s driving wall street. we ll be back with that. iving w. we ll be back with that. power s easy-to-use tools
Involved in a disputed confrontation with photo journalists that were following them through new york city. a speaks person for the couple called it a near catastrophic car chase while one of the cab drivers said there wasn t a chase and he personally wasn t scared. this is really serious. they make a lot of claims about the intrusion in their lives and the stress and trauma this causes and the danger this causes perhaps to themselves and to others. now, one thing to keep in mind, gun laws are different in the u.k. than they are in the u.s. but the former met police officers that i spoke with said if there was some sort of specific threat on the lives of harry or his family, they would adjust and rerespond accordingly. trace: i love the royals asking the photographers to give them their pictures. they said that s not how we do things in america. nope. first amendment.