appreciate your company. coming up on i do cnn newsroom, close put no white smoke. that s how one republican describes negotiations on the u.s. debt ceiling. ukraine assessing the damage after one of russia s deadliest attacks in recent days targets a hospital. people flocking to a u.s. monastery where a nun s body appears to show no signs of decay nearly four years after she died . a flurry of activity on capitol hill as the white house and republicans race to finalize a deal to raise the u.s. borrowing limit, called the debt ceiling, and avert financial catastrophe. a person familiar with the negotiations tells cnn they re hoping to announce an agreement perhaps as soon as saturday. jeremy diamond is at the white house with more on where things stand. reporter: as the white house and republican lawmakers continue negotiating on friday over a potential deal to raise the debt ceiling and cap spending, president biden on friday sounding downright optimistic about th
no problem coming out and lying the world. we just saw that with this chinese spy balloon. it s the nature of a communist dictatorship to lie to their own people, to lie to the world. that s republican senator dan sullivan of alaska responding to a new report from the energy department on the origins of covid. we ll take you through the latest developments in just a moment. plus, ukraine says it needs more fighter jets as the war entered its second year, but the pentagon and president biden do not appear ready yet to make that commitment. and meanwhile, the first lady seems to give away the president s plans for 2024. we ll show you what she said. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, february 27th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll start with the new report on the positives of co-vichltd according two sources with direct knowledge of the matter, the federal energy department says it has, quote, low confidence th
crime was committed. so, this is a very big deal. make no mistake about it. former president trump has already blasted the move, claiming, as he often does, political persecution and a witch hunt. in a statement released tonight, he says, quote, these are dark times for our nation, as my beautiful home, mar-a-lago in palm beach, florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of fbi agents. nothing like this has ever happened to a president of the united states before. after working and cooperating with the government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate. such an assault would only take place in broken third world countries. they even broke into my safe. cnn has learned donald trump was not in florida when the fbi closed in on his home. he was at trump tower here in new york city. i am joined now by cnn political analyst matt haberman, a cnn political correspondent for the new york times, and author of the up
both parties chart a course for the november midterms. plus we have the latest on the ground in pennsylvania. as the republican senate candidates battle for control of the vote count in a raiser tight race that is heading for a recount. and breaking just last hour, nbc news confirms that the fbi has been investigating an apparent plot by an ohio man with a plot he developed to assassinate former president george w. bush. all the details coming pup. welcome to meet the press daily. voters are voting in s.e.c. country. there s the music. it is a special meet the midterms edition of meet the press daily. we have an is s.e.c. slate today. primary elections in arkansas, alabama, georgia and texas. they now have two schools headed to that conference. polls will close in less than six hours. it just means more today because georgia has emerged as one of the top battlegrounds in the nation for november and beyond. it s not texas or florida anymore. georgia is now the swing state
Cutting. Not on my watch. He brags about getting roe v. Wade overturned. Mcconnell and i are going to keep fighting to restore roe v. Wade as the Law Of The Land again. My predecessor labels our country of revenge and retribution. I believe were a nation of hope and opportunity for everybody. Were a country of honesty, decency, faith, fairness. Thats the future were building together. Thats President Joe Biden last night drawing a slew of clear contrasts between himself and donald trump. It comes amid new polling that shows a substantial bump for the president if his predecessor is convicted in the ongoing hush money case. And speaking of that trial, the former president is turning it into a de facto Campaign Event with a whole bunch of his allies in court with him yesterday. Well show you who was there and recap the second day of testimony from his former fixer, Michael Cohen. Plus, well go through the latest effort from the Biden Administration to persuade the Israeli Government agai