middle of a blizzard. the elements are all break whatever i need to. i don t even know what negative 15 is. tonight, the defendant in the over hurled election trial takes a break from the courtroom to head to the iowa caucuses. then, every day, mike johnson gets closer and closer to this deal, brings me closer and closer to vacating the chair. brand-new house speaker already on the outs of the maga caucus, as democrats demand an accounting of the trump presidency. you don t care about the principle that our governmental leaders should not be on the tape from foreign governments. that s outrageous. congressman jamie raskin joins me tonight, plus i was hoping that this film could spark conversation, the part of a conversation that we should be having in this country, this year, right now. director ava duvernay, on her brand-new film, origin. all in starts right now. good evening, from new york, i m chris hayes. it is here, well, almost here, on monda
trump says he can t be prosecute under january 6th because he wa acquitted in a senate impeachment trial, and he continues he has, quote, absolute immunity from prosecution with his acts as president. jack smith is expect today respond to those claims before the appeals court hears trump s case. that didn t stop the special counsel fromn filing a new motn with judge tanya chutkan today asking the court to not allow, quote, the defendant to turn the courtroom into a forum in which he propagates disinformation and inject politics into the proceeding. smith also wants the court to, quote, prohibit the defendant from introducing evidence, making arguments, or framing questions to advance a theory of selective or vindictive prosecution. basically the special counsel wants to make sure trump can t say this is joe biden s doj targeting them. and in the response trump said biden s doj is targeting him. joining me now to discuss is ryano riley, justice reporter r nbc news and author
christine romans. it s memorial day here in the u.s. glad you re with us. let s get going. we begin this morning with president biden defending the deal he made with house speaker kevin mccarthy to raise the debt limit for two years. it takes the threat of catastrophic reform off the table. protects our hard-earned economic recovery. and the agreement also represents a compromise which means no one got everything they want. mccarthy agreed to raise the debt limit in explain for cuts to the budget. even though, the president insisted to reporters he wasn t actually negotiating on the dead limit. want to try to make it look like i made some grow myself in the debt ceiling, i didn t. i made a compro 3450is on the budget. that s what they wanted a compromise on the budget, that s what you ve done, even though you haven t gone as far as you wants, in that right? sure, can you think of an alternative? the president praised mccarthy, although he avoided predicting whethe
Appreciate your company. Coming up on cnn newsroom, an agreement in principle on the debt ceiling. Washington has a plan to avoid a catastrophic default, but details still need to be ironned out, then it has to get through congress. Also ukraines top general issues a pointed message for his soldiers, russia, and the world. And we do begin in Washington A Late Night Agreement to try to prevent a looming debt crisis. The white house and republicans have reached a deal in principle to raise the debt ceiling and cap government spending. It is meant to avert the first u. S. Default in history, which could have disastrous consequences worldwide. Heres how u. S. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy characterized the breakthrough. After weeks of negotiate az we have come to an agreement in principle. We still have a lot of work to do, but i believe this is an agreement in principle. It has historic reductions in spending and lift people out of poverty into the work force, rein in government overreach.
you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we re at a crucial moment in the high-stakes debt ceiling talks. we re waiting for details on a phone call that just wrapped up in the last hour between president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy. negotiations are down to one final sticking point, safety net for social programs. leaders may have as little as eight days to prevent the u.s. from defaulting on its debt. many experts predict economic disaster if that happens. manu raju is up on capitol hill. manu, i was hoping since you were there in front of the cameras for us today that that meant i think this is probably our strongest indicator, that you were on capitol hill for us. president and kevin mccarthy spoke. at this point if the speaker were to come out and touk alk t reporters, that would be a good sign. you tell us. reporter: that s right, jim. the speaker said today he would be the one to make the announcement that there is a deal. well, he