Congress. Well have the latest on the talks between Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer. And take a look at new polling which shows President Biden making up significant ground in a swing state. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 22nd. Im ali vitally in for jonathan lemire. Testimony in President Trumps hush money trial has officially finished. Former President Trump did not toifr in his own defense can spite telling the press multiple times he really wanted to. Yeah, i would testify, absolutely. Its a scam. Its a scam. Mr. Trump, are you going to testify . Yes. Will the gag order stop you from testifying . No, it wont stop me from testifying. The gag order is not for testifying. Do you plan to testify in court . Probably so. I would like. I would think so. When asked why he didnt testify the former president refused to answer. Watch. Why did you decide against testifying in your case . Did you not want to take the stand . The im
starting with new migrant caravan of 5000. we are learning 600,000 people evaded law enforcement before crossing the border last year. we have no knowledge of who they are or where they went or their affiliation. plus, fbi director christopher wray says threat of terror attack on u.s. oil is a whole other level. he is warning hamas action will inspire greatest u.s. terror threat since isis. first we begin with the white house s refusal to classify violent antisemitic threats as domestic terrorism. this is outnumbered, i m kayleigh mcenany here with emily compagno and harris faulkner. senior fellow for independent women s forum kayleigh and kevin walling. the white house is being accused of hypocrisy when it comes to hatred, you should be able to call hate hate. antisemitism, antisemitism. biden administration directed the fbi to direct concern parents, parents after they protested about pornography at the school board meetings in front of their young children. they had no p
members behind closed doors that he s bringing this deal to schumer, this offer, i should say, to schumer, to give cover to senators manchin and sinema. they re the two most vocal who do not want to break the filibuster. breaking the filibuster was, you know, at a fever pitch leading into wednesday when this deal on the debt limit happened. and so it s really, really important for democrats to keep manchin and sinema in the fold, especially as they re receiving a lot of pressure not only from their colleagues but from activists back home too, joe. tara, on the debt ceiling, it s pretty easy to see what chuck schumer wants. it s kind of coming into focus what mitch mcconnell wants, at least politically. my big question has been, what in the world to ted cruz and lindsey graham want? what was victory for them? was it an actual default and try to blame it on biden? what were they looking for here? they were looking for more
he has more clarity but the white house said they spoke to house speaker pelosi, to schumer. do we have the beginnings of a deal maybe? what do you think? listlisten, i think this is legislative process and we haven t seen what is going on beneath the surface there are multiple conversations going on. i think most democrats understand that to walk away with nothing would be a catastrophic defeat for not just for the president but for members of congress who were running for reelection in 2022. so, you know, i think they have all learned another lesson, which is when you have a 50/50 senate and an almost 50/50 house, every single member has leverage and they re all trying to use leverage to promote their priorities and, you know, it s a little bit of a game of chicken and at some point and at that
president. joining me now cnn senior political commentator david axlrod. earlier today president biden described the as a stalemate. now he s saying tonight he has a little more clarity but you ve got the white house saying they spoke to house speaker pelosi, to schumer. do we have the beginnings of a deal, maybe? what do you think? listen, i think this is the legislative process and we haven t seen what s going on beneath the surface, but there are multiple conversations going on at all levels here. and i do think that most democrats understand that to walk away with nothing would be a catastrophic defeat for not just for the president but for members of congress who are running for re-election in 2022. so but i think they ve all learned another lesson which is