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there s now a little optimism on a debt ceiling deal following yesterday s meeting at it white house even though president biden is cutting short an overseas trip. we ll have the latest on those negotiations. and also ahead ron desantis goes after donald trump on the issue of abortion. we ll look at how it could impact the 2024 presidential race. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 17th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. moving in today with the ongoing debt ceiling negotiations, president biden met with congressional leaders at the white house yesterday, and while both sides say that some progress has been made, no deal has yet been reached. both biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy named top negotiators to take part in talks and continue daily. and while democrats continue to insist that they will not negotiate over the debt ceiling, they are reportedly in talks about spending cuts working on a parallel track ....
in georgia and lucas tomlinson outside the white house. but we start first with rich edson in harrisburg, pennsylvania, where all eyes are on the nail-biter race between fetterman and oz. rich, good afternoon. reporter: good afternoon, mike. this is a government union headquarters here in harrisburg, the capital city of pennsylvania, john fetterman just finished rallying supporters here, he s been highlighting union workers here, the union vote. of he was rallying with union officials and workers yesterday in the philadelphia area. he said at this rally here that he plans on continuing to recover from his stroke, and he wants to win this election. c. oz has never forgotten every day that i had a stroke. in january i ll be much better, but he will still be a fraud. reporter: oz ripped fetterman for refusing to debate, and when he agreed, did so only once, two weeks before election day, and after hundreds of thousands of early votes had been cast. oz and republicans ....
early turnout. eva pilgrim and steve osunsami live in the battlegrounds. rick klein and rachel scott at the big boards tonight. they ll show us what to look for. also the other news this tuesday night. a hurricane warning now in effect for much of florida. mandatory evacuations under way in some areas. nicole gaining strength tonight. expected to make landfall as a hurricane. then moving right up the east coast into the northeast. georgia, the carolinas, washington, d.c., new york, to boston. ginger zee standing by in florida with the timing and the track tonight. the war in ukraine, of course, this is another issue we ll cover on this election. and tonight, what president zelenskyy is now suggesting when it comes to talks with vladimir putin. here at home, the high school shooting in seattle. what authorities have now revealed. also the search at this hour. one person killed, three rescued. reports of others swept away in flooding. and at the end tonight, the ....
hey, alex i filled out my california bill today, at the kitchen table, i had to vote 59 times. four candidates, and for propositions, including 16 judges, and i m opposed to electing judges, but i have to. 12 of those judges i ve never heard of, so i look to the l.a. times website for their endorsement guidance, and all that. but it is a real hunk of homework, that we all have to do, all the way down that ballot, every single office, we see now more than ever how much a state legislatures matter, there are officers a lot of people have ignored in the past. everything matters, democracy is all over the spell of this year, you got, of potential debt realign. yes, i think there s a silver lining to all of this, conspiracy theory and fearmongering over election integrity. one of the good things we ve actually paid attention to are those down ballot races, and the importance of those. and also championing the men and women who decide to raise their hand and say hey, i can ....