the l or barista coffee and espresso system. a masterpiece in taste it s opium in washington. there is still no deal to raise the debt ceiling, and at this hour, house republicans are holding a wig meeting to discuss what the process will be over the next few days, if in fact a deal is reached. president biden told reporters today that he is optimistic that a deal can be finalized tonight. with regard to the debt limit, i think they re looking good, very optimistic. i hope we will have some cool or evidence tonight before the clock ticks 12, that we have a deal. but it s very close. and i am optimistic. i am hopeful we will know by tonight whether we re going to be able to have a deal. all right, so settle in. this might be a long night for us. white house and house republican negotiators and look closer to a deal in the last 24 hours as we reported last night. this morning republican house speaker kevin mccarthy had this to say. i thought we made progress yes
december 16th, i m ali velshi. we begin this morning with a justice served. a pair of election workers were terrorized by don trump supporters. yesterdaya ry awarded ruby freeman and shaye moss a total of 100 and $48 million in damages as a result of their civil this defamation lawsuit against really giuliani who repeatedly and falsely accused him of carrying out a elaborate election fraud scheme without producing a shred of evidence that could withstand scrutiny. the verdict is a new low for giuliani, who rose up the ranks of new york politics early in his career, but has been on a downward spiral for the better part of the past two decades. he s gone from being americas mere to a codefendant indicted alongside his longtime pal donald trump in fulton county s sprawling r.i.c.o. case. on top of, that giuliani faces a number of other lou legal troubles. yesterday wondered 48 million-dollar verdict pulsing comparison to the 1.3 billion dollars that dominion voting systems to s
that a deal can be finalized tonight. with regard to the debt limit, i think they re looking good, very optimistic. i hope we will have some cool or evidence tonight before the clock ticks 12, that we have a deal. but it s very close. and i am optimistic. i am hopeful we will know by tonight whether we re going to be able to have a deal. all right, so settle in. this might be a long night for us. white house and house republican negotiators and look closer to a deal in the last 24 hours as we reported last night. this morning republican house speaker kevin mccarthy had this to say. i thought we made progress yesterday. i want to be progress again today, and i want to be able to solve this problem. now speaker mccarthy has been given more time to solve this problem. treasury secretary janet yellen said today the protected debt ceiling deadline is now june 5th. in a letter to congressional leaders, secretary yellen wrote, during the week of june 5th, treasury is schedul
doctor is a professor at ufc san francisco s collaborative research group. inventing new standards and reproductive, health a professor at advancing new standards of reproductive health. the author of no real choice, how culture and politics matter for reproductive autonomy. robbyn marty is the operations west alabama woman. center also the author of the new handbook for a post-roe america. i will discuss the latest on the debt ceiling standoff with democratic senator, chris coons of delaware. he says that defaulting would have a quote, catastrophic effect on the country and must be taken off the table. another hour of velshi begins right now. good morning, it s saturday may 20th, as the old saying goes, if i don t succeed, stop following the republican playbook. you would think that after just one bat election cycle, the gop would have regrouped and reassess its shortcomings so it could rebound. but it s been nearly seven years since the republicans last truly significan
election should be executed and she would like a front seat of mike pence being executed. former republican congresswoman, liz cheney, vice chair of the january six committee, responded to this on twitter. quote, trump is embracing a j six defendant, who called for the execution of members of congress. two elected republicans who have endorsed him, you are endorsing his conduct on january 6th and, everyday sense. the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil s forget man to do nothing. trump support for january six defendants comes to this jacks mitt continues his investigation into the former presidents efforts to overturn the 2020 election. earlier today, the former lead counsel for the january six committee said this about donald trump. his support of them, is continual good words to them suggests that he was on board, on january 6th. the central issue for jack smith is what did the president intend with his words, and deeds, or lack thereof of january 6th? did he int