$2.1 trillion we ve ever had. if i can parrot to when republicans were in the majority when they had the house, the senate and everything, they didn t cut anything. that s house speaker kevin mccarthy defending the debt limit agreement hours before the bill barely cleared a republican led house committee. we ll have a look at where the vote count stands in the full house as lawmakers from both parties continue to criticize the bill. also ahead, we re learning more about what was reportedly happening inside mar-a-lago as the justice department ramped up the pressure on donald trump to turn over classified documents. plus we ll have an update from eastern europe following another drone strike inside russian territory. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 31st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning on capitol hill where the house rules committee voted in favor of advancing the debt ceiling bill to a
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first television interview at 8:00 p.m. eastern. getting things started by putting out this teaser video. is it worth the fight, do i have the courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it every single time. former trump former president trump wasting no time going after desantis saying the florida governor cannot win and needs a personality transplant. brand-new polls show trump gaining support and doubling his lead over desantis since march, but desantis appears ready for a fight. expected to spend up to $200 million to try and defeat trump. and the liberal mines are out for the former governor, the ultra maga florida isn t safe for people of color, lgbtq+ people, or even multibillion-dollar corporations. and the media is getting in on bashing desantis. i don t want to dislike him, i can t help it. why do you dislike people of color? what s wrong with american history? what s wrong with those folks? you see his lack of political skills and political
in tonight with its opposition to gop calls for stronger work requirements to be included in o anpposity budget agreement thatd be paired with a debt ceilingde increasebt cei. the issu now, the issue of a work requirement has actually emerged as one of the biggest remaining hurdles for reaching an agreement between negotiators for the white house and houseite ho republicans. rhere is a top gop negotiatous who s weighing in on thisighi tonight. that s louisiana congressman garret graveng in on thi s loui he said tonight his party will not drop their demand for tougher work requirements as part of a final agreement. now, democrats have converselypi argued that, listen, social benefit programs already have s as work requirements in place,n plc adding that to them. this is ale.l an necessary. meanwhile, as you pointed out, the president and his top advisers were over at camp david this weekend working perhap s as is june 5th. deadline quickly approaches. jason , we re all going t
washington where things stand with our chad pergram. hi, chad. neil, good afternoon. the house freedom caucus just took a formal position in the debt ceiling debate. it endorses the bill passed by the house in april. the caucus says there should be no further discussion until the senate passes the legislation. the house bill, we passed it. that is the mechanism right now sitting there that there s 11 democrats in the senate and the democratic president of the united states that stand between that bill and it becoming law. it was thought that house speaker kevin mccarthy would lose a good chunk of republicans who could not accept anything less than the house passed bill. the question is can mccarthy get just enough gop members on board and can democrats provide the rest. speaker mccarthy has limited capacity to really negotiate. he s handcuffed and in leg irons from that 15 votes that it took to get them elected. if he is able to negotiate something, once he tries to