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theres now a little optimism on a debt ceiling deal following yesterdays meeting at it white house even though president biden is cutting short an overseas trip. well have the latest on those negotiations. and also ahead ron desantis goes after donald trump on the issue of abortion. well look at how it could impact the 2024 presidential race. good morning and welcome to "way too early" on this wednesday, may 17th. im jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. moving in to...

faith in america tour. senator tim scott only on "fox news sunday." and concerns mount as china appears to grow closer to russia. >> clearly, that would have a very, very bad ramifications. shannon: now china is calling for an into the conflict in ukraine amid reports beijing is aiding putins war efforts. well sit down with senator ben card, a member of the -- ben cardin on heightened tensions and putins vow to suspend participation in a key nuclear arms agreement. then, the forewoman ...

senator tim scott only on "fox news sunday." and concerns mount as china appears to grow closer to russia. >> clearly, that would have a very, very bad ramifications. shannon: now china is calling for an into the conflict in ukraine amid reports beijing is aiding putins war efforts. well sit down with senator ben card, a member of the -- ben cardin on heightened tensions and putins vow to suspend participation in a key nuclear arms agreement. then, the forewoman of the special grand ju...

and chaos saying, quote, hes desperate, hes out selling bibles and gold speakers. whats more troubling, they say, is hes selling out his presidency to the highest bidder down mar-a-lago. thats what president biden told a group of donors in virginia last night. while donald trump focuses on trump, believing his grievances are voters grievances. >> i got indicted more than al capone, all because i ran for office. if i didnt run for office, i would be enjoying life. you know what i enjoy ...

Hello again, everyone. Thanks so much for joining me. Im Fredricka Whitfield in washington, d. C. Its the meeting that just wont go away. More than two years later, the story is still evolving on the in infamous 2016 trump tower meeting. President trump now taking a firm stance on the true purpose of the meeting, tweeting, in fact, today, this was a meeting to get information on an opponent, totally legal and done all the time in politics and it went nowhere. That message very far from the initi...

These talking points. it is giving them a real political tool for base motivation. whether that translates to anything with the general electorate is one question, but hey, you got republicans in charge of the house. and this is probably going to drive the bus for some legislation that were going to see coming down the pike. >> yeah. you made a great point there. even just from the republicans perspective, this just adds fuel to the fire that we know is coming if there are future indictments of ...

>> as a third party spoiler? >> that sounds like hes not running for re-election, is what that sounds like. i have a better chance of winning south carolina than joe pan chin does against -- man din does against joe -- manchin does with joe biden. if its anyone besides trump, its a real problem because trump provides the base motivation for democrats. thats what took us from a historical 125 million-vote turn out to 150 last time. and so i think thats their hope, that they get the rematch that t...

Former adviser steve bannon said the longer they -- meaning democrats -- talk about identity politics, i got them. i want them to talk about racism every day. if the left is focused on race and identity and we go with economic nationalism we could crush the democrats. david zweigle said that worked out but democrats took back the house but do you think it is part of a strategy? >> i think it is partly. but i think we should be careful about the use of the use of politics that bannon points out. ...

Thinking of illinois, they dont want trump in their districts and if he goes in there he revs up independents and democrats. so its a very clear strategy of base motivation and trying to avoid places where hes just going to rev up the other side. >> donny deutsch, when the sides get revved up thats when they go out to vote more. we had some stats come out yesterday showing that we got more voters, as mika just said, more voters voting early than 2016. democrats were ahead of republicans at this ...

That are in office right now have been doing. >> so doug, are there internal divisions within the party? not just the republican party but democrat party too, which really might stand in the way of clear messaging? >> sure. if you look at what happened in the new york primary, two very different visions of what the democratic party would be. a bit of chickens before theyre matched with joe crowley. again, this is where were going to find out whos the most motivated and whether or not the trump v...