to pay our bills would be the american people would have a real kick in the economic vein, as a matter of fact the rest of world would, too. president biden and house speaker mccarthy in the oval office yesterday after what both sides called a productive meeting. we ll look at the issues that are still holding up a deal on the debt ceiling. plus, e. jean carroll wants a judge to update her defamation lawsuit against donald trump following his comments about her during a recent town hall. and also ahead the field for the 2024 republican presidential domination adds a new name. we ll show you senator tim scott s first pitch to voters. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, may 23rd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks interest starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning with the ongoing debt ceiling negotiations in washington. president joe biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy met at the white house yesterday afternoon. they emerged without a deal
recuse herself from donald trump s classified documents case despite recommendations to do so from two other federal judges. and democrats are targeting a 150-year-old law in their latest effort to protect reproductive rights nationwide. all right, good morning. welcome to way too early on this friday. thank god, friday. june 21st. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. for the first time in months president biden has overtaken donald trump in national polling averages. according to the poll aggregate site, 538, biden took a 0.8% lead in the race yesterday. that is the first time biden has led at least since march, which is as far back as the website s tracker goes. the change comes after a series of recent polls showed biden narrowly ahead of trump though all the results were within the margin of error. there s new audio now of donald trump admitting he lost the 2020 election and then quickly reverting back to the big lie. comes from research from the new book apprenti
Although bond yields have come down since Bill Ackman and Bill Gross said the US economy was slowing, the advance PMI for the US shows surprising strength
For the US, UK and the Eurozone, the Flash Manufacturing PMIs for May are all below 50, which means they have shrunk compared to the previous month. In contrast, the Flash PMI for the services sector shows robust expansion