minutes from taking the stage in new york where he ll try to leverage the power of his bully pulpit to shove republicans off the fence in the debt ceiling fight. will that help move friday s talks any closer to a deal? and the jaw dropping admission just a day before title 42 is set to expire. in the records of one dhs official, the system is breaking, and they haven t even hit the starting line yet as thousands of migrants cross the southern border, the white house is planning to let some of them in with no court date and no way to track them. so much going on today, but we start in long island, new york, where a freshman republican congressman george santos is expected to be arraigned in court on federal charges just four months into a congressional career that was built on lies about his background and wealth, and according to the government, krm criminal schemes. today the justice department hit him with 13 counts. among them charges of wire fraud, money laundering, t
midwest. i started watching more what they did during this legislative session. i thought, man, they ve done an awful lot. maybe it s that florida is the iowa of the southeast. i don t know. florida ron desantis laying it on thick with praise for iowa during a barnstorm trip over the weekend as he takes advantage of donald trump canceling a campaign event in that state, and that comes as there s new polling in several states with hypothetical matchups between president joe biden, trump, and desantis. we ll take a look at the latest numbers. we ll also have an update on the debt ceiling negotiations as the clock is ticking before president biden takes a trip to january for the g7 summit. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, may 15th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. the two front-runners for the 2024 republican nomination were both expected to be in iowa over the weekend, but concerns about extreme weather kept
during a call with house gop leader kevin mccarthy while the capitol was under siege on january 6th along with congressman the three had been facing trump s wrat. republicans in two of those states, arizona and wisconsin, set to make their picks for statewide offices in the next few weeks. arizona today and wisconsin next tuesday. amid a rift between donald trump and mike pence that dates back to january 6th. the washington post reports, quote, two gubernatorial candidates in arizona and wisconsin backed by trump will face-off this month against those endorsed by former vice president mike pence. who split with trump after refusing pressure to reject the results of the 2020 presidential race. but make no mistake, this year s republican primaries have been shaped in large part by who donald trump is endorsing. and competition for his endorsement took a surreal turn last night when trump endorsed eric in the missouri primary. just eric, no last name, you know, like beyonce
have a lot of legal news surrounding the former president. first, a new york state appeals court has told donald trump it will not overrule judge engoron s limited gag order which said donald trump could not attack his judicial staff, a decision that is basically moot seance the civil fraud case has rested, leaving judge engoron to decide how much to fine donald trump and how to stop the former president and his family from doing business in new york. we re going to explain the stakes, they re big, and when to expect a decision. there s also news in the federal election interference trial in d.c. yesterday we told you judge tanya chutkan put that case on hold as both the supreme court and appellate court decide whether to expedite a ruling on trump s claims of presidential immunity. trump s team called it a big win, but for how long? just hours later, the d.c. circuit court said yes, they will expedite a ruling. fast tracking a decision that has huge consequences for whethe
nome among the general public but in mayors and select city council persons and county executives. it showers money on special interests, but spends less than 9% on actually defeating the virus. and after five relief bills, it is on track to be the first passed by strictly party lines. mr. speaker, i ve heard people across the country say this bill today is costly, corrupt and liberal. joining me now is cnn senior political correspondent abby phillip who anchors inside politics on sundaying. how significant is this measure that we are expecting will be passed? how significant is this for president biden? brianna, a massive piece of legislation. the first major priority for the biden administration and a massive bill. that was by design. the biden administration wanted to make sure this bill was commiserate with the size of the problem. look at it in comparison to the other major relief bill, it s the second largest relief bill passed in this country s history. take