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♪ weve been waiting for you. glad to have you along. good morning. im victor blackwell. glad to see you this morning. >> and im amara walker. happy to spind the holiday with you. more than 42 million people expected to head out this memorial day weekend. were going to tell you what to expect if youre going to the airport or driving to your destination. plus lawmakers racing to reach a deal. now treasury secretary janet yellen has more. and a plot to kill the queen? 40 years ago...

saying he feels closer to a deal today than he has before, but not everyone in his party is as optimistic. one top republican negotiator warning the deal is still teetering on the brink and could fall apart entirely. meanwhile, the national deficit continues to soar to new heights and treasury secretary janet yellen says there are only eight days remaining to pay americas bills. is everyone on board? >> reporter: well see about that. he came in to the capitol this morning and told re...

before the u.s. defaults. not everyone is confident a deal can be reached, with at least one top republican negotiator warning a deal could come together as soon as today or fall apart entirely. what is the mood on capitol hill right now? >> reporter: good afternoon. the mood is more optimistic than weve heard in days. negotiators here this morning are saying they think theyre closing in on a deal and really its all about having an agreement on the agreement and hashing out the remaini...

how conservatives and liberals think this country should raise and spend its money is a very, very valid discussion to have. sadly, thats not the one were having. thanks to both of you, -- and solar and political economy in the american enterprise institute. hes the author of a dream is not dead, but populism could kill it. jennifer reuben is an opinion writer at the washington post, and msnbc political analyst host of the new podcast, jen reubens green room. all right, straight ahead,...

a superstar for the ages, and we reflect in a moment on one of the biggest voices and losses in music history. but first, we begin tonight with the breaking development in the 2024 presidential race. the man who is viewed by many pundits as the biggest threat to donald trump to the republican nomination. he just made it official in a post on trumps old turf, twitter. >> righting the ship requires restoring sanity to our society. truth must be our foundation. and commonss can no longer ...

weekend. theres still time for some notes before you get the time to grill. lets take a look at some of the weeks top stories. ron desantis has officially entered the 2024 right house race, as we said the live stream events on twitter got off to a rocky start. crashing several times. with the announcement delayed by more than 20 minutes due to a series of technical glitches. >> sorry about that, weve got so many people here that i think we are affecting the service. >> lets say, so yea...

american people. a new fox news poll shows that the president is basing serious competition from democrats. he only captured 62% of the vote against challengers robert f. kennedy jr. and maryanne williamson, and worse, 67% of americans view a biden victory in 2024 as a "disaster or setback" for america, the media pointing out that biden does face an uphill battle. >> horrible news, horrible news for joe biden and the cnn poll. while he leads his competitors by a huge margin, 2/3 of all...

trump for the gop presidential nomination? think about it. hes a former president, essentially a gop incumbent, who is consistently polling around 50% of the gop vote in the polls. and we learned in 2016 that give continue hard core support that trump enjoys from some, hes the beneficiary of a large field. remember, in that cycle there were so many running that debates, they had a kids table. this time trump announced first and then nikki haley, and then vivek ramaswamy, larry elder, a...

round-the-clock negotiations are on in washington as america faces the very real chance of a potentially catastrophic debt default. house speaker kevin mccarthy saying today he sees progress, but there are still major sticking points that need to be ironed out on everything from spending caps to work requirements. one top republican negotiator warning a deal could be reached as soon as today or they could collapse completely. meanwhile, the national deficit is growing every second, and...

appreciate your company. coming up on i do cnn newsroom," close put no white smoke. thats how one republican describes negotiations on the u.s. debt ceiling. ukraine assessing the damage after one of russias deadliest attacks in recent days targets a hospital. people flocking to a u.s. monastery where a nuns body appears to show no signs of decay nearly four years after she died . a flurry of activity on capitol hill as the white house and republicans race to finalize a deal to...