right now, a high stakes meeting behind closed doors adds congress clashes over trillions of dollars. house speaker kevin mccarthy wants to force president biden to the negotiating table. the big problem, his own party might not be on board with his plan to hold a vote today. the clock is tick to go cut a deal. rolling out the red carpet. the nuclear threat when president biden is preparing for a state visit with south korea s president this morning. we will bring you those important moments ahead. an urgent manhunt across multiple states after four detainees escape a mississippi jail, one of them suspected of shooting and killing a man right after he got out. the latest from police coming up on cnn news central. we begin on capitol hill where right now republican house leadership is meeting behind closed doors discussing a big course reversal in their one-year plan to raise the debt limit by $1.5 trillion while making deep spending cuts. speaker kevin mccarthy and
e. jean carroll takes the stand in her sexual battery case against the former president. the new warning that the judge issued just moments ago. and a race to get four mississippi jail escapees back in custody. one of the men is now accused of killing someone after he broke out of jail. we are following these major developing stories and all coming in to cnn news let s begin on capitol hill where there has been a shift this morning, it seems. house republican leaders are now confident that they have the votes to pass speaker mccarthy s $1.5 trillion debt ceiling bill and while there were big questions and probably still are, they could still vote today. do you hear all of the caveats i m throwing into this? what did kevin mccarthy have to throw in on to get all of this? manu what is the very latest you re hearing about this? there have been months after negotiations will pass the house as soon as today. it will require 218 votes in the republican-controlled votes
around the world by the time we are done. if there is an announcement, that will come at the appropriate time. if anyone is telling you they know this or that, that is inaccurate, there has not been a decision made. todd: you re watching fox and friends first, i m todd piro. ashley: i m ashley strohmier. governor desantis is trailing donald trump, nikki haley and vivek ramaswamy in single digits and on the other side, r.f.k. is claiming 19% of democratic primary voters this stage of the race. republican candidate vivek ramaswamy is here in new york this morning and will be talking about the state of the race and top issues at hand. todd: we begin with brooke singman has who has more on all of it. brooke: ron desantis talked about the lawsuit die disney accusing him of government retaliation, listen to this. governor desantis: that arrangement was not good for the state of florida. we did not think that is continue and brought accountability. the idea being pro-bus
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