mccarthy spoke. in front of the same individuals about where the debt talks are going. let s just say nowhere. connell mcshane has more. the speaker made reference from that appearance from ronald reagan. he said we have an unsustainable level of debt in this country and he will not support raising the debt ceiling unless something is done about it. spoker mccarthy made a speech to a number of professional financialists in new york. he said there will be a bill that will raise the debt for one year. in exchange for raising it, the speaker has demands. he said federal spending will be rolled back to 22 levels. unused covid money clawed back and he wants americans to work in order to receive federal benefits. mccarthy in his speech going after president biden for refusing to negotiate. make no mistake, the longer president biden waits to be sensible to find an agreement, the more likely it becomes that this administration will bumble in to the first default in our nation s
firefighter or any of you in this room. so my plan is to make sure that corporations begin to pay their fair share. president joe biden pitches his budget proposal that he says will lift the burden off families across america. we ll explain, though, why this plan is more about campaign messaging than the actual numbers. plus, there are significant new developments that signal that donald trump could soon face criminal charges in the state of new york. and also ahead we ll dig into the cia s latest assessment of vladimir putin and the future of the war in ukraine. good morning and will welcome to way too early on this friday, march 10th. we re going to begin with the strongest indication yet prosecutors are nearing an indictment of former president donald trump. the new york times reports that the manhattan district attorney s office has now signaled to attorneys for the former president that he could face criminal charges. the paper cites four people with knowledge
tonight on the reid out . is this debate or is it just false? no, it s not false at all. it s debatable. as prosecutors open an investigation into the lies of republican congressman-elect george santos kevin mccarthy is facing a caucus in chaos just six days before the house votes on a new speaker. meanwhile serious questions are being raised about where santos got the money to run his campaign. also tonight the death toll is rising after a winter storm dumped more than 3 feet of snow on buffalo. we ll check in to see how the city is digging out and getting back up and running. good evening, everyone. i m jonathan capehart in for joy reid. republican leader kevin mccarthy faces a vote for speaker of the house next tuesday with a razor thin republican majority and the very real prospect of an open fight over the gavel. it s a predicament underscored by the saga of incoming republican congressman george santos of new york who again tried to explain away lies about
in this moment it s unclear if there is any concession they will accept beyond kevin mccarthy taking his name out of consideration. unclear if the house adjourns as soon as it gavels in or the opposition is going to force mccarthy to stomach another vote and likely public humiliation. cnn s capitol hill team is tracking every development on very little sleep. let s check in with manu raju. manu, mccarthy allies remain worried and now they re worried that they might even begin to hemorrhage even more support on a potential fourth ballot. yeah, that s been the reason why there have been active suggests to try to delay today s vote, move to adjourn the house immediately as they come into session at noon. but here s the problem. they don t have the votes to do that and i just talked to two republican members of the leadership team who just left kevin mccarthy s office, richard hudson and tom emmer. both said the vote will happen at noon. they expect that to happen and the reaso
Reporters a little bit earlier. Why do it today . The idea that you why not . Rip the bandaid off here or what . Why not . I think matt has planned this all along. Didnt matter what we transpired. Youre calling his bluff . Yeah. Mccarthy or one of his allies can delay by asking the house to kill gaetzs resolution. But he has little chance of winning that vote without at least some support from democrats. And they have been clear this is the republicans mess to figure out. They wont save him. Today, gaetzs republican colleagues acknowledge Whether Mccarthy can survive or what happens if he doesnt is up in the air. Most members in the room are solidly supporting Speaker Mccarthy. There was an admission by matt gaetz, who is my friend, that there is no plan. There is no one that has stepped forward to run. There is no one that is coming out saying ill be speaker and rallying support within the conference. So there you have it. Joining us now, nbcs ali vitali as she has been living on capi