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Congress. Well have the latest on the talks between Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer. And take a look at new polling which shows President Biden making up significant ground in a swing state. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 22nd. Im ali vitally in for jonathan lemire. Testimony in President Trumps hush money trial has officially finished. Former President Trump did not toifr in his own defense can spite telling the press multiple time...

starting with new migrant caravan of 5000. we are learning 600,000 people evaded law enforcement before crossing the border last year. we have no knowledge of who they are or where they went or their affiliation. plus, fbi director christopher wray says threat of terror attack on u.s. oil is a whole other level. he is warning hamas action will inspire greatest u.s. terror threat since isis. first we begin with the white houses refusal to classify violent antisemitic threats as domestic...

Members behind closed doors that hes bringing this deal to schumer, this offer, i should say, to schumer, to give cover to senators manchin and sinema. theyre the two most vocal who do not want to break the filibuster. breaking the filibuster was, you know, at a fever pitch leading into wednesday when this deal on the debt limit happened. and so its really, really important for democrats to keep manchin and sinema in the fold, especially as theyre receiving a lot of pressure not only from their ...

He has more clarity but the white house said they spoke to house speaker pelosi, to schumer. do we have the beginnings of a deal maybe? what do you think? >> listlisten, i think this is legislative process and we havent seen what is going on beneath the surface there are multiple conversations going on. i think most democrats understand that to walk away with nothing would be a catastrophic defeat for not just for the president but for members of congress who were running for reelection in 2022....

President. joining me now cnn senior political commentator david axlrod. earlier today president biden described the as a stalemate. now hes saying tonight he has a little more clarity but youve got the white house saying they spoke to house speaker pelosi, to schumer. do we have the beginnings of a deal, maybe? what do you think? >> listen, i think this is the legislative process and we havent seen whats going on beneath the surface, but there are multiple conversations going on at all levels h...

Imagine if this was all happening under a trump presidency, just how different would the reaction from democrats be. >> the press may be surprised but we are not. the incompetence on display for the world to see is exactly what we expected from biden who has been bubbling his way across washington for five decades. the stakes are very high and the guy the democrats nominated is the one person who couldnt function as a real president. he is just an old guy who comes out from time to time and read...

>> no, whoa, whoa. i would like you to answer the question. then you can go on to schumer. how do you have two people that said they will not be impartial take an oath that they will be impartial and not recuse themselves? >> i just dont agree that -- the premise of this is not a political process. this is an inherently political process. and it -- chuck schumer himself 20 years ago said this is a political process. he said this is not like a jury. he is the one who said that. >> he also said th...

Breaking news. the white house official, the democrats want to question in presidents senate impeachment trial just got a promotion. robert blair, deputy to acting chief of staff mick mulvaney, he will lead now the administrations global telecommunications policy. the timing of it getting a lot of attention tonight. lets go front now with bob case cy of pennsylvania. thank you for coming in. >> great to be you with, kate, thank you. >> i appreciate it. so president trump giving robert blair a pr...

Governor is expected to sign that will enable the state to release trump and other elected officials public state tax returns to make those public. so there is a lot happening that is running up against the presidents efforts to block further investigations. and i think hes frustrated, hes lashing out, hes saying were not going to operate on two tracks. i think another piece of that, when it comes to infrastructure, everybody in washington laughs about it, but the president was given three weeks...

>> bret: financial services. >> one thing that really stuck today its quite possible and even likely that republicans are going to be talking about the green new deal more than democrats in terms of the leadership. like you saw i mean, we have reached out to schumers office im pretty sure they were silent on this. nancy pelosi you saw her comments. the trump campaign we have been talking to trumps political advisors its like christmas and hanukkah and every other holiday has arrived. i have neve...