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-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good evening, everyone. i'm tom king in for alisyn camera at that. debt ceiling drama. we're closer to a debt ceiling deal, closer but not there yet. janet yellen gave them four more days, and we've got a ways to go. even if they make a deal tomorrow morning, can they get it done in time? plus, can a trump-like candidate beat donald trump? that's the question, as ron desantis gets his campaign in high gear. the florida governor not being shy at all about taking on the former president, ripping him on the border of all things, calling him a bi...

good evening everyone. i'm john king. welcome to "cnn tonight." debt ceiling drama. we are closer to a deal but not there yet. the fact that janet yellen essentially gave them four more days means, well, we have a ways to go. even if they make a deal tomorrow morning can they get it done in time? plus can a trump-like candidate beat donald trump? that is the question as ron desantis gets his campaign in high gear. the florida governor not shy at all about taking on the former president, ripping him on the border of all things, calling him a big spender, and blasting his covid policie...

Breathing room now that the x date is officially june 5th but they are more hopeful as they get closer to a deal. >> let's walk through with our group here both the politics and the substance. the substance first. janet yellen in her statement tonight trying to explain, you got a few more days, ladies and gentlemen, but she says we'll make more than $130 billion of scheduled payments in the first two days of june including payments to veterans and social security medicare recipients. these payments will leave treasury with an extremely low level of resources. there have been some republicans i...

Politics and the substance. the substance first. justin wolf, first to you. janet yellen in her statement tonight trying to explain you've got a few more days, ladies and gentlemen. but she says, we will make more than $130 billion in scheduled payments in the first two days of june, including payments to social security and medicare recipients. these will leave treasury with an extremely low level of resources. there have been some republicans in congress, former president m trump himself saying don't buy it, don't believe it. it would not be that much of a calamity. it's okay. is it okay? >>...

What if one of the two parties goes ballistic heading so far off the spectrum it is no longer competing for the must just of the voters' loyalty? what if the republicans get hijacked? if the republican party becomes a torpedo headed for the u.s. capitol and becomes a missile targeted at the government itself. smirks publicly t at the trouble he has created. ted cruz in texas government shutdowns and debt ceiling defaults are all in a day's work. for him compromise is a curse word. and republican senators spend their days running from fights as he puts it. today we hear news that he is forming ...