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>> super interesting. wow, thank you, christine. yawn. new overnight, former president trump responded for the first time to exclusive cnn reporting about a 2021 recording in which he acknowledges holding on to a classified pentagon document. trump now claiming he knows nothing about it. cnn's paula reed, part of the team that broke this story, is with us now. so paula, where does that leave things? >> reporter: well, this is the first time that former president has responded to our reporting here. and i want to remind folks before we listen to exactly what he said, in this recording, our so...

Deadline beyond 2024 and then have what's happened pretty often in washington negotiations over actual spending and budget. work out the specific policy to address the debt after the debt ceiling is taken care of. but here is the interesting element, you'll hear from republicans, including today, in the past, negotiations over the debt ceiling have happened between who? well, if you look at this picture, from 2011, there's then vice president biden sitting right next to him is then senate republican mitch mcconnell. those two struck the deal that essentially saved the day, pulled the economy a...

President biden to do an executive order. but now, it is not only the senate that filibuster that standing in the way, we also have a republican controlled house. where does that leave things? >> no. where they are not going to go anywhere at this point, rev. it is a republican house with one agenda, to go after joe biden and conduct investigations. they have no interest in governing. but what is important, i also thing to take into mind when we start looking at how progress gets made, i am florida how quickly these officers were fired, and then charged. and that was not anything to do with wa...

Now. >> all right. christine, thank you. >> you're welcome. back in washington today the treasury department is implementing extraordinary measures so the u.s. doesn't default on its debt. but those temporary measures will only last through june 5th. >> the white house continues to insist it will not negotiate with republicans on spending cuts tied to raising the debt limit, but now some republicans from swing districts that president biden won are pushing back on that hard line stance. the white house had been hoping that maybe some of these republicans might be willing to play ball. lauren...

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