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lot of these individual members looking across the aisle, looking up at the vote board, to see whether they can vote against it or have to vote for it. that being said, i think the white house is fairly confident that for as much time as we're talking about the criticisms from the left and from the right, that the center will hold. we see that again this morning with the problem solvers caucus in the house, representing more than 60 democrats and republicans together is endorsing this deal. now, the white house also, though, is keeping the pressure on. they are making dozens of one on one group calls, meetings, including the president himself, what is going to be interesting is that later today we'll see the president leave washington, he's scheduled to deliver the commencement address at the air force academy in colorado tomorrow morning. but i suspect a lot of members who are still on the fence may be getting a phone call from air force one, from colorado this evening, as the president monitors that vote to try to make sure it does get over the finish line. >> and, ali, one the big parts
since 9/11. john? >> it was an awful moment in this city. kara scannell, thank you so much for your reporting. kate? this morning a scary security breach is now under investigation. the secret service says that it is looking into how someone was able to get into the home of national security adviser jake sullivan in the middle of the night without his security detail even knowing. sullivan was 24/7 secret service protection yet that did nothing to stop the intruder from walking in late last month. cnn's jessica schneider is tracking the details on this. jess, what happened here? >> kate, this occurred at the end of april and that's when national security adviser jake sullivan encountered someone inside his home right here in washington in the overnight hours. now, a source is telling our evan perez that sullivan told investigators he did believe that the intruder was intoxicated, no threat was made and it does appear the intruder quickly left sullivan's home, but the concerning part about all of this is that the intruder left sullivan's home without the
it's currently held by republican anthony dee esposito. the corner of washington signed a bill into law raising the penalty for drug possession in that state. it increases the current penalties from 90 to 180 days in jail for the first two convictions, plus a possible $1,000 fine. the new law also gives anyone charged with possession the option to enter a treatment program in exchange for the state dismissing the charge. this was a long fought compromise after a court battle ruled the state's felony drug possession rules were unconstitutional, raising concerns that all drug possession would then be decriminalized and legal. the majority of this new law goes into effect july 1st. and speaking of a court battle, taco bell is taking the phrase taco tuesday to court. you may have not known this, but that term has been trademarked by a smaller chain named taco
they're stopped there, john. >> our audience can see on this map here the areas in yellow on this map are areas of ukrainian counteroffensives just within the last few days and you can see they've taken back not a lot of ground, but significant ground as nic was saying around the center of the city. to you and your team, stay safe. thank you very much. kate? president biden is about to leave washington for a five-day trip to japan for the g7 summit but the trip was just cut short as the white house has canceled planned stops in australia and papua new guinea so biden can get back to washington for the continued talks over the debt ceiling. after the latest meeting with top congressional leaders biden called it productive. house speaker kevin mccarthy called it a step in the right direction and there are just 15 dis left until june 1st which is the date that the treasury secretary has warned the united states could default on its debt if a deal is not reached. arlette saenz is at the white house in the latest for us.
in, not the front door of the house likely. this is shades of the nancy pelosi coming in through the backyard and, you know, it being on the screens, but in this case that was missed. he confronts the intruder, the intruder departs right upon being confronted by jake sullivan. here is what didn't happen, and this is another critical piece, there is a discussion that night about, well, you know, what do we want to do with this, and what could have happened is notify d.c. metro police. >> yes. >> right? this was april 29th. you were there, i was there, all of washington was at the white house correspondents dinner, likely was jake sullivan, too. so this is on the later side of the evening. they could have called the police, they could have done a saturation of the neighborhood with available units, looking for a male moving along on the streets. that doesn't happen. they could call the uniform
the weekend trail derailment poiseoned an entire town in ohio, the transportation secretary the man in charge of preventing train derailments held a press conference attacking white construction workers because they're the problem. it's 1952. our 80 year old president, meanwhile, 80 years old, he seems convinced it's 1915 and we're all living in rural alabama burning crosses in the front yard of terrified share croppers to amuse ourselves. we don't have tv. biden gave a speech the other day, in 2023, to denounce lynching. as if lynching is still happening in the united states. this all seems a little delusional. so it was with genuine relief that we saw today one of biden's to be cabinet officials janet yellen, sign off her twitter account leave washington and meet with actual flesh and blood human beings who are suffering. and not only did she meet with
poisoned an entire town in ohio, the transportation secretary, the man in charge of preventing train derailments, held a press conference attacking white construction workers because they're the problem. >> it's nineteen fifty two . our eight year old president , meanwhile, 80 years old, he seems convinced it's nineteen fifteen. and we're all living in rural alabama, burning crosses the front yards of terrified sharecroppers to amuse ourselves. we don't have tv. biden gave a speech the other day in 2020 three to denounce lynching as lynching is still happening in the united states . >> it's all seems a little delusional. >> so it was with a genuine relief that we saw today. >> one of biden's top cabinet officials, janet yellen, who runs the treasury department, signed off her twitter account. >> finally, leave washington and meet with actual flesh and blood human beings. who are suffering. and now what did she meet with them to prove her sincerity, janet yellen brought
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