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good morning, everybody, it is 11:00 a.m. in the east. 8:00 a.m. pacific. i'm yasmin vossoughian. it's good to see you. in just a couple of minutes, the president is set to deliver remarks on this memorial day at arlington national cemetery. we're going to bring you that live, and you're seeing live pictures there. but first a major breakthrough on the bipartisan effort to raise the debt ceiling and save the economy from what would be a historic debt default. and now the race is on to get enough support from congress. we're going to talk to congresswoman jan schakowsky about that and...

married up, dude. >> i sure did. thanks to you at home for joining me this hour. in the year 2000 george bush became the first president in more than 100 years to win the presidency and lose the popular vote. in 2016 donald trump became the second. now, what made both of those victories even possible at the expense of the popular vote was the electoral college. but in 2000 it wasn't just the electoral college. it was also the supreme court. the 2000 election came down to the state of florida, the margin between al gore and george bush was 537 votes, a number that remains staggering...

congressman byron donald. plus, the gut wrenching words of the a witness who watched as a gas station owner in south carolina chased down a 14-year-old and shot him in the back, quote, everyone's getting trigger happy. the shooter says he thought the teenager was shoplifting. he wasn't. now the gas station owner is facing charges, his store is in ruins after being vandalized by protesters and another community is in mourning. we begin with one of those rare days on capitol hill where high political drama and debate collide with the critical job of governing, in this case trying t...

and harlan crow and harlan crow refusing to -- as he is politely requested, everything, all of the money that harlan crow has spent on clarence thomas will get the senator's latest attempt to get that information. >> he has been leading to charge on that, it way that was so critical given the utter silence honors -- so i'm eager >> there's a tweet i want to redo, this is from feisty granny, which is a handle that i think will probably be available to you 40 years from now when you might want to use it. she says i never have doubts that this was not his first time dealing with negotia...

far-right mccarthy speakership. and a group eyeing a third party presidential run in 2024. why some democrats are not happy about it, and the big question, do they even have a lane? and elizabeth holmes starts her 11 year prison sentence. her stunning fall from ceo superstardom as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good evening once again, i'm stephanie ruhle. the debt ceiling bill that will keep the nation out of the default is now on its way to the full house for a vote. president biden and speaker mccarthy agreed on the bill over the weekend, and jus...