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there's now a little optimism on a debt ceiling deal following yesterday's meeting at it white house even though president biden is cutting short an overseas trip. we'll have the latest on those negotiations. and also ahead ron desantis goes after donald trump on the issue of abortion. we'll look at how it could impact the 2024 presidential race. good morning and welcome to "way too early" on this wednesday, may 17th. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. moving in today with the ongoing debt ceiling negotiations, president biden met with congressional leaders ...

[laughter] he's found a way to join us from somewhere across the sea. i don't even know where. >> you don't need know where, all you need to know, if that he is gonna be there. >> so more a lot of time zones from, here in need a passport to be there. but this letter that donald trump's lawyers sent to the attorney general, andrew can't contain himself. he's good he's gonna get a word in here. about. >> as he should, i'm eager to hear what ginger westman thinks of this letter. >> thank you, alex. >> have a good, show. >> thank you. >> when your job is making decisions, in the decision...

the classic roosevelt hotel find housing you would want them to be focused on reducing crime and have to deal with this migrant crisis, which as you have said, should be a federal issue. >> and he very well would run for president. meanwhile, a manhattan grand jury could hear a marine veteran danny penny's case today. >> steve: mr. penny faces manslaughter cases in connection with that death of jordan neely on the subway on may the 1st. >> todd piro joins us now on the latest including penny's first public comments about the case. todd? >> todd: daniel penny tells the "new york post"...

to get to it. >> you can tell me in the hall later. >> as mentioned tom hanks is our special guest tonight. the oscar winner who campaigned for biden and obama is here tonight. he has a new book. we're going to get into a lot more. that's tonight. we begin right now with this. ♪♪ you know the sound. new election votes in america. voters just went to the polls in four states and some results have some of the republicans shook again, and we all remember the fizzle of the 2022 midterms. now democrats won in several more key states, including ousting republican mayor in a conservativ...

raised. >> it's nonnot an acceptable situation for us to be able to pay our bills. >> that's treasury secretary janet yellen, reiterating her belief that the united states will go into default if the debt ceiling is not raised in just nine days. it comes as president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are set to meet again today in hopes of hashing out their growing differences on the budget. also ahead, we'll recap the president's trip to japan for the g7 summit, which included a meeting with the ukrainian president. plus, we've got new reporting on turmoil inside the trump ...