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politicsnation. tonight lead, not there yet. right now, the economic free world is holding its breath. as washington appears to have a way out of this impasse over our debt ceiling. president biden and republican house speaker, kevin mccarthy, announcing last night that a tentative deal has been reached, that would allow both sides to claim a victory. with short term domestic spending curtailed in line with house republican demands, and economic crisis averted to the delight of democrats in the rest of the sensible world. but that looming june 5th deadline to raise the ceiling hasn t gone away. and the hurdles to passage remain inside of congress itself. house democrats are expected to jump on a call with the white house within the hour. we ll update you as soon as that cole wraps, as for speaker mccarthy, will he be able to satisfy the hard right flank of his caucus, ahead of wednesday s house vote? or after weeks of holding america hostage, will they intentionally d ....
that is what we are hearing from the white house about debt ceiling negotiations at this hour. house speaker kevin mccarthy sounding more confident now that a deal can and will be reached before the new june 5th deadly. chair of the congressional black caucus, congressman steven horsford is with us to discuss what is at stake. and let s talk about governor ron desantis roll out on twitter, y all. the florida republican officially announced he s running for president. but there was no crowd, no introduction of the candidate. i mean, it s almost the exact opposite of what you want to do to launch a presidential campaign. plus, three years ago, since george floyd was killed by police, police brutality is still a deadly reality in america today. we are talking to activist tamika mallory about confronting this ongoing crisis. i am symone sanders townsend. and i have something to say. a breakthrough or a breakdown? that is what is at stake in the next nine days. that ....
right now, president biden is flying back to washington with a deadline looming. nbc news is reporting tonight that republican house speaker mccarthy had what he said was a productive call with the president earlier today. the two leaders agreed to sit down one-on-one tomorrow in pursuit of a bipartisan compromise on the debt ceiling hike. before leaving the gc some of this morning in japan. we are seeing this right now on capitol hill. i think there are some maga republicans in the house who know the damage this would do to the economy. because i am president, and presidents are responsible for everything. biden also announced another round of military aid to ukraine. reiterating support for ukraine s defense with russia. i will be talking about it with senator bill cardin, he joins me just a minute. plus the gop presidential field grows even larger this week. south carolina senator tim scott making his 2024 white house bid official tomorrow. florida governor ron des ....
america from defaulting on its debt. biden has accused republicans of taking extreme positions on the spending cuts. they insist republicans have a red line when it comes to spending. history is a threat to our nation. i have something to say. morehouse college was found in 1867. it s a private historically black means liberal arts college in atlanta georgia. where they say leadership is learned from legends of old. it s a place where union soldiers died for freedom in america, and today morehouse college is a place where governor westmore, the first black governor of maryland, in the this third black governor ever elected to mark s history came with a simple but powerful message for the man of morehouse. our history is our power. they re continuing the hbcu tradition, and forging a brighter future. some in it are hell-bent on evoking their power. how? we ll take florida. just days ago, they banned diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in the state. and already limi ....
scott, they ve got but can either of them take down donald trump? i m simone sanders townsend, and i have something to say. do you hear that? it is the sound of a clock ticking, and with each passing second, your financial future is more at risk. after hitting pause on the debt ceiling negotiations for hours, negotiators for the white house and congressional republican negotiators patrick mchenry and darren gray s continued talks last night, but left without progress. we are reporting they are not expected to meet today. republican negotiators are demanding the white house cave in to some of the drastic spending cuts. now, president biden is currently in hiroshima for the g7 conference, and is returning tomorrow. he says the risk of default is too serious. after last night s meeting, congress members graves and mchenry, they expressed skepticism as to whether a deal could be reached by june 1st. take a listen. this was a negotiation tonight. this was a candid discus ....