About this episode
After the Debt Ceiling Bill narrowly clears the first major hurdle in a House committee vote by the slimmest margin possible, Republican Speaker McCarthy faces a growing revolt by GOP hard-liners that could crash the economy. Plus, Ukraine braces for Russian revenge after being blamed for a drone attack on Moscow that the country denies. And, a family seen as a key player in the opioid crisis is to pay billions of dollars to help fight the epidemic in exchange for immunity in future civil lawsuits. Also this morning: DeSantis slams Trump during his inaugural presidential campaign stop, the Mayor of Kyiv on Ukraine’s anticipated counteroffensive against Russia, a former FBI director on the special counsel investigations into Trump, and Astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson joins to discuss the implications of the new space race. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices