Debt deal revolt, blame game intensifies, historic opioid settlement

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.

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