Welcome to Meet the Press.

Now I'm Kristen Welker in Washington on a very busy afternoon of breaking news.

These are live pictures from the New York Courthouse where just in the past hour, a

journey found former president Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming

writer E. Jean Carroll, awarding her $5 million in damages.

Moments ago we saw Ms. Carroll depart the Courthouse.

With her attorneys, she told reporters, quote, we are very happy.

In a statement by a social media, former president Trump called the verdict a disgrace and part

of a so called witch hunt against him.

As we monitor the situation in New York and the reaction, we are also following more

breaking news this hour from the White House.

The president Biden is meeting with congressional leaders amid a dangerous impasse over raising

the nation's borrowing limit and diverting a potential government default, which Treasury

Secretary Janet Yellen Warren's could happen as early as June 1st if a deal is not reached.

The meeting should be getting started at any moment now at the White House.

It's unclear how long or how productive these talks will be or standing by to hear from

congressional leaders when the meeting wraps.

What is clear though, both sides are dug in right now and refusing to budge, Democrats

demanding a clean build erase the debt limit, Republicans demanding spending cuts.

And with the clock ticking down to a potential economic catastrophe, Speaker McCarthy told

my colleague Garrett Hague today that House Republicans will reject even a short term deal

on the issue.

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