tonight, president biden slamming republicans for refusing to join democrats in raising the nation's debt ceiling, calling their actions hypocritical, dangerous, and disgraceful. congress facing a deadline of october 18th, two weeks from tonight, to increase the country's borrowing limit, or the nation could default on its debt for the first time in history. facebook whistle-blower frances haugen testifying on capitol hill today, saying she is coming forward because she says facebook knows its platforms are used to spread hate and misinformation, but she alleges the company hides that evidence. and is this the end of the covid pandemic? is the end in sight? new cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are all trending down. but what about the upcoming holiday season? we're going to get some answers from our very own dr. sanjay gupta. first i want to bring in cnn senior political analyst kirsten powers and john avlon. mr. avalon, you are first. so the country is facing the