about the debt ceiling is certainly expected to be one of the central focuses. now, both men have said that they don't want to see the nation default on their debt, but for the time being they disagree on how exactly to do that. house speaker kevin mccarthy has been very eager to try to push president biden to the negotiating table and republicans have been insistent that if they aring going to raise the debt ceiling they also want to see some spending cuts. but president biden and the white house have said that this is a non-negotiable, that this is an obligation that congress must fulfill. i want to read you a statement from a white house spokesperson who tonight said, "the president will ask speaker mccarthy if he intends to meet his constitutional obligation to prevent a national default as every other house and senate leader in u.s. history has done." and as leaders mcconnell, schumer and jeffries have pledged to do. "he will underscore the economic security of all americans cannot be held hostage to force unpopular cuts on working families." now, earlier this week we also heard president biden try to