to, and i believe after laying it all out, i can see where we can find common ground. there is nothing there of me walking away that does not believe at the end of the day we can come to an agreement that makes america stronger, puts us on a path to balance, and exactly what the american people are asking us to do. okay, here s a problem. i have no idea what kevin mccarthy was talking about specifically there, but here s what we do know. house republicans have been absolutely firm that they want some sort of spending cuts. but here s the problem. they haven t actually said what they want to cut, and as for the white house, he was part of the statement that came after mccarthy left the building. quote, president biden made clear that it is the shared duty not to allow an unprecedented an economically catastrophic default. it is not negotiable or conditional. meanwhile there are new developments in the biden classified documents investigation. today the fbi search president biden s del
but what we do know is that republicans are getting in line with mccarthy s show of force, to show joe biden that biden can t go around and negotiate directly with moderates, that this needs to be done through mccarthy. otherwise it could foment some sort of house wide, at least in the gop conference, revolt. but here s what i don t get. big spending is not unique to joe biden or democrats. our national debt ballooned under donald trump. donald trump, who called himself the king of debt, and when he was in office, republicans had no problem raising the debt limit and watching him rack up more and more debt. why do they have an issue with it now? critics of the republicans clearly see that this is because they have an issue with that because president biden is in the white house and is a democrat they can use this as leverage to get other things that they want. we know that under president
this has been ron klain s last word on this program as white house chief of staff. he has promised a return to this program at some point in the future as a private citizen when he s not busy walking the dog. 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. starts now tonight, the high stakes meeting between president biden and speaker mccarthy. to tackle the very real looming debt ceiling crisis. what comes next? then, tyre nichols laid to rest in an emotional funeral, his family and community calling
the white house, he was part of the statement that came after mccarthy left the building. quote, president biden made clear that it is the shared duty not to allow an unprecedented an economically catastrophic default. it is not negotiable or conditional. meanwhile there are new developments in the biden classified documents investigation. today the fbi search president biden s delaware beach house for almost a total of four hours. the president s attorneys said the search was done without a warrant and with the presidents full cooperation. he also said, quote, no documents with classified markings were found and that the agents to take some materials handwritten notes related to biden s time as vice president. this is the third fbi search of a location connected to create a president. it did come on the day special counsel robert hur is officially taking over. we re also learning the fbi is investigating, guess who? new york congressman george santos. the bureau is looking into allega
for healing and justice. how does memphis move forward? and the pressure cooker on american teens s college admissions season kicks into high gear. the only thing that could matter to parents and families right now. as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. and it is on, the president and house speaker going one-on-one to talk raising the debt ceiling. before the u.s. default on its debt for the first time ever, which, of course, if it did would mean economic disaster. president biden wants to raise the limit without any conditions while speaker mccarthy and house republicans say there will be no increase without spending cuts. the speaker spent more than an hour with the president at the white house. this afternoon mccarthy said this about that meeting. we both laid out some of our vision of where we want to get