stoplighting fireworks on the beach when they were not supposed to do it. then they were attacked. john: any arrests made yet, jeff? yeah, sandra and john, no arrests as of yet, but since the marines, not in uniform were on the ground and kicked by a large group, consider it a case of assault with a deadly weapon. and the video, we should warn, extremely violent, were not more seriously hurt. as many as 40 people were said to be involved in the beating. marines say they were just enjoying san clemente beach friday night. we don t know what happened prior to the video being taken, the victims say the teens were lighting off fireworks. when debris hit one of them in the face from the fireworks, the men say they asked the group to stop, appears some shoving and then jumped and stomped on. some bystanders eventually stepped in to stop the beating. the mayor says the marines are always welcome in his city and celebrated and that s why he feels this attack was tragic and unusu
politicsnation. tonight lead, not there yet. right now, the economic free world is holding its breath. as washington appears to have a way out of this impasse over our debt ceiling. president biden and republican house speaker, kevin mccarthy, announcing last night that a tentative deal has been reached, that would allow both sides to claim a victory. with short term domestic spending curtailed in line with house republican demands, and economic crisis averted to the delight of democrats in the rest of the sensible world. but that looming june 5th deadline to raise the ceiling hasn t gone away. and the hurdles to passage remain inside of congress itself. house democrats are expected to jump on a call with the white house within the hour. we ll update you as soon as that cole wraps, as for speaker mccarthy, will he be able to satisfy the hard right flank of his caucus, ahead of wednesday s house vote? or after weeks of holding america hostage, will they intentionally drive t
extreme maga republican effort to default on our debt, crash the economy. i m worried about the consequences of us not coming to terms and raising the debt ceiling. at this point, it s economic terrorism. my communications to them are, stand firm. there s no reason not to. stand firm. you have a white house that is not serious. republicans want to drive us over the cliff of default. it s idiotic for anybody to consider anything other than what we had. we will ride it out. neil: does that sound like progress? we ll see. both sides far apart as lawmakers race to cut a deal we re told a week away. this as fitch, the big ratings agency warns that a credit down grade could be in the cards and maybe soon regardless of how this works out. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. so much to get to. let s get to it with chad pergram on capitol hill on where things stand right now. hi, chad. good afternoon. the move by fitch and the ratings arm of morning start caught the att
congressional lawmakers will have just 12 days when they ll return from their recess to pass multiple funding bills. democrats and senate republicans are operating under an agreement made by president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy during the debt ceiling negotiations in may, but house republicans have a different plan. they re proposing bills with far less spending than agreed to in the biden mccarthy deal that involving poison pills finance unsocial issues. take a listen to what caucus chair pete aguilar has to say. this is what republicans have done stlachlt created a scenario where the most extreme maga republicans and their conference now guide everything that they do. kevin mccarthy can t pass
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said the defense spending levels part of the new debt limit law are “totally inadequate” and questioned how to move forward on Wednesday after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) poured cold water on the Senate’s hope for a supplemental defense bill.