joe biden met with kevin mccarthy earlier today. both men said talks were productive and repeated the stance that the default is off the table. to avoid that, though, they will have to work out an agreement with the next ten days. negotiators have been trying to strike a deal to avail the default. sources say the white house is offering. both men said talks were reproductive and repeated their stance that a default is off the table. to avoid that, they will have to work out an agreement within the next ten days. even before president biden met with house speaker kevin mccarthy, negotiators were once again around the table, trying to strike a deal to avoid a default. sources say the white house is now offering to keep spending flat from this year to next, while republicans, they say they want to increase defence spending while cutting everything else by up to 22%. treasury secretary confirmed over the weekend that during the first is the hard deadline when the government can n
heading to the southern border days before covid restrictions are headed next week. congresswoman concern have a escobar joins me here. and i will talk to ukraine s ambassador to the united states on new threats from russia. good day, everyone, i m andrea mitchell in washington where the white house is lauding a jobs new that outpaced expectations. 253,000 jobs added in april. unemployment down slightly to 3.4%. the lowest level since 1969. the good jobs numbers could complicate the fed s plan to pause hiking interest rates as the president and speaker are preparing to hold their first talks next week on that fast approaching debt ceiling deadline. and turmoil in the regional bank sector as well could be spreading. with all of that joining me now nbc news white house correspondent mike memoli outside the white house, committee for responsible federal budget maya mcginnis and former barack obama white house press secretary michael gibbs. we are going to hear from the presi
street. president biden pushes his case for a massive tax and spending increase in his new budget. and a stronger than expected jobs report is not necessarily what the fed wanted to see. we have fox team coverage tonight. charles payne in new york tells us what happened with the silicon valley bank and what that means for the rest of us. but we begin with white house correspondent peter doocy and the president s take on the unemployment numbers. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. there was a run on a struggling bank known for loans to startups and things went south so quickly within about a 48-hour period that the feds came in to take control of the country s 16th largest bank. i think we got a good jobs report. peter: 311,000 last month better than expected. so no plans to back off the spending plan paid for with new taxes for the rich and corporations. ronald reagan was doing 8% tax rate. you know that whacko liberal guy. you know. peter: it s been ec
a new agreement called the washington declaration aimed at deterring an attack on seoul. the bbc s seoul correspondent jean mackenzie explained what this agreement involves. so this deal is the us stepping up so this deal is the us stepping up its commitment to use nuclear weapons to defend south korea from north korea. you know, the us is responsible for south korea s event and are always up implied it would use nuclear weapons if necessary but recently people here in seoul have questioned that commitment and they needed part of this deal is the us is going to send one of its armed with nuclear weapons to the peninsular. it will be stationed here continually but it will come periodically. they will form the joint nuclear planning group and this allows south korea to be more involved in understanding how and when the us would use its nuclear weapons. politicians here essentially have been kept in the dark with little understanding of what would actually trigger the us pre
the washington declaration aimed at deterring an attack on seoul. the bbc s seoul correspondent jean mackenzie explained what this agreement involves. so this deal is the us stepping up its commitment to use nuclear weapons to defend south korea from north korea. you know, the us is responsible for south korea s defence and are always up implied it would use nuclear weapons if necessary but recently people here in seoul have questioned that commitment and they needed part of its submarines, armed with nuclear weapons to the peninsular. it will be stationed here continually but it will come periodically. they will form the joint nuclear planning group and this allows south korea to be more involved in understanding how and when the us would use its nuclear weapons. politicians here essentially have been kept in the dark with little understanding of what would actually trigger the us president to trigger the nuclear button on its behalf, but in return for these us commitmen