region and drag the united states even deeper. the issue is what to do now that three american soldiers are dead. the president says he holds iran responsible and has made a decision on how to respond. is it the right decision? what can he do to balance risk? secretary of state blinken says no one wants escalation. is that true of iran whose leaders call for death to america? in the atlantic, american policy toward iran has failed because it has always taken a segmented approach to the iran problem, defining it as a hostage problem or freedom of the seas problem or a nuclear problem or an iraq problem. but rarely as what it is. an islamic republic of iran problem. joining us now, nbc news pentagon correspondent and traveling with the president in miami is mike memoli. all right, so courtney, the president says he s made a decision. what do we know about what the pentagon proposed for him? we know that it was a wide range of options here. there have been several times in the
Republican and Democratic Leaders set to meet with the president for highstakes negotiations on the debt ceiling. America is not a deadbeat nation. We pay our bills. With the Clock Ticking toward a june 1st default deadline failure to do that would be unprecedented. We talk with two powerful senators who have a history of working across the aisle about how to avoid an economic meltdown. We should never put the credit of the United States at risk. Until the president engages, it doesnt matter what we do. Later this hour country superstar Miranda Lambert on how she could set a new record in Country Music. It sounds really big when you say it like that. Is that part of your super power . Get it done, baby. It was possible that i may not see the end of the year. You mishandled that . I dont know if i mishandled im a little wistful. This is not where i thought this story was headed. Good evening and welcome back to whos talking. Its called the x day, the day when the u. S. Government defaul
limatter. joining us bret, bret, so nice to see you. thank you for joining us. let s start with the facts, the evidence, what did the committee unveil that caught your attention? trey, thanks for having me on. as you know, my 83-year-old mother didi thinks you re the smartest man on tv so she s going to be thrilled that i m appearing on your show on mother s day. so thanks for having me. i will tell you my very first impression was first a bit dismayed that not all the media was there, you know, you mentioned the partisanship, you didn t have several of the larger media stations covering this and it s a major announcement that they claim they were coming forward so as i listened to it i thought to myself, you have four banks only four that they received documents from their subpoena, those four banks revealed $10 million had been passed through upwards of 25 different llc s to 9 different members of the biden family and friends. i look at that, trey, and you and i know very
lighmatter. joining us bret, bret, so nice to see you. thank you for joining us. let s start with the facts, the evidence, what did the committee unveil that caught your attention? trey, thanks for having me on. as you know, my 83-year-old mother didi thinks you re the smartest man on tv so she s going to be thrilled that i m appearing on your show on mother s day. so thanks for having me. i will tell you my very first impression was first a bit dismayed that not all the media was there, you know, you mentioned the partisanship, you didn t have several of the larger media stations covering this and it s a major announcement that they claim they were coming forward so as i listened to it i thought to myself, you have four banks only four that they received documents from their subpoena, those four banks revealed $10 million had been passed through upwards of 25 different llc s to 9 different members of the biden family and friends. i look at that, trey, and you and i know ve
republican and democratic leaders set to meet with the president for high-stakes negotiations on the debt ceiling. america is not a deadbeat nation. we pay our bills. with the clock ticking toward a june 1st default deadline failure to do that would be unprecedented. we talk with two powerful senators who have a history of working across the aisle about how to avoid an economic meltdown. we should never put the credit of the united states at risk. until the president engages, it doesn t matter what we do. later this hour country superstar miranda lambert on how she could set a new record in country music. it sounds really big when you say it like that. is that part of your super power? get it done, baby. it was possible that i may not see the end of the year. you mishandled that? i don t know if i mishandled i m a little wistful. this is not where i thought this story was headed. good evening and welcome back to who s talking. it s ca