on fox. the boxing gloves are coming out. sure is. we are 525 days until the general election day and this news, courtesy of axios scooping that christie will enter the race next tuesday a college we are all familiar with in a town hall. his campaign manager maria camilla will be a familiar face. christie made no bones about his dislike for donald trump, which he was a supporter in the early days. this will get interesting. christie skipping iowa, which is where everybody starts their campaigns, including ron desantis, who said yesterday in iowa, by the way, trailing 30 points nationally, but wasted no time diving into the issues much watch this. i m frustrated on things like the border. i ve been talking to politicians talk about securing the border for years and years and years. if i m president, this will be the time we bring this issue to a conclusion. we will reestablish the sovereignty of this nation. we will declare a national emergency about the border. griff: d
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
disinformation, this cuts spending, when have you heard that? i would love to hear more spending cuts because spending is out of control. we and the house ofept representatives, democrats control the senate and p presidency, to only be one-third of the equation, speaker mccarthy negotiated as good of a deal he could negotiate and we need to keep fighting more fiscal cuts and spending. ainsley: republicans seem to be split constantly. what time are you talking to christopher wray today? james: i think around 1:30. ainsley: please keep us posted. ashley is there with headlines for us. ashley: good morning, start with border patrol chief raul
the constitution prohibits a default. the treasury department will have to pay the interest on the bonds. here s a couple of points. you mentioned in 2011. i lived through that. you lived through that. we had some rocky times and the markets got jittery. what happened after we got a good deal that started cutting spending? what happened to the stock market after that? boom. same thing after the mid 90s when newt gingrich reached with bill clinton. what happened to the stock market? it went boom. a good deal that cuts spending, that puts some caps on this debt and gets us on some sane path to a balanced budget would be the best possible thing for the commit. you know who would be a big beneficiary of that? joe biden. neil: it doesn t always go boom. dave dotson after the 2008 financial crisis, i remember
actually cutting government spending. jenna: we heard the reaction from the crowd. there was a lot said about your comments, you are approving an interesting point about the republican party but perhaps you crossed the line and looked un presidential. the you cross a line? people need to lighten a. my point is we have a lot of candidates running for president, they can deliver great speeches but just trying is not enough. if someone has cut government spending as a senator what makes us think they will cut if we make from president to give it only gets harder, not easier. i am the only one that cuts spending. it was a light-hearted moment and people should like now. the reality is trying is great, not good enough. this is the most import direction of our lifetimes, we need a president who get the job done after the disaster president obama has been. you can just have someone is that i did my best.