why do you think there is such broad support for this. you tell me, why do you think americans think this is okay? well, i would ask when you put up that poll that you also put up the identical poll on tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires, and trillions of dollars that have been given to them over the last five years. the majority of americans agree that millionaires and billionaires should be taxed as well. put it on the table, let s have a reasonable negotiation, let s have all of the causes of the increase in the public debt be discussed. instead, it s a one-way street, and to me, it s just something which is unacceptable, which is why i believe at the end of the day, as a last resort, if they re not reasonable that the president should invoke the 14th amendment, which says that the validity of the public debt of the united states authorized by law shall not be questioned. authorized by law means that all
difficult, but we have to make a continuing moral case for the protection of democracy and voting rights and it is troubling that in 2023 already there have been 150 pieces of legislation filed in 32 state legislatures across the nation to even further restrict voting rights. so i think i would hope that americans would look at it this way. right now in ukraine, we re spending billions to protect ukrainian democracy. and their right to self-determination. here at home, you ve got an aggressive effort to undermine american democracy. this contradicts the very values of this country, so the president spoke with us yesterday, dropped in, impromptu at our meeting at the white
help moscow. the united states is putting maximum pressure on china not to do that. what about the china balloon? was that an embarrassment? i think my view of that is that probably xi wasn t tracking the exact whereabouts of the balloon. certainly, that has inflamed tensions. we have grown concerned over many years about chinese surveillance capabilities, their cyberattacks, their use of social media platforms like tiktok and other platforms to collect data on americans. this balloon surveillance was another manifestation of chinese efforts to surveil the united states and collect intelligence on our military. kevin mccarthy, the speaker, of course, had campaigned saying he would go to taiwan as speaker pelosi did, to the aggravation of the white house and state department. now he is not going. according to all reports out of taipei, the taiwanese president is coming here and will meet in
washington. the local governor in mexico says two of the four americans are dead. merrick garland is addressing it. i ve been briefed by the fbi, which is working with mexican authorities. senior department officials are working closely with our counterparts at the state department. during this difficult time, i want to offer my deepest sympathies to the families of the americans who were attacked and kidnapped. part of friday s horrifying attack caught on video. a mexican official telling reuters, both victims killed were male. the woman and another man who were with them are still alive, safe and now in the hands of authorities. they add that one person is in custody. we expect to hear from the state department in two hours. u.s. authorities say the americans were targeted by cartels in a case of mistaken identity. they reportedly traveled from south carolina so one of them could undergo cosmetic surgery.