the number of votes, that cuts at one of the core arguments we have been hearing from president biden, but nonetheless, one of the key things that we heard from the president today as he was sitting down with these business and financial leaders was underscoring the fact that even now, even right now with this uncertainty hanging over the united states over this debt ceiling extension, there are already effects happening in the markets. the ceo of jp morgan said on monday, his company is going to begin looking at ways to adjust their business if this debt ceiling extension does not happen. that s something that the white house will certainly come back to is that a short-term extension while perhaps giving more time to actually get this done ultimately is only going to allow for further uncertainty to continue to exist. but we will hear from the white house press secretary jen psaki in about 25 minutes, and we ll see what she says. let s go back to manu, what about this vote. she ju
that s not going to happen and the reality is that democrats are probably going to have to figure this out on their own. fair? well, as i said earlier, schumer said to him, you don t want your fingerprints on the debt ceiling even though you voted on all the spending bills that created this debt ceiling extension? then step out of the way. let us do it by democratic vote. we ll accept that responsibility. the future of our economy is at stake here, and if he thinks he s going to score political points by defaulting on america s debt for the first time in history he is wrong. senate majority whip dick durbin from illinois this morning, i really appreciate it. thanks, dana. thank you. a new pill that could cut covid-19 deaths in half. how is that going to change the course of the pandemic here in america? dr. anthony fauci joins me next. i was drowning in student loan debt. then i discovered sofi.
a student of the game. to say the democrats are in charge of the senate is to ignore it s a 50-50 vote and we need 60 votes. i think he ll come to his senses. i hope he will if he ll listen to the people back home and around this nation who warn him of the dire consequences of his strategy. okay, but this is a man who held up president merrick garland s nomination for many, many, months and unprecedented. he is known to say something and stick with it despite the pressure that is on him so i m guessing you understand him. you re a student of mitch mcconnell as much as anybody and that s not going to happen and the reality is that democrats are probably going to have to figure this out on their own. fair? well, as i said earlier, schumer said to him, you don t want your fingerprints on the debt ceiling even though you voted on all the spending bills that created this debt ceiling extension.
a look at the intense week ahead. how is it going to play out? it is going to be a very chaotic week on capitol hill. there is a deadline of thursday at midnight to fund the government or to face a federal government shutdown. what democrats are planning to do is vote in the senate tomorrow late monday afternoon on a bill that has passed the house that would keep the government open, add on disaster relief money for recent storms and wildfires, and include a debt ceiling extension. that simply allows the u.s. government to pay bills that congress has racked up. republicans say they will filibuster the bill in the senate because of the debt ceiling extension. they want democrats to do that on their own in the party line bill. speaker nancy pelosi was asked about that earlier today. let s play some of what she had to say about that demand. beyond words. woe cooperated on three occasions when president trump was president in order to lift the debt ceiling.
where minority leader mitch mcconnell says republicans will not vote for it. this one is not being negotiated on a bipartisan basis, because, obviously, we re not involved in any bipartisan discussion, regarding the reckless taxing and spending legislation that they re having apparently some challenges in putting together. because of its comprehensive reach. and because of its devastating impact on the american economy. so, the debt ceiling will be raised as it always should be, but it will be raised by the democrats. mcconnell is pushing for democrats to include the debt ceiling extension in the reconciliation bill. but the path to passing democrats the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill remains