we saw a lot of things eye to eye like the cia possibly involved in his uncle s assassination. i even read his book about fauci. so primetime invited r.f.k. jr. on day one of his campaign. we were told we would be the second interview and then third. and then fourth. and so on and so on. and two month later, he has gone on six different fox shows. he has gone on news max. he has gone on breitbart. he has gone on cnn, abc, dozens of podcasts that we have frankly never heard of. now, a lot of these are great shows and we don t begrudge shows for booking him. i m starting to feel like r.f.k. doesn t like me. something has happened. it s never happened to me in my entire career. i m taking something personally. is it me, bobby? i mean, if it is, just tell me. but i m left with no other choice. in order to defend the honor of this show. primetime is hereby rescinding our invitation to r.f.k. jr. we didn t want to do it. but we were forced to. and not only has the invitation be
and democratic strategist david. gentlemen, welcome to the show. i want to start off with the border. david, i will start with you, you know, immigration is a big problem for the president right now. if you can pop up the poll. 61% according to fox news poll disapprove the job the president is doing and he s getting incoming from all different sides that are very frustrated that this administration was not quite prepared for the end of title 42. some confusing messaging on that and, of course, the last-minute troops to the border. david, this is not an ideal situation for him, is it? well, it s not an ideal situation for any politician and we have many politicians out there saying that immigration is their number one issue but it seems like their number one issue to complain about. president biden put forth comprehensive legislation on immigration his first day in office and he s asking for a bipartisan approach. that s what s going to work. right now the president is actin
raise debt ceiling. did you know? does anybody know what the debt ceiling is? we send johnny out to find out. talk to me about the debt ceiling? what? debt keeling? ceiling. our max that we can go to as a country. reporter: where is the debt ceiling? through the roof. it bingo. ewith spent too much money. bad president. reporter: which one was the worse? biden. reporter: what makes him bad? it feels right. there s still a lot of people who feel that i. reporter: who s fault is this? the liberals.
conversation, it s about raising the debt keeling which allows the united states to pay its bills, borrow money to pay its bills more accurately. that s right. rich: how much of a risk does that pose to the economy? there was downgrade from triple a to double a. the risk is, of course, higher interests and the higher interest rates are hurting the average america, consumer loans, small business owners, for example. rich: any concerns about stagflation, maybe, a 70 s throwback. oh, yeah, we are looking at the consumer. there s a lot of conversation with the white house, hey, the consumer is doing, great, man, look at the spending. well, they are spending more but they are getting less because of inflation and when you look at the savings rates it s at a record low about 3% when you look at credit card rate it s at record highs. and so people are actually living on credit. almost like our federal government is right now.
the expense, real expense is not doing them. mark: so we have two massive spending bills but congress has a lot on its plate including the need to figure out whether or not they will fund the government pass the end of the month or kick the can down the road at temporary funding bill. also you have the treasury secretary urging congress not to wait any longer and to raise the debt ceiling. republicans have said democrats are going to need to do that on their own. democrats are saying they are working on it but they want republican help. mike as you well know, it s going to be a very interesting few weeks ahead. mike make oh, yes, quite a roller coaster ahead. mark meredith, thanks so much. joining to discuss the prospects of the president s agenda independent senior analyst carrie and democratic strategist matt bennett, welcome to both of you. thanks. thanks for having us. mike: on spending congress needs to get things done, government funding extension, raising the debt keeling in