Of our country. We have known that for years. When are we ever going to make those kind of decisions . We will have another opportunity later, when the debt ceiling issue arrives. When are we going to make this decision . That is our question. This whole discussion and admittedly, the president has some advantages, being one messenger. You would think this whole discussion was about nothing other than raising the top two has tax rates. Two tax rates. That has literally nothing to do with solving the problem. I have been waiting for the president to become serious about solving the problem. I do not know when he is going to become serious. It sounds to me like we are running out of time. We will take our cues from the speaker as to when they are able, if they are able, to reach some kind of agreement. The democrats have 50 or more votes. A great step in itself. What are the indications for republicans to approach for the debt to not be raised while spending is cut . , i can speak for ev
Are we entering another week where we think a deal is soon on the table but by the end of the week it wont be . And what do you as we understand it, Mitch Mcconnell is trying to pass something regarding taxes. Raise rates on upper income americans, as Many Americans are willing to do, and agree by setting that up, that in the new year they will discuss these spending cuts. Of course, the problem is House Republicans are saying no, we dont want this. You could see a deal on the table that puts them on the spot. Puts the pressure on the table. Yes. The house was forceful in their opposition to this, and i think it will be interesting to see, one of the things, you know, back in 2011 when they were dealing with the debt limit, it was Mitch Mcconnell that came up with this concept for how they eventually dealt with the debt limit. It is interesting we are getting to hear these rumblings of Mitch Mcconnell trying to float that idea. And it could be difficult for these days of reelection in
Lets bring in our leadoff panel for this friday night. Franco ordonez, White House Correspondent for mcclatchy newspapers, covering immigration and foreign affairs. The New York Times katie benner, pulitzer prizewinning reporter who covers the Justice Department. And yamiche alcindor, White House Correspondent for news hour on pbs. Thanks to all of you for being with us. Katie, let me start with you. We have that reporting tonight about some movement on that issue of reunifying parents with children, at least some of them. You cover the Justice Department, the legal end of this. It sounded like there was still plenty of confusion when that Executive Order was issued the other day by the president about what that was actually going to allow in terms of reunification. How clear is that now . Absolutely. So as you say, this was another selfinflicted wound by the Trump Administration not thinking through clearly enough a directive before issuing it. So we saw a lot of confusion last night.
Close. This is c w news live from berlin fighting rages near libyas capital tripoli with scores already dead the United Nations calls for thousands of refugees caught in the crossfire to be evacuated well find out what options they have left also coming up. Thousands in sudan tress their demand for an immediate return to civilian rule they say their new Military Chiefs pledge to hand over power within two years is not enough to. And Vote Counting is underway in finlands parliamentary election this point anything could change but the polis likely to
d. C. From the Center Right Coalition is in favor of left leaning anti Austerity Party populist finns party was predicted to make big gains but that surge might not materialize. Close. To my ash waiter thanks for joining us. Today was supposed to be the day for a United Nations backed conference aimed at bringing peace to libya instead the u. N. Is warning the lives of thousands of civilians including refugees are at risk and the death toll
Government, during the arab spring of 2011. The spark came in the Southern City of daraa, where Security Forces beat a group of teenage boys. Their crime scrawling anti assad slogans on their school wall. From there, the protests spread, the regime cracked down violently, and fighting erupted. Its since grown into a full blown civil war, with the rebels seizing large chunks of territory. In all, more than 70,000 syrians have died. Russia its warships seen today docking in beirut before moving on to syria continues to supply arms to the syrian military. Other nations have called on assad to step down, but been reluctant to intercede. Today in brussels the European Union rejected a push to lift its embargo on arms to the rebels, over the objections of france and britain. Assad is still in place, he is still being strongly supplied and strengthened by others and we need to put pressure on to bring about the transition that is necessary for the syrian people, necessary for the stability of