things were developing. that default was not an honest. and mccarthy even had said that it would be, quote, possible to get a deal by the end of the week, last week. this past week. signs of renewed discourse bill back out yesterday when republican aides paused the discussion saying that it was, quote, not productive. democrats and republicans remain far apart a number of issues including spending cuts and work requirements for federal mccarthy said is a red line for him. talks between congressional republicans and the white house have yet to resume. yesterday mccarthy made his disadvantage faction public, reading, 12. president biden doesn t think that there is a think oh-dollar saving to be found in the federal budget. he would rather be the first president in history to default on the debt rather than upsetting the radical socialist calling the shots for democrats right now. mccarthy s three conveniently of re-norms the fact that republicans nor democrats under a presi
7:00 in the morning, they re our teams will continue working. now we have had a past few days here at hiroshima, i think we ve had very important, productive meetings of the g7 summit. we also held a quad meeting here in hiroshima rather than australia, and important bilateral discussions, with primary issues prime minister of japan, prime minister of australia, and president zelenskyy in ukraine as well as the prime minister of india. this is my third trip to the north pacific as president, and i look forward to rescheduling my stops in popular guinea, and australia later. i spoken with the prime minister and probably in the guinea, and secretary blinken s traveler to meet with the pacific island partners in that moment. also i will be hosting, and i ve spoken with the prime minister, hosting the leaders of the pacific island forum in washington this fall, because i will be unable to make it to pop what new guinea. and with prime minister albanese, we ll have a state visit l
okay, guys, could see about, i don t see a lot more of, you thank you much. in the meantime, in our next hour, how a neighbor is coming to russia s rescue as the world tightens sanctions. what are the, dopamine we see world headquarters here in new york, welcome everyone to alex witt reports, we begin the hour with a new reaction from russia. two new g7 sanctions and president biden s plan to send f-16 fighter jets to ukraine. president zelenskyy flew to japan today, meeting with world leaders in the city. where the u.s. dropped two atomic bombs in 1945 to end world war ii. russia s foreign minister said today, sanctions from the g7 appear to be aimed at the double containment of russia and china. the plan to send american fighter jets to ukraine now raising questions about the risk of potential escalation of the wars. here s what former national security adviser told us last hour. clearly, the uss believes that there is an escalation risk in providing f-16s. off they would
game-changer. russian officials meanwhile warned western countries that they would ruin, rather run colossal risks if they supply ukraine with f-16s. but white house officials are saying they got assurances that ukraine will avoid potential escalations of the war. we have had multiple conversations with ukrainians about the risk of escalation here. nobody wants to see world war iii. and we have made it clear that we re not gonna encourage or ukraine to strike inside russian territory. so we ve had that discussion with ukrainians, we have had it with respect to fighter aircraft. we are confident they will live up to their commitments. more on the presidents trip in a moment, back in washington, the white house is blasting congressional lawmakers over the debt ceiling deadlock. accusing republicans of holding the economy hostage. talks between both parties started, paused, restarted and ended with no indication of whether they will resume. , president biden was briefed this
it s time for us to be this sunday, taking on trump. the republican primary field will be expanding this week as florida governor ron desantis and tim scott both jump into the 2024 race. think the party has developed a party of losing. it s time for us to be proud to be americans and proud of our president. can either candidate make the case he s the better alternative than donald trump and unite the party process in the primary battle ahead? i ll talk to republican congressman byron donald of florida who is currently backing donald trump. plus, flirting with disaster. debt ceiling negotiations break down, restart and then stop again. default is not an option. this white house will not acknowledge that they re spending too much. what s really going on inside the talks. is either side negotiating in good faith? and how serious is the june 1st deadline for a catastrophic default? i ll talk to treasury secretary janet yellen. and abortion follow ticks. republic