is it technically possible to keep up with the debts? can you just not pay the interest rate on the debts while this is worked out. i have to tell you, anyone that thinks that the united states government not paying its bills is anything less than default hasn t thought about it very clearly. let me ask you a question. what happens if we re not able to pay social security? what happens if we can t pay disability and veterans payments on time. in each of these cases, it means fap liz, businesses, institution that s are important won t be getting what they re relying on. coming the 18th you won t be able to pay social security or medicare or all of these things? i m telling that you the 1 h we one out of our ability to borrow. we have a very, very short window of time before those scenarios start to be played out. could you keep up on servicing the debt that, is paying the interest on the u.s. debt, therefore, not defaulting
jack lu joins us on washington s double trouble, showdowns over the shutdown and the debt ceiling. plus, is anybody winning or is everybody losing? our political panel considers it all and weighs in on a way out. this is state of the union. good morning from washington. i m candy crowley. five days into the government shutdown, there is some movement. the pentagon is bringing most of the civilian employees back to work this week. the house guaranteed bk pay to furloughed federal workers and a senior house republican tells cnn they re floating the idea of the bill that funds the government and lifts the nation s debt ceiling for six weeks. the measure would not be tied to anything about obama care. and that might not sit well with senator ted cruz. his take on this in a few minutes. first, my interview with treasury secretary jock lu moments ago. treasury secretary jack lu is here. mr. secretary, thank you so much for coming in. thank you. if i can just sort of sum up wh
0 it is a beautiful weekend here in atlanta. it is great to be here. thank you so much for spending your sunday morning for usment thank you for watching. don t move, candy crowley has senator ted cruz and jack lu next on state of the union. it starts right now. if you want a friend in washington, get a dog. today they call him speaker cruz. it s not meant as a compliment. so many democrats have invoked my name as the root of all evil. a marquee name in the tea party takes on incoming from the other parties. our exclusive with texas republican senator ted cruz. then take that vote. stop this farce. all we re asking for is to sit down and have a discussion. the u.s. government is close to $17 trillion in debt. and these congressional authority to borrow more. jack lu joins us on washington s double trouble, showdowns over the shutdown and the debt ceiling. plus, is anybody winning or is everybody losing? our political panel considers it all and weighs in on a way
this morning. i m steve chenevey. i m gurvir dhindsa. the sun is starting to come up. we are here for mentoring monday. our phone bank is up and running. you can call the number you see on your screen if you would like to help out. that phone bank as gurvir said if you would hike to help out is going to run through 11:00. our group is talking about organizes that mentor young men. you will meet some of the people behind these groups that are helping to make positive changes in children s lives. we re looking forward to that all morning long. should be really good. you mentioned how it is looking pretty outside. it may not feel so pretty when you step out. it s little humid out there. i think we ll see a fair a sunshine during the course of the morning hours. a little more humidity and maybe some showers and thunderstorms to go on top of that. here is a look at the current temperatures around the region. we are in the mid-70s here in the district. 71 out at dul
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