this to the republican party. especially the ultra conservative members, who have been making a lot of noise about it. his political reputation is potentially on the line, he needs to show he can make a deal but also satisfy the members of his party who are unsure about the deal. inaudible question. lots of lawmakers on the hill have lots of lawmakers on the hill have used this as an opportunity to give their opinions about which way they think opinions about which way they think the opinions about which way they think the deal should go. you have peeple think the deal should go. you have people like think the deal should go. wm. have people like emanuel cleaver who is a democrat, he said enough people on both sides don t want the default, so he is optimistic it will go through. he was asked by my colleague, what would you say to people watching around the world who are curious to know why is the debt ceiling becoming such a big issue in america? we know a country li
this mean you are going to challenge mr mccarthy? they didn t quite go there. we will probably get more from chip roy at some point, we fully expect these people to come out and have more to say. yeah, lots of threats but no one has specifically said they will seek to remove mr mccarthy from his role. brute seek to remove mr mccarthy from his role. ~ ~. ., , his role. we saw kevin mccarthy seak on his role. we saw kevin mccarthy speak on the his role. we saw kevin mccarthy speak on the house his role. we saw kevin mccarthy speak on the house floor - his role. we saw kevin mccarthy speak on the house floor a i speak on the house floor a little earlier during the debate. tell us what he said. he took a big victory lap. he is always very optimistic, isn t he? the number of times i have asked him questions throughout the whole debt ceiling saga, he has been full of confidence and swagger. it is a bit of a pr job for him. he wants to show that he is able to make this deal, the republica
for or borrowed from you, the american hard-working taxpayer. it is about the math. house speaker nancy pelosi can only lose 3 votes on her side and still pass the bill but her calling card is praising big bills by just a vote or two. pelosi would not have foot this bill on the floor a she has the votes. this will shock all of you but biden absentas a barometer doesn t come close to paying for itself even on paper. the cbo just released cost estimate for the bill which projects it will increase the deficit by $367 billion over 10 years and likely closer to $2 trillion when you take away the gimmick so what is in it, consider the proposed civilian climate core. it will serve as taxpayer funding, 300,000 strong army of far left activists. joining me now is doctor brenda shafer who is senior advisor at the foundation for defense of
stalled in the senate it is more getting real about the fact republicans aren t just using the election loss last year and fantasies how the election must have been stolen or otherwise they couldn t have lost it but not justifying rollbacks of voting. they are doing that, but they re also in pretty significant numbers demanding a willingness to overturn elections as a new single issue litmus test for candidates of all kinds.es not just restricting voting rights but demanding that b republican candidates pledge that they will overturn election results whenever they can and whenever it s advantageous to republican candidates. do you remember what was happening inside the senate when the mob actually breached the capitol six months ago and got l inside?l do you remember what was happening on the senate floor a that moment? u.s. senator named james lankford republican from
there was a gaggle on floor a where many news organizations were not included. that was not something that we were happy about. but the broader aspect of him doing daily briefings has been positive. we continue to ask questions of the president. that is set against a background of a very negative tone against the media that president trump has set. those are some of the things that he has said about the media being the enemy of the american people, obviously positions that we reject. the media is a critical part of american democracy. we uphold that by coming to work every day. jon: what if that is contention, the unidentified sources that should not be permitted in stories coming out of his white house? i think that journalists always prefer to have named sources in their stories. that is something that i certainly prefer to have in my story as well. but that has to be a two way street. sources have to agree to go on the record. if president trump instructs all