christmas special joe along with anita and lisa booth and tom saloom, having story this christmas eve towards nightmare before christmas, when all through the white house, not a creature was stirring, letting commander major in the stockings were hung by tap dancers who want to defund the police without a care in hopes that mariah care will soon be there. biden: hello mariah, how are you and i am a fan. i m a fan. biden: i just want you to know. we love it sue and the president and first lady were all snug events, omissions of mariah is in their heads when i m in the a row such a clatter, others hopes that money was being printed for them to help them pay the christmas groceries at the mall a clatter. [background sounds]. i have a coupon for that and he was in the paper this morning. 1983. john: that s right, back when the christmas classic, home alone came out come the groceries the kevin mcallister got word or 20 bucks now we pay nearly 250 percent more at about the s
a 1% cap on spending growth for six years. it caused back some unspent pandemic relief funds and it toughens work requirements for food stamp recipients. that last issue seen as a win for republicans. arthel: florida republican congressman mike joins us with his thoughts on the deal but first about life coverage lucas tomlinson at the white house with a presidents reaction cheddar program live on capitol hill with more details on the deal and where lawmakers go from here. chad do tell. chris arthel if you thought the hard part was getting a bill considered how part would be to pass a bill but some democrats are leery of the deal and conservatives are torching the legislation. tweeting it is unacceptable. he said it greenlight an additional 4 trillion in debt. house speaker kevin mccarthy claims he is not concerned about gop defections. week did a conference call with our conference in over 95% over were overwhelmingly exc excited. this is going to be transformational congre
bill: arthel good to be with you as well. thank you for joining us on this memorial day weekend which also means of course the nations beaches artificially open coast-to-coast. many of them already pack that you can see. people on the east coast in particular got to be on the lookout for sharks after multiple recent sightings. arthel: we have live team covered cb cotton is at rockaway beach in new york. but first we ll go to charles watson. he is live on the busiest airports in our country. hartsfield jackson there in atlanta. charles i see a lot of people behind you what is happening there? or so yes a lot of people. the great american getaway is certainly in full effect. we are expecting big crowds this weekend. we are certainly seeing them at hartsfield jackson international airport as waves and waves of people both the tsa checkpoint to try to make it to their flight so they can get to their holiday destinations. aaa said they are expecting a lot of people as i mentioned
greg: oh, yeah! happy thursday. oh, i love you already. so boston s top donkey wants christmas without a honky. [laughter] greg: this week the mayor s office sent out an e-mail invite to members of the boston city council. it was an invitation to, and this isn t my wording, it s what the mayor said, to electeds of colored holiday party. yes, she was making a list of everyone who isn t white. but to her embarrassment the invitation went to the entire city council, even the white folks. that s right, in 2023, the mayor of one of america s biggest democrat-run cities through a racially segregated holiday bash that would have made george wallace proud. good thing they didn t call it a christmas party, right? that would be offensive. me? i m still waiting on the muslim hanukkah. although you have to translate from the river to the sea into hebrew. but really, menorah? that sounds sexist. i m sticking to my white s only kwanzaa bash. steve doocy is making his favorite gum bow
for its brutal aggression. the white house is being briefed on the debt ceiling negotiations back home. i will speak to a senate democrat leading the push for the president to bypass congress and raise the debt ceiling by invoking the 14th amendment. this hour, desantis versus trump. dueling positions on abortion, as the florida governor prepares to jump into the race as early as next week and signs four more bills positioning himself to the right in the culture wars. rising tensions over immigration boiling over far from the border. cities like new york run out of space to house migrants being sent north. it has overwhelmed our system. 65,000 people are coming to the city. a week and a half ago, we had 4,200. in one day, we had 900. the numbers are unbelievable when you think about it. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. president biden is balancing major domestic and foreign policy challenges while on the other side of the world. in japan today,