at our best, we learn from our past and we look to the future. a nation continuously striving to be a more perfect union. i m here to speak to another truth. it s because of this congregation and the black community of south carolina, and not an exaggeration, jim clyburn, that i stand here today as your president because of all of you. that s a fact, and i owe you. i ve done my best to honor your trust. that means rejecting the small, narrow, cramped view of america as well as lifting up a bigger and broader view of america that holds that, if you do well, i do well, we all do well. when our freedoms are protected, we deny hate is a safe harbor where everyone is a fair shot at a life of dignity and opportunity and where our democracy works for everybody. it benefits everybody. i don t get these guys. everybody does better. even those folks who disagree with us. i m keeping my commitment to you. that s the america we re building together instead of erasing history, we re makin
48 past the hour. on capitol hill budget talks are continuing after a tentative spending agreement was reached between house speaker mike johnson and senate majority leader chuck schumer over government spending limits for the year. it s the first step in averting a government shutdown. the deal makes only slight changes to the debt limit agreement hatched last spring by president biden and former speaker kevin mccarthy. the deal was mostly responsible for the mccarthy downfall at the hands of hardliners within his own caucus. while the new man on the job, mike johnson, did manage to score a few policy victories, will it be enough to keep him from a similar fate? i want to bring in nbc s capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles and jake sherman, co-founder of punchbowl news and an msnbc political contributor. what are the specifics of this agreement and what are the hurdles still in the way? reporter: you re right, jose. it s not very much different than the deal hatched a couple nths
details we want to get into in the negotiating room. further sub inflammatory pay or further erosion of pay are not acceptable. also we need a review of the pay review body, which the government describes is independent but in fact operates it away completely constrained by the government spending limits, which is resulted in failing to be able to serve its prime purpose. that is to make sure that doctors pay keeps track with the cost of living for the cost of living. presently that has not happened. there are lots of people who have not had their wages keep within the cost of living. in terms of the government they say it s a fine lot but briefly, does that simply mean there s going to be strike upon strike? ~ ., ., strike? when we look at other workers. strike? when we look at other workers. all strike? when we look at other workers, all workers - strike? when we look at other workers, all workers across i strike? when we look at other| workers, all workers across the economy the
intensify. in addition to that, there s a big battle that s brewing over the exact level to set government spending limits. and mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader, tried to start negotiations last week. he reached out to the white house to begin those talks. the question is going to be can both sides come together on something that has really divided the two parties over for years, and particularly in recent years, exactly how much money to spend for the federal government each year. there is no resolution in sight to that, carol. all right. manu raju, thank you very much. still to come in the newsroom, the pope met thousands of people in the united states including this pope baby. but how about the controversial kentucky clerk who s refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses? she said she also met with the pope, but the vatican isn t talking. why? you fifteen percent or more on huh, fiftcar insurance.uld save yeah, everybody knows that. well, did you know that playing