mar-a-lago back to the national archives. there was back and forth. this was in the summer of 2021. trump is meeting with people writing an autobiography for mark meadows. they are talking about a story that came out in the new yorker that susan glasser published. it was on general mark milley, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. it was about his concerns in those waning days of the trump presidency that trump was going to take military action when it came to iran. what we re told is on this tape is trump discussing a documents that classified, that he says, if he could show it to the people that he s speaking to, it would undermine general milley s argument. general milley was pushing back on donald trump taking military action in aairan. the recording is in the hands of prosecutors. we know you can hear paper rustling on this recording. we know there are people laughing in the background. i m told this is about two minutes long and it pertains to iran. it s part of a
we ll talk to congressman bob goode from the freedom caucus about their sticking points. first to lucas tomlinson, who joins us live at the white house. always good to see you, lucas. what are you hearing? president biden returned from his asia trip earlier to negotiation with kevin mccarthy over the debt ceiling. they met one time. now, it s back on monday. here s mccarthy at the capitol. the american public wants to see us curve our spending addiction, curve inflation that they created by adding $6 trillion and they want to see us cut the red tape that americans can build things again. that s exactly what we re doing. the white house had a sharper rebuke to recent comments on your show from the chair woman of the republican party. ronna mcdaniel would bode well for republican officials. now, a fox news poll says she could be right. more people would blame the president if mccarthy and biden fail to reach a debt limit agreement. 47 to 44%. former federal reserve chairm
extreme maga republican effort to default on our debt, crash the economy. i m worried about the consequences of us not coming to terms and raising the debt ceiling. at this point, it s economic terrorism. my communications to them are, stand firm. there s no reason not to. stand firm. you have a white house that is not serious. republicans want to drive us over the cliff of default. it s idiotic for anybody to consider anything other than what we had. we will ride it out. neil: does that sound like progress? we ll see. both sides far apart as lawmakers race to cut a deal we re told a week away. this as fitch, the big ratings agency warns that a credit down grade could be in the cards and maybe soon regardless of how this works out. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. so much to get to. let s get to it with chad pergram on capitol hill on where things stand right now. hi, chad. good afternoon. the move by fitch and the ratings arm of morning start caught the att
yeanjanetyellen says governmentn out of cash june 5th. make payments of $130 billion to medicare, social security and veterans programs in early june. but then the government will only have what she termed, quote: an extremely low level of resources. it was another day without a deal. here we are, night after night after night and the pressure is more, the consequences are greater. we recognize that. we know details are thornier. workman dates for people to receive some federal said a flash point. republicans and democrats will not move. white house very difficult on this issue. and i will tell you, it s critical. it continues to be a very candid conversation about how we re going to move forward if we re going to be able to come together and ultimately get a deal. republicans say they are within the window of getting a deal. anxiety on global capitals who look to washington. at the time of significant uncertainty, we do not self-inflicted injury to those economy al
re-election in november by nearly 20 points. now he is aiming for the white house and taking on the last republican to hold it. florida governor ron desantis will declare tomorrow evening he s a candidate for president. part of a campaign rollout that includes a twitter conversation tomorrow with ceo elon musk. paperwork filing with the federal election commission. and an overhaul of ron desantis.com which went from a florida based political page to an alligator. rising from the water. i think what we have done in florida should inspire people. defended fight against disney. touted run as governor. he sparred with the naacp after the organization issued a florida travel advisory, claiming the state has become hostile under the governor s leadership. desantis called it a stunt. and republicans noted the chair of the naacp s board of directors lives in florida. the white house has even weighed in. republicans in florida have attacked diversity, administration for the pa