senator chris murphy is coming up with a view from congress, and vice president s top economic adviser is stand by as well. plus, all of the technical glitches during his ill-fated announcement, we heard something awfully concerning regarding the kind of conservative ron desantis is. also today, eye-popping reporting on the destruction of the mar-a-lago documents investigation. and later, ukraine is on the brink of launching its counteroffensive against russia. i ll ask the ambassador what success looks like and how they hope to achieve it. so late last night a deal to raise the debt ceiling was struck between the white house and speaker kevin mccarthy. while the president was able to protect most of his priorities including medicaid, student debt relief, around funding to fight the climate crisis, he did make clear in his stand he doesn t love everything in it, and a number of democrats aren t going to like what they see either, work programs that help poor people, peo
table entirely. there were discussions on food assistance, very important to the president, that no vulnerable americans should lose access to food assistance. so while at the end of the day there is an increase from the age of 49 to 54 and the kinds of work requirements that already exist in food assistance, which was not something that the president wanted to see. on the other hand, his team secured exemptions for the entire population from the 18 to the whole 55 age spectrum for spectrums, for people who are housing insecure, for people who have been in the foster system. those are new protections there provide greater action stoes many americans. so even though you have a deal that was a herculean toosk get done, now it s about getting it through. the chair of the progressive