ncaa swimmer and women s rights activist riley gaines is set to testify moments ago about a violent attack on her by left wing protestors. john: she was rushed out of an event at san francisco state university after a hostile crowd took over the venue. sandra: she told us earlier the video was only a snippet of what she endured. three hours of being yelled at, of being assaulted, of being called all kinds of names of these violent vengeful hateful things. sandra: america reports rolls into a new hour. hi, john. john: john roberts in washington. we will listen in to riley s testimony, but first another live event set to begin in washington and it s a fox news alert. sandra: that s the briefing room at the white house on the left, brownsville, texas at the border on the right. john kirby is joining the white house press secretary, karine jean-pierre, in that briefing room today. that is expected to begin in just moments. john: the big focus on the border crisis
american people. but that does mean concessions need to be made and kevin mccarthy has put forward a plan that was backed by house republicans. it is a great place to negotiate from. i think it was a solid plan. we ll see where it goes. but hopefully president biden negotiates in good faith. john: senator, so far president biden has said he doesn t want to negotiate on anything, but rumblings from staffers there may be room for agreement on at least a couple of proposals in the limit save grow act, this idea of holding spending to 2022 levels and 1% increase may not fly but potentially agreement to claw back covid funds and for permitting reform. what do you think a deal might look like? yes, it could include those permitting reforms that a senator has been working on with senator john barrasso here in the united states senate, i
opportunity to focus on a sensible budget that is responsible, that is fair and that helps hard working people all across this country. reporter: the congressional budget office says the so-called sequester is holding back economic growth. standard & poor s says the government s shutdown cost the economy about $24 billion. the president will have comments within the hour. heather? heather: wendell, how are republicans looking at the coming budget talks? reporter: well, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell says holding spending at the level of the sequester is a priority for him, can one of the house budget negotiators is georgia republican congressman tom price who says the government shutdown and debt ceiling crisis were manufactured by the president and a democratic 35er9 content on the nation s fiscal ruin. there is nothing historic about the agreement that avoided default, and utah senator mike lee called the past few weeks just the end of the beginning of the fight against o