rising home costs, interest rates, cuts to social security, medicare and more, it is clear who will pay the price for gratuitous partisan politics, american families. because of how disastrous defaulting would be, congress has always, both parties, no matter what else was going on, they ve always been able to figure this out before. been here before. both parties have done this a total of 78 times since the year 1960. let s bring in ali vitali, anna palmer and michael steele are still with us. tell us what s happening up there. reporter: this is the battle that we knew was coming. now we get the sense that it s coming sometime around june which is earlier than most people expected it up here on capitol hill. they thought it was going to be a late summer, early fall funding battle that would have been a one-two punch with the debt ceiling and funding of the government. you re right, this is pointing out money that s already been spent. we have never defaulted on our debt before.
he rubber-stamped all of those policies of the biden administration. he favors them. laura: we are going to be watching this closely. thank you so much. if you head north from hartford up 91 north through massachusetts, you re going to arrive at the next up on our tour of new england. new hampshire. senator maggie hassan has been a disaster for the state and voters agreed. 40% approve of her performance. it s no wonder. she s been another rubber-stamp or guidance reckless spending. cost her constituents dearly. according to report many people find themselves struggling with rising home costs, limited child care options, significant increases in living cost due to inflation. despite that, again, if you believe these polls, she maintains an eight-point lead over our next guest, former army general republican challenger don bolduc.
homeownership. how do you think this could be a blueprint for other cities across the country. as we know homeownership is an issue and the people in the district are dealing with this. it s an american issue. affordability is the issue. i had a couple of years ago to lead a housing task force for the national cities. there were big cities, small towns, all dealing with various aspects of affordability. so if you are in this town, people want to live here. businesses are starting here. that has put a lot of pressure on home costs. we want to make sure that more people of all incomes can afford to live and washington, d.c.. i ve invested a lot in building affordable housing. over a billion dollars and seven years. 36,000 units by 2025. unlike most places, we actually have goals for every single neighborhood. we want watching tony to be able to experience in every neighborhood. equalizing black home ownership
and she just needed to be back home. so she was telling me look, i just want to get on a plane. so thankfully she was abe to go able to go through security, but that s not essentially everyone s luck. a lot of people just having to reschedule again and again, having to buy extra tickets. and it s making it really difficult, and it s likely going to continue to cause headaches for passengers for the rest of the summer. wow. what a nightmare scenario. all right. thank you so much. so traveling isn t the only place that people are feeling pressure. inflation is sky high. and last week s interest rate hike by the fed means people are paying even more for houses, putting added pressure on the housing market. cnn s brian todd has more on navigating the higher home costs. look at this. dana burns got some sticker shock recently when shopping for a new house in the phoenix area. 500,000 thanks. i know not.