petty as i am, they re going to have a full list of these republicans to compete and go after, not just in speeches and not just online, but on the ground in their home states and in their home districts, because it s critical that there consistencies and their voters in those locations understand who is actually fighting and delivering for them. and not senator tuberville or other republicans, it s democrats and president biden. and that is going to extend into 2020, four if the democrats can get that message out to voters loud and clear. but michael, here s the thing. i d love to tell you that all sorts of tommy tuberville s constituents are tuned into the three of us right now. but i have a sinking feeling they re not. can tommy tuberville take this approach and say, yeah, so happy this is happening? and his voters might not know the difference. they might actually say yes, thank you, senator, great job. sure, absolutely, and look. she lacks a little on this, because this is p
we will be seeing members in their home districts, grilling burgers, the big hotdog so the other way around. that seems like there is or is an urgency in your mind? yes, there is urgency, absolutely, but i think that the risk at the fall in this country would be catastrophic. you think about what it would mean for the u.s. unemployment, obviously, we ve spoken about payments being sent out on time. social security payments not being sent up on time. service members not being paid. obviously, that s a nightmare. but on top of the, bond holders not being paid would be catastrophic for global financial markets. by some calculation, if it is a protracted default, the stock market will lose about 50% of its value, and on top of that, 8 million more americans could be out of a job. i think that even though there is a faction of republicans that seem somewhat complacent, the matt gaetz of this world
drop the hammer. nope. hey, what is going on? reporter: these incidents spotlight what could be the toughest challenge for capitol police and secret service, protecting members at their homes and offices back in their home districts. the u.s. capitol police doesn t protect those unless there is a specific known threat to that member. starting last summer, lawmakers can receive up to $10,000 each to secure their homes. and a gop source tells cnn members can get funds to secure their offices with equipment like intrusion detection and video monitoring. extremely minimal especially since the capitol police have that disadvantage, they don t have a field office infrastructure like secret service and fbi to protect their jurisdictions. reporter: and from this former secret service agent who wrote guidance how to protect lawmaker, recommendations that could be implemented almost immediately, have a vestibule of double glass doors, require
mccarthy says he spoke to connelly about the incident and said this about security at members district offices something you have to be continually cognizant of. what we ve done in the past is we ve put more money in where people could protect their look at their district offices. reporter: connelly says he s met with capitol police chief tom manger to discuss beefing up security at his office. today chief manger told a house committee about the alarming rides in threats against lawmakers. it s gone up over 400% over the last six years. reporter: major cited the most disturbing high-profile attacks against members of congress and their families like the assault in late october targeting then-speaker nancy pelosi s husband. captured on this police body cam video. drop the hammer. no. hey. hey, hey. what is going on right now? we re not getting an answer reporter: these incidents spotlight what could be the toughest challenge for capitol police and the secret s
turning now to the standoff over the debt ceiling. the white house may be switching tactics after house speaker kevin mccarthy scored a win this week with the passage of his plan to raise the debt limit. according to politico the white house and congressional democrats are preparing to ramp up attacks on house republicans over this bill. the plan is to reportedly target swing district members for endorsing policies that would strip investments in their home districts as well as gut funding for some popular programs. joining us now congressional reporter for the hill michael snell. great to see you. let s start with the debt ceiling. house speaker mccarthy and president biden appear to be speeding towards a dead end when it comes to the debt ceiling. they re talking past each other and the other wants to leave each other alone and focus on the debt ceiling and there are