here s the deal. take the debt limit, pass it like you did three, four times, when trump was president, and he increased the whole national debt by 40%. republicans would argue that donald trump, at the very least, they d say, played ball. you re not willing to play ball. play ball? play ball. he ballooned the debt, he created unemployment look, when i came to office, we had incredibly high unemployment. we were in a situation where we had very little movement on anything going on. look, look at the employment right now. just today, 250,000 new jobs. highest participation in 75 years of women in the job market. lowest unemployment rate for african americans. things are moving. as i said, you have a good economic recovery story. this is a very volatile congress. there were members of congress that might be okay with a stifel dane, because they think it could hurt you more politically given that, are you prepared to invoke the 14th amendment and blow through the debt ce
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Cnns Breaking News welcome to the lead. Im Phil Mattingly in for jake tapper today and we are live outside the new york courthouse where today one of dahman ill trumps most loyal aids in the first four, Trump White House employee to testify, took the stand in the hush money cover up trial. Hope hicks acknowledged to the jury she was nervous to testify at times she giggled in one instance, actually cried on the stand leading to a brief delay in the trial now hits describes starting to work for the Trump Organization weve 14 before becoming the Trump Campaign spokeswoman in the 2016 race. And ultimately, the White House Communications director. Now she testified about the campaigns panic behind the scenes when they learned of the now infamous this access Hollywood Tape that donald trump was upset when he heard the news and staffers agreed that this was a crisis. Picks one on the testify that showing learn about Karen Mcdougal, who alleged aid nearly yearlong affair with donald trump when
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Question, will any of these claims stick without providing tangible evidence . I think thats the question everyone is asking. Its interesting because shes kind of going back and forth. She says well, i heard the tape, but i dont have the tape and i think thats the issue. I mean, shes going back to, you know, president trumps days working on the aparen tigs and you know, we remember his days when he was on the apprentice, that infamous access Hollywood Tape that had such a huge impact on the campaign. This probably wont stick unless something is released but i think something i want to really stress is omarosa is not the First White House aide to turn on a president. We had Scott Mcclellan with bush and i think the difference here is how, you know, how people have how sources have said that she was treated so poorly when she left the white house and even during her time at the white house. Her role was considered n