week-long stay in space this hour of cnn this morning continues right now. overnight, president biden rushing back to washington from japan for these debt limit negotiations. just hours from now, he is set to meet with house speaker kevin mccarthy again. they ll meet at the white house. as time runs out to reach a deal on preventing basically economic calamity. there are less than ten days to go before the government potentially defaults on its debt. before he left the g-7 summit with world leaders, biden told reporters that many of the demands from house republicans have been, quote, unacceptable. i think there are some maga republicans in the house who know the damage that it would do to the economy and because i am president, and presidents are responsible for everything, biden would take the blame. and that s the one way to make sure biden is not re-elected. arlette saenz is live at the white house. arlette, good morning. kevin mccarthy did talk about the phone ca
this is the purpose of campaigns. to allow somebody like tim scott, who has a frisk message and a terrific story, to go out and perform. tactically, one thing you said is very important. he brings $22 million from his federal account into this campaign. not to mention an outside super pac. this guy has got the money to play for quite a while. and i m telling you, when you get him out in retail settings, it s going to play. tim scott is infectious guy. when you see him in person, people will say, hey, why not this? i bet on horses, not politicians, but tim scott is one of my favorite people in this campaign. they re more predictable. they are now. that s for sure. bakari, now to you. i want to ask you about the fact that tim scott and nikki haley, both from north carolina. both firsts. tim scott, the first black republican senator and nikki haley, the first asian american governor of the state. just curious if you think that that is a problem. in other words, that they re going to