to determine who leaked the draft of the opinion and the ending 50 years of precedent. we ll break down where the fight on abortion rights is heading now. the treasury department now say it is has taken extraordinary measures to avoid default after the u.s. hit its debt limit. jared bernstine will join us with what happens now. and today the president will meet with mayors from across the country at the white house. i spoke with four of them about the top account issues facing their communities, including the migrant humanitarian crisis. we have an i want krblly complex and broken immigration system. and we need to demand from congress that they act and they act now. we begin this hour with president biden making his first public comments since the doj appointed a special counsel to investigate classified documents found at his delaware home and former office. the president spoke to reporters while touring storm ravaged california. we re fully cooperating and lookin
to determine who leaked the draft of the opinion and the ending 50 years of precedent. we ll break down where the fight on abortion rights is heading now. the treasury department now say it is has taken extraordinary measures to avoid default after the u.s. hit its debt limit. jared bernstine will join us with what happens now. and today the president will meet with mayors from across the country at the white house. i spoke with four of them about the top account issues facing their communities, including the migrant humanitarian crisis. we have an i want krblly complex and broken immigration system. and we need to demand from congress that they act and they act now. we begin this hour with
the u.s. officially hit its borrowing limit yesterday. the department says these measures will likely last until the 5th of june. but if a debt limit isn t increased or suspended, the u.s. could fail to meet financial obligations for the first time this history and that could potentially be devastating to the economy. many republicans have said they will not vote to increase a debt ceiling unless there are spending cuts democrats in the white house say is a nonstarter. with us now is jared bernstine, the council of advisers. it s great to see you. i thank you for being with us. why won t the white house initiate some conversations over the debt limit? first of all, let s be clear that this the president, who has a very strong record on definite sut reduction, $1.7 trillion deficit reduction in his term so far, has shown consistent willingness and ability negotiate with the other side on