treasury secretary janet yellen says the debt ceiling must be raised by mid december, or the u.s. risks defaulting. ols on the agenda, a short-term measure to fund the government runs out by the end of this week. so congress will need to work quickly to avoid a government shutdown, and democrats are trying to finish passing the build back better act by christmas. jonathan lamire, all this as the economy faces challenges and covid lurks. no question. this new variant, of course, shadowing the administration. we re going to hear from president biden later today on that. we re also going to hear from him the second time on the economy and supply chain issues. they know as we head into the holiday season, it s a concern for many americans. as i wrote with colleagues atfully politico, there s a growing move for the president to go against the republicans opposing any sort of economic solutions, opposing vaccine
they said we want that s not a decision on the merits. today the court is going to reach a decision on the merits. neil, good morning. it s jonathan lamire. certainly it s a busy docket for the supreme court in the coming weeks. you mentioned another case beyond abortion, another hot button issue, guns. and the court is going to be taking up a case out of new york which some believe could lead to a real expansion of people who can carry firearms around. walk us through the case. it s merits, where it comes from, and where you think the court will end up. this is a big deal case. it s called new york rifle. new york basically prohibits the concealed carrying of firearms unless you have a special justification. and then there s a separate case which the supreme court has on hold. that s my case out of hawaii for readers, full disclosure in which hawaii prohibits the open carrying of firearms, and that was upheld by the court of appeals. the supreme court is going to take up the new
statement that underscored the wall of separation from the white house, saying the department of justice will make its own independent decisions in all prosecutions based solely on the facts and the law, period, full stop. jonathan lamire, the president came out and was making, it seemed, was making recommendations or at least giving his opinion to what the justice department should do. we saw very quickly the difference in the justice departments now and under donald trump. they came out immediately and said fine, make your own opinions. i was among those reporters at the white house when the president said that. it was surprising but let s be clear. this is him uttering his opinion. this is different than what donald trump used to do when he was in office. he tried to use the department of justice as his personal lawyer firm and going after his
i ve been give an new lease on life. reporter: over the weekend clinton receiving calls from former president bush and v.p. gore. the current administration also assured by his progress. he seems to be god willing doing well. reporter: progress that s cleared clinton to head home. all right. and the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection will convene tomorrow evening to devote on adopting a contempt repor over a former trump president biden weighed in on friday on whether the justice department should prosecute those who defy such subpoenas. what s your message to people who defy subpoenas on the january 6th committee. i hope the committee goes after them and holds them accountable. reporter: should they be prosecuted by the justice department? yes. the doj responded with a
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