at the white house for the third time to discuss the debt ceiling. this comes a little more than a week away from the treasury secretary s so-called hard deadline for default. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. we are expected to hear something each side following this meeting which has happened after every other meeting. it is speaker mccarthy s first solo meeting with the president, after talks fell apart last week and both sides exchanged barbed over the weekend. treasury secretary janet yellen setting the stable for the president s meeting with house speaker kevin mccarthy saying again it is highly likely the treasury will no longer be able to satisfy all of the government s obligations if congress has not acted to raise or suspend the debt limit by early june and potentially as early as june 1st. there will be hard choices if that doesn t occur. after exchanging barbs
little look at the door there. the marine standing there means to the president is in the oval office. those talks continue. there is a microphone set up there for the lawmakers for speaker mccarthy as he comes out. if he chooses to speak to the press or not and we will bring that to you here on fox. meantime, presidential politics, tim scott south carolina, getting in the race with a big speech talking about optimism. ly cut your taxes? when i cut your taxes they called me a prop. when i refunded the police they called me a token. when i pushed back on president biden, they even called me the n word. ing in i disrupt their narrative. i threaten their control. the truth of my life disrupts their lies. bret: meredith, what do you make of senator scott where he is going to fit in the g.o.p. picture? senator scott and his announcement today really tried to paint a picture of this sort
one republican plan gets a firm smackdown in the u.s. senate. and some surprising new movement in the republican presidential race. we re going to tell you who s suddenly making a strong impression on potential voters. i m wolf blitzer in the situation room. the breaking news this hour, a city known for peace making is reeling in terror. norwegian leaders holding a crisis meeting tonight after a deadly bomb attack in oslo and the shooting at a labor party youth camp outside the norwegian capital. at least seven people were killed in the explosion. at least nine were killed at the youth camp. there s been no official claim of responsibility. but local police say the two incidents are, in fact, linked. our brian todd is following the latest developments for us. brian, what do we know? wolf, officials say the explosion rocked the center of power in oslo. it occurred very near the prime minister s office and the oil ministry. both of which were severely damaged. this appears
down. and proposed a budget so far to the right, it makes the contract with america look like the new deal. it is a trojan horse disguised as deficit reduction plans. it s an attempt to impose a radical vision on our country. it is thinly vailed social darwinism. but romney channelled paul ryan. i will gradually raise the age for social security,ly cut tax rates for individuals and corporations. i will repeal burdensome regulations. attacking social security, lowers taxes for the rich, lowers taxes for corporations. that s deeply unpopular. 76% don t want social security cut.