stephanie ruhle. speaker kevin mccarthy may hav won the battle to pass raising the debt limit, but now he i on a collision course with the urged president biden to make deal to give the u.s. from default, and economic disaster now the president can n longer put this economy in jeopardy, we - we have sent it to the senate. the majority of american overwhelmingly want us to si down and negotiate it is up to them now this afternoon, biden again insisted negotiations were out of the question. i m happy to meet with, mccarthy but not on whether or not the debt limit get extended that is not negotiable the clock is ticking, washington has until early jun to act mccarthy s bill now heads to the senate, but according to senate majority leader chuck schumer, the thing is dead o arrival. we are also following the civi rape trial involving forme president donald trump today e. jean carroll wh accused trump of sexual assaul gave explosive testimony i federal court. and we see t
had to say about this. this is fascism, pure and simple, this is the most profound threat to democracy and it is happening every, day it is becoming normalized. why are lawmakers being punished for just disagreein with republican majority isn t this bad form to make move like this again i think it is a lot worse than bad form, what is happening is that unde republican party, what happens in extremist movements, it starts to accelerate so yo have this purity test that you have to prove to rise in the party by being more extreme. one time people say we shoul punish this person, the next time censor, the next time w will let them speak at all this will continue until i isn t intervening force. near publican party really has decided it is and what does that mean, it mean it doesn t allow the majorit to move, it is about minorit
isn t intervening force. near publican party really has decided it is and what does that mean, it mean it doesn t allow the majorit to move, it is about minorit rule it is increasingly the avenu the republicans have to go dow to be able to govern thi country, and they are no really interested in government so it is a vicious cycle her and intervening for sometime within the party, and i see no reason to believe that is goin to happen. i think it will just have to - over and over, and eventually reemerge stuart stevens, breakin down grievance, governance 2023, stewart, thank you, grea having you all here. when we come back, a rar bipartisan push to protect kid on social media. we will talk with one of the coauthors of that bill senator chris murphy next. later, big losses for firs republic bank, will they get through with a lifeline from the government, insiders say > stuart stevens, breaking dow grievance, governance, 2023, stewart, thank you, grea