that all happens thursday as title 42 fires. ortiz putting out updates to folks along the border. 10:52; 26382 apprehensions about 7,400 got-aways. 164 pounds of marijuana, 83 pounds of meth. 66 pounds of cocaine. 11 pounds of fentanyl. five pounds of heroin. $12,200 seized. one firearm, three sex offenders, one wanted felon. one gang member. great work over the weekend. 72 hours. let s bring in our panel. 60 indicated radio host hugh hewitt. vince coglianese phase talk radio host editorial of the daily caller and mara liasson national political correspondent of national public radio. we have been dealing with these numbers and stories. there hasn t been a change policy wise so here we come to thursday. and so the administration is trying belatedly to get out the
default on america act has no future in the senate. the only way you solve problems is you negotiate. and i m looking forward to the president changing his mind and negotiating with us. if that s not the case, i wanted to make sure that the debt ceiling did get raised and so we raised it before we came here. but, if the senate has a different opinion, pass a bill. bret: house speaker mccarthy responding and now word that the white house has reached out. the president has invited the top congressional leaders for a meeting may 9th because the treasury secretary sent a letter janet yellen in a statement saying after reviewing recent federal tax receipts our best estimate is that we ll be aoun able to continue to satisfy all of the government s obligations by early june and potentially as early as june 1st. with that, let s bring in our panel, fox news chief political analyst brit hume, mara liasson national political correspondent of national public radio and guy benson political
benson show on fox news radio. brit, your thoughts on this deciding to negotiate? brit: well, i think this is what you saul making peace with reality. a lot of coverage and commentary i have seen lately seems to ignore the fact that the ball is no longer in kevin mccarthy s court. it s in the senate and the white house s court because mccarthy is right. the house did pass an extension of the debt limit. so now it s up to the senate. the senate needs in the senate need 60 votes which means they need republican votes to pass something. until then, they really don t have a leg to stand on in arguing that it s the ho republicans who are being reckless on this. so i think that s where we now stand. let s see what chuck schumer can do. he is complaining about the house bill challenge is right. let s see him pass one. bret: mara. no, look. i agree with that eventually the ball will be back in kevin
needs to be able to get through these things and may not be able to under the weight of the interest rates and natural slowing that occurs over time interest rates raised and raised sharply. that has been the traditional way you get out of inflation. this has been serious inflation and the fed has done what the fed has done before and the results, too often have been recession. even though you may have a success in getting the inflation under control. bret: mara, it doesn t appear reserve is going to reverse course. the big question is can the fed land the plane smoothly so it gets inflation counsel without causing a recession. and if jamie dimon s prediction is correct, which is these bank failures are about over. these are things we just don t know yet. but they really matter. bret: to say taxpayers are not going to be footing the bill for, this these rescues, you know, come together somehow.
deduct conducted interviews with 135 democrats in five battleground states that powered biden s 2020 victory. the reactions the party accepting biden as standard-bearer but only reluctantly. let s bring in panel ben domenech editor-at-large for the spectator. host of ben domenech podcast. holmes. former chief of staff to senator mitch mcconnell and mara liasson national political correspondent for national public radio. mara, that s not the ringing endorsement they want on day one. meh is the new political strategy. bret: emoji? [laughter] look, i mean, this is going to be every election is the weirdest elections but this is going to be really weird. democrats are super worried about him being 80. yes, they are not fired up. but, what we do know about voting behavior recently is that negative partisanship is the most powerful motivator. people going to the voting booth