fleeing limitless misery and throwing themselves into a place where they will find great courage and sacrifice. more than 87,000 people tried to to cross through in the first three months of this year. the u.s., column whbia and pana said they would try to open up other ways for people to migrate. next week, we will meet extraordinary people helping the earth to cut down on carbon, includiing a new technology tha relies on the behavior of whales. tonight, the showdown in washington. the president can no longer put the economy in jeopardy. republicans and democrats battle over raising the debt ceiling. this maga wish list has no chance of moving forward. as president biden announces he is running for a second term. let s finish the job. s we will talk with supporter bernie sanders. welcome. about biden s chances, the issue of his age. is age a factor? yeah. the looming x ing economic c. would you let the country go into default. later, carol burnett.
opponent and knew sunow support bernie sanders. and the issue of his age. is it the only factor? and the looming economic crisis. would you be willing to let the country go into default? and later this hour, comedy legend carol burnett. i am honored to be here. thank you, chris. she s just turned 90, but she s still taking people laugh. i still feel like maybe i m 11. is that part of your super power? get it done. it was possible that i may not see the end of the year. i don t know ms. handled. mishandled. good evening, and welcome back to who s talking. we begin a new chapter of our show. a new time slot. friday nights here on cnn. and a renewed focus on what you ll be talking about in the coming days. right now, washington is headed for a showdown over raising the nation s debt ceiling, with the real possibility the government may default on its debt for the first time in history. president biden will have to deal with republicans just as he announ
thing. we forget as americans we have short memory spans. we passed the american rescue plan made sure every working family in the country had $1,400 for husband, wife and kids. we got money to hospitals. we extended unemployment benefits. bottom line is that legislation, which i helped work on, helped pull this country out of the economic downturn faster than i think in any time in american history when we faced similar economic crises. that s a big deal. you say joe biden is a more progressive president than he was a u.s. senator. you talk some credit along with other progressives in pushing him more to the left. what is it that you think he has done that shows him being more progressive than as a senator? where did he move? first of all, i think what biden it s not that i pushed him or others pushed him. he ran for president.
extreme right. the party has become an extremist right wing party. this is a party that, not all, but many don t believe in democracy anymore. you have many republicans maintaining the lie that trump actually won the election. you have republicans working overtime to deny low income people, people of color, young people the right to vote. people who defended the insurrection in january 6. so the first answer to your question, chris is that i think there s a great fear in this country about attacks even democracy. we want to maintain democracy. so you re saying it s more fear of donald trump and maga than it is enthusiasm for joe biden? i think that s half of it. but the other half is a recognition, i think, that while biden has not done everything i would like to have seen him done. let s talk about what he has accomplished, which is no small thing. you know, we forget, as americans, we have short memory spans. we passed the american rescue
r unemployment was sky high. and the obama administration eight years has driven unemployment down to below 5%. which is in itself quite remarkable. general motors was saved. on and on. we have short memory spans. the president talking to fareed zakaria about some of these issues kind of helped get the foundations for his post-presidency. he s going to have to now build a library. in the south side of chicago. he s going to be writing a memoir reflecting on all of this. and he wants to remind people that a lot has been done these last eight years. gay rights. the killing of osama bin laden. once we start laundry listing many, we don t want to let the election of donald trump seem to erase all of that success. so i think marc? i think that again, the presidents can create their own legacies. at least not through talking to journalists. at some point it comes down to