government to help as it is buckling under record cancellations and delays. let s go up front. i m poppy harlow in for erin burnett. outfront tonight, hunting down enemies. a republican senate candidate is calling on voters to take down members of his own party. republicans in name only, he said, pretending to hunt down maga opponents, a tactical team breaks down the door of a home, sets off smoke bombs and runs through with their guns drawn. he follows them in and says, quote, joined the maga crew, get a rino hunting permit, there is no begging limit, no tagging limit, it doesn t expire until we save our country, . the fraternal order of police condemning the ad, saying it sends a dangerous message that it is somehow acceptable to kill those with different political beliefs is beyond disturbing, and this violence needs to be called out. also comes at a time when the united states is on track this year to break the record for mass shootings and the department of homeland secu
u.s. citizens home? well, in fact, the state department put out a statement saying that they have seen photos and videos of these two u.s. citizens reportedly captured by russian military forces in ukraine. we are closely monitoring the situation and our hearts go out to their families during this difficult time. we are in contact with ukrainian authorities, the international committee of the red cross, and with the families themselves, due to privacy considerations, we have no further comment on these cases. this is typical of state department statements about, for instance, i have seen it before with americans being held in syria as well. there clearly is a lot of back channel communications going on, but state department officials on these very sensitive issues tend to be quite tight lipped. jake. yeah, ben wedeman in kramatorsk, ukraine, thank you so much. joining us is bunny drewky, the mother of one of the americans being held captive in ukraine. you just saw his pi
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but again, the president is optimistic. look, as you know, we have said this over and over again. the president said this. the we re not a deadbeat nation. we pay our debts. this is something that congress should do. they have done this 78 times since 1960. as it relates to the debt limit, that is something we can do. the president on march 9th put forward his budget. it was very clear. he showed the value that he sees when it relates to the american people. how to be fiscally responsible. $3 trillion cutting into the deficit by over ten years and making sure we get rid of that wasteful spending when it comes to big oil companies, when it comes to big pharma, cutting that down. that wasteful spending. and, so, that s what the president had put forth. and now we re having that discussion with on the bunt. how to move forward. and that s what you ve been seeing from this president from the last couple days. how long does the president want this debt limit hike to last?