the big weekend show . the big show, the final countdown to the iowa caucuses. the snowcapped everybody, we seem to have a lot of good enthusiasm. i know, maybe the weather is not going to be that big of deal. i will wager that we will win, it is the war on our shadow government right here at home and the united states of america. we will preserve this sacred liberty and he will do that tomorrow and negative ten or negative 20 degrees temperatures in the iowa caucus. eleven months and it comes down to tomorrow. we love to see presidential candidates, tell them we love to see presidential candidates go. the republican presidential hopefuls faking their final ditches and iowa caucus goers are getting ready to go up to cast the first vote in the 2024 binary election season. former president trump with a big lead and the last bull before the caucuses. i will caucus runs a little different than most primary elections, is led by the state republican party, not the go
news alert. president biden starting day two of the new year with a slog uphill to try to convince american voters, especially those of color, that he actually can do the job of solving their toughest issues. two days into the new year, three years into his presidency. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. the president took a new year s message out for a spin. president biden: my hope is that everybody has a healthy, happy and safe new year. beyond that, i hope that they understand that we are in a better position than any country in the world to lead the world. we re coming back and it is about time. harris: he is currently navigating around two foreign wars, dismal poll numbers, one poll after another. and a biden border crisis that just won t quit. republicans have some thoughts on that very last one. if we cannot secure our own borders what does it say about our country? this is very dangerous. i think democrats are realizing that the border is
ceiling bill. the vote was 63 to 36. it comes some 24 hours after the house passed the same bill. it raises the nation s debt limit while also imposing new caps on spending. and now goes to the presidents desk for his signature, with four days to go before the monday default deadline. let s get straight to nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitale, who has been standing by for hours and hours. all, right ali vitale. it happened. how did this whole thing go down tonight? yeah, it was less with a bang and more with a whimper, stephanie ruhle. weeks and weeks of high stakes negotiations here in washington covering each and every turn of them, as speaker mccarthy and his top allies huddled with top white house officials over the course of several weeks to hammer out this deal. and now the senate finishing it up in the dead of night, sending it now to the presidents desk, and avoiding default, with the days to go until that ex date deadline on monday. that s good news. an
down tonight? yeah, it was less with a bang and more with a whimper, stephanie ruhle. weeks and weeks of high stakes negotiations here in washington covering each and every turn of them, as speaker mccarthy and his top allies huddled with top white house officials over the course of several weeks to hammer out this deal. and now the senate finishing it up in the dead of night, sending it now to the presidents desk, and avoiding default, with the days to go until that ex date deadline on monday. that s good news. and frankly, i have to tell you, that we have seen a lot of these late nights in the senate, having votes that are done within nine or ten or even 11 minutes is real fast by senate standards. so it does give you a sense that even though they did 11 of these amendment votes they were looking to do them as quickly as possible, just trying to get this off their plate here in the senate, and move it on. i also think it was fascinating to watch just how this vote ultimat
minute president biden will hold a live press conference wrapping up the g7 summit. plus biden will return to washington as the u.s. inches ever closer to running out of money to pay its debts. a look at what could be on the table when he speaks to kevin mccarthy later today. and wagner s forces say they ve taken control of bakhmut after months of bloodshed, but ukrainian officials claim the fight isn t over. we ll take you live to ukraine for the very latest. so u.s. president joe biden returns to washington later today where the debt ceiling crisis remains unresolved at this hour, and, yes, time is running out. right flou now mr. biden is hiroshima, japan, where the important g7 summit has just concluded. we re expecting him to appear right there at that podium and hold a press conference moment m momentarily. prison made a surprise appearance at the summit to make his case face-to-face and in person. he met with president biden who announced a new round of military aid