affair heats up as russia announces a new set of sanctions targeting trump critics. and stacey abrams joins me. we begin tonight with the old bait and switch, we re one week away from a potential default on the national debt, every economic expert agrees would be catastrophic for our economy resulting in millions of americans becoming unemployed. interest rates on your homes, cars and credit cards shooting through the roof and a major punishing recession, a meeting between president biden and house speaker mccarthy at the white house is still ongoing as the clock ticks down to find some agreement to avert economic disaster. treasury secretary yellen warned again of an economic default saying it s highly unlikely the u.s. will run out of cash if the debt ceiling isn t solved by this. lyndon johnson was a united states senator for 12 years, quote, if you can convince the lowest white man that he s better than the best colored man, he won t notice you re picking his pocket. th
id official, florida governor ron desantis is expected to one on the idea of making america florida. even as his multiple as multiple human rights organizations are warning that floyd might not be safe for many americans. over the weekend, the naacp issued a travel advisory for florida, saying the state has become openly hostile toward african americans, people of color, and lgbtq+ individuals, citing desantis s aggressive attempts to erase black history and to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in schools. the move comes as the league of united latin american citizens, and the gay rights act advocacy group equality florida have also issued travel advisories for the state, referencing desantis s draconian anti immigrant and anti lgbtq laws, including don t say gay. joining me now is leon russell, chairman of the naacp board of directors. he previously served as the