republican-controlled house. that s the kind of language we ve been hearing from house republicans describing a biden justice department that has been unleashed against a political rival. i ve seen leslie hunt tweeting to shut down the republican presidential primary, it s even inappropriate to run it. they ought to make donald trump the nominee going into 2024. you re seeing that kind of coalescing around mr. trump on the house republican side. the senate republicans have been a little bit more cautious, but the trump team here wants to believe they can kind of command the republican party to rally around their guy much like they did after his indictment in new york now in the face of these more serious federal charges. julie, i know the halls are emptier than usual but even members generally skeptical of trump are being supportive in their reactions, the response we re seeing. what are you hearing? you heard garrett say that the trump team is looking for a
getting within the progressive wing of the democratic party. democrats are not united on the approach right now, but just as speaker mccarthy has to keep his maga republican wing in line, so does president biden have to keep the progressives. so what we actually saw here, if we could take a few steps forward in our chess game with solving this very serious solution is a road where perhaps in the house kevin mccarthy can lose some maga republicans and president biden can lose some progressives. this has happened on some votes, by the way, towards a deal, you know, towards the 218, depending on who is there that day, that you need to get this. the other thing that i think is very interesting is that president biden made it clear that the 14th amendment, that is the public debt clause, is untested, and as we have been
back a sense of normalcy, taking the temperature town and yet the former president is far and away way the leading con tenor to be the republican nominee in 2024. congress now dwaded after the midterm elections is once again doing what congressing do over the course of the last decade and raises real questions about whether or not the u.s. is moving in a different direction than where it was perhaps for the four years that led to events that looks to foreign leaders like completely polar opposite what they would ever kpkt the united states to operate like as, or whether or not this has become kind of the new norm. and i think all of that feeds into it, guys, and i think there is a broader concern despite the fact this was screwed as a successful g7 summit. phil, aaron, lynn, thank you, sam kylie in ukraine as well.
questions. phil, let s start with you. i mean, it seems like the big takeaway is both sides on the debt ceiling are digging in. we heard bide using words like, you know, the other side, the republicans, their side, their proposals are unacceptable, they are extreme. you of course, he is considering invoking the 14th amendment. what s the biggest takeaway in terms of where things stand? reporter: yeah, look, the public statements you have seen leading into this moment made clear things are not in a good place. there is no clear pathway towards any agreement at this point in time and a lot is going to be riding on the call that president biden is about to make when he boards air force one. that phone call to speaker kevin mccarthy. you make a good point in terms of the framing from the president making clear that the white house is willing to talk but not willing to take the vast majority if not almost all of what house republicans have put on the table up to this point and essentially
administration and their take on the upcoming debt ceiling battle our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments let s begin with house speaker kevin mccarthy, speaking to a different influential floor this morning at the new york stock exchange garrett haake joins me from capitol hill mccarthy s speech was focused oon the debt ceiling, what s the goal here? i think you had two goals, first to start floating elements of what will be the house plan once it comes together to raise the debt ceiling at least into next year by rolling back spending levels to 2022 levels he didn t get into a ton of specifics beyond that. you ve got a plan that s coming into shape there on the house republican side. but really, i think his bigger goal was to try to jump start negotiations with president biden by raising the stakes a little bit, both by shaking up things on wall street and nationally, trying to make this a key issue again. just listen to some of the rhetoric he used to d