news. we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, a $3 billion accounting error by the pentagon could mean more military equipment for ukraine. how exactly that happened, next. there are mounting concerns in washington about the health of california senator dianne feinstein as we learn about new details about her rocky road to recovery following multiple health challenges. how her colleagues on both sides of the aisle are responding now. plus, 2024 presidential candidate nikki haley drawing a hard line in the sand with her former boss donald trump over january 6th, pushing back on the former president s claim that it was, quote, a beautiful day, saying that rioters who broke the law should pay the price. and do your jobs, a new poll from the ap could be a wake-up call for congress and the president, with 66% of americans saying they are extremely or very concerned about what happens if leaders in washing
congress fails to act and the u.s. defaults on its debt will be bad. it s something that looks more possible by the day. the clock is ticking. speaker kevin mccarthy says he wants a deal by this weekend. that it s the only way to give both houses of congress enough time to actually mark up and pass anything on the debt ceiling. but president biden is leaving town tomorrow heading for the g-7 in japan. what punch bowl called a damned if he does, if he doesn t situation for biden with the stakes incredibly high. so with both of those things in mind, the clock and the travel, what is being said inside the white house right now? speaker mccarthy is there meeting with president biden for the third time to avoid a default. look at the background in a second. don t worry. what s on the table and what s even possible. does an acceptable compromise exist? one that actually passes not just the split congress, but this split congress. joining me now, nbc news white house correspondent,
officials ahead of an announcement in next week. i i m charles payne in for neil cavuto. this is your world. desantis says he s the only one that can beat president joe biden. we ll dig into that in just a moment. first to mark meredith in washington keeping track of this. mark? good afternoon. there s no doubt about it. the 2024 race is underway. we ll see two well known republicans jump in to the race. fox learned ron desantis will file his presidential campaign work within days. as you imagined, he s been out there on the road in these battleground states. today he made stops in new hampshire. the first republican primary state. he had a chance to meet with governor chris sununu. sununu also thought to be a possible contender. desantis told the crowd he s eager to make a conservative agenda front and center. if you look nationally, people are pessimistic what s going on with the country. understand ably see. i think florida provides a ray of hope. it doesn t have to
and our own janice dean was among them. she called out andrew cuomo. his orders led to more dying. there was no sympathy, i don t think he met with families. he just decided to write a book talking about how great a leader he was. sandra: we will hear more of that as well from the group of sorority sisters suing for their safety. they say they live in fear after they caught a biological male sister peeping on them in their own home. caitlyn jenner will react in moments. and welcome back as america reports rolls into hour two. it is a delight to be here in washington with you, john. i m sandra submit. john: i m john roberts. and we ll talk more about the race all that and more coming up, but we start with the fox news alert on the debt threat and warnings it could play right into china s hands. mr. president. mr. president! when will you meet with president xi? sandra: and with a wave of his hand, president biden is off to the g7 meeting in japan with the one k
all right. so in just a few minutes they re going to try again. president biden, speaker mccarthy will continue their debt standdown face to face at the white house. biden is hosting mccarthy and three other congressional leaders to once again try to get closer at least to a deal to raise the debt ceiling, as has been done dozens of times. they have just over two weeks to do it before a potential u.s. default. somehow it is looking like the two sides have dug in even more since last week s meeting. we go to capitol hill. melanie, we ve seen this before, right? we re making progress, we re not making progress, it s sort of the definition of a game of chicken. the trouble is the economy hangs in the balance here. what s really happening? is there any real progress? do we expect any real probably in the white house? reporter: i will tell you, jim, staff have been working behind the scenes to come up with a potential number of policy options for a potential deal but there has b