week-long stay in space this hour of cnn this morning continues right now. overnight, president biden rushing back to washington from japan for these debt limit negotiations. just hours from now, he is set to meet with house speaker kevin mccarthy again. they ll meet at the white house. as time runs out to reach a deal on preventing basically economic calamity. there are less than ten days to go before the government potentially defaults on its debt. before he left the g-7 summit with world leaders, biden told reporters that many of the demands from house republicans have been, quote, unacceptable. i think there are some maga republicans in the house who know the damage that it would do to the economy and because i am president, and presidents are responsible for everything, biden would take the blame. and that s the one way to make sure biden is not re-elected. arlette saenz is live at the white house. arlette, good morning. kevin mccarthy did talk about the phone ca
this is the purpose of campaigns. to allow somebody like tim scott, who has a frisk message and a terrific story, to go out and perform. tactically, one thing you said is very important. he brings $22 million from his federal account into this campaign. not to mention an outside super pac. this guy has got the money to play for quite a while. and i m telling you, when you get him out in retail settings, it s going to play. tim scott is infectious guy. when you see him in person, people will say, hey, why not this? i bet on horses, not politicians, but tim scott is one of my favorite people in this campaign. they re more predictable. they are now. that s for sure. bakari, now to you. i want to ask you about the fact that tim scott and nikki haley, both from north carolina. both firsts. tim scott, the first black republican senator and nikki haley, the first asian american governor of the state. just curious if you think that that is a problem. in other words, that they re going to
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of credit decisions. breaking news to report. miami-dade county will become the first in florida to allow same-sex couples to marry. it will happen as soon as 2:00 this afternoon. the decision comes from a circuit chuj moments ago. the rest of the state will begin same sex weddings at midnight. with a new congress set to convene tomorrow house republicans are standing by louisiana congressman steve scalise after he apologized for giving a speech at the white supremacist conference in 2002. scalise said the speech is a mistake he regrets and party leaders have backed him. several incoming members of republican party rank and file are also packing scalise including utah s mia love, the first black republican woman elected to congress. this was 12 years ago. it s interesting it s coming up
showed up. every republican that was invited had a scheduling conflict except former president george w. bush. the former president is recovering from a procedure to clear a blocked artery. so organizers invited his brother, former governor jeb bush, who also then declined. house speaker john boehner couldn t attend because he is on a 35-day bus tour for incumbent members. house republican majority member eric cantor declined because he was in north dakota touring agriculture businesses. john mccain also declined because he had public events in arizona. michael steele, the first black republican lieutenant governor of maryland and a national committee chair assessed the situation in the pages of the washington post. he said it is part of a continuing narrative that the party finds itself in with these big deals from the minorities around the country and how they