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
policy depth, et cetera, but i just think this field is donald trump s and donald trump s alone. scott, now to you, i actually am curious what you think of that. because that is the sentiment of a lot of people, that this is donald trump s party. and it s not going to be senator scott s or nikki haley s or anyone else in the end. well, what bakari said is certainly what democrats want, is to run against donald trump. i m so glad that tim scott is running, because i think he s one of the most influential, optimistic, conservative voices in the country. his story, as bakari said, is incredible. and his whole message of personal responsibility versus constant victimhood mentality is a conversation this country needs to have desperately. we need to have it in the republican party. we need to have it as a nation. and when you hear tim scott speak, and when you see him do retail politics, you can see how he could catch on. i agree that right now, donald trump s in a bit of a dominant pos