guessed it, james comey. plus the debt ceiling hostage situation was not a lesson brought about a partnership as many have suggested. i ll tell you what my takeaway was. also today, the supposedly pro business anti cancel culture right wing is acting pretty anti business and pro cancel culture lately. i ll explain that in just a few minutes. and later a trip to pennsylvania for an afternoon with one of the country s most. high profile political spaces, gisele fetterman. we talk about her childhood as an undocumented immigrant, her husband s battle with depression, in the spaces who created help families in her community. watch donald trump at the campaign trail this week was to watch somebody doing his best to make it all seem like he was just a typical front runner for the nomination. nothing to see here traveling through iowa and shaking hands and giving speeches. on the one hand he is still leading the field by a very wide margin but on the other hand he is already a crimi
underway right now. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. tonight, in his first oval office address, president biden made the case for the bipartisan debt ceiling bill. he spoke of an economic crisis averted, and reminded the nation that, without the bill, the u.s. was in fact headed for a disastrous u.s. default. passing this budget agreement was critical. the stakes could not have been higher. they were extreme voices threatening to take america, for the first time in our 247 year history, to default on our national debt. nothing nothing would have been more irresponsible. nothing would have been more catastrophic. no one got everything they wanted. but the american people got what they needed. we have heard of an economic crisis, an economic collapse. i want to commend speaker mccarthy. you know, he and i, we and our teams, we were able to get along and get things done. the final vote in both chambers was overwhelming. far more of our bipartisan than thou
underway right now. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. tonight, in his first oval office address, president biden made the case for the bipartisan debt ceiling bill. he spoke of an economic crisis averted, and reminded the nation that, without the bill, the u.s. was in fact headed for a disastrous u.s. default. passing this budget agreement was critical. the stakes could not have been higher. they were extreme voices threatening to take america, for the first time in our 247 year history, to default on our national debt. nothing nothing would have been more irresponsible. nothing would have been more catastrophic. no one got everything they wanted. but the american people got what they needed. we have heard of an economic crisis, an economic collapse. i want to commend speaker mccarthy. you know, he and i, we and our teams, we were able to get along and get things done. the final vote in both chambers was overwhelming. far more of our bipartisan than
to avoid a monday default, simple majority needed in the house and senate. this is a two-year deal, that is hope, dream and handshake you will commit to spending caps. nobody gets everything they want in negotiation. take two trillion savings. ashley: lucas tomlinson has more from washington. good morning. lucas: good morning. more time to watch more racing. debt ceiling deal only passed by a single vote, it needs 218 to pass. speaker mccarthy is confident it will. see where things stand. one democrat, aoc and third of know ares are against the bill. here is some speaking out against it. sending one person into a room with another person and no cameras and they come out and say up or down, take it or leave it, that is not a good process. this is about increasing the credit card for prospective spending. this bill is smoke and mirrors, never are we talking about interest on existing debt. 32 trillion, one trillion is 30 billion. lucas: americans are over trilli
and arizona, and one month after pennsylvania voters go to the ballot boxes. the trial, of course, involving 34 felony counts related to the stormy daniels hush money case. trump has pleaded not guilty in that case. also tonight, florida governor ron desantis will announce his candidacy tomorrow in a rather unconventional way, appearing in a live conversation on twitter with elon musk. we are getting word donald trump and his allies are making plans to offend that announcement. maggie haberman will join us in a moment. just a reminder of how wide open and unpredictable these races are, take a look at the republican primary polls from this month back in 2015. marco rubio and jeb bush both led the pack. donald trump, he stood at 3%, tied with george pataki, and speaking of polls, fast forward to right now. you see the numbers show that republicans, they smell blood. president biden s approval rating just hit 40%. the lowest number since last summer. it s also lower than trump s