aim at republicans yet again. hello, welcome everyone, i m sandra smith in new york. hi, john. john: we made it to wednesday, top of the mountain, long slide into the weekend from here. i m john roberts in washington and this is america reports. in a rare news conference the president said he felt yesterday s meeting with congressional leadership was productive, but speaker mccarthy proclaimed there was no new movement and warned time is running out to avoid an economic catastrophe. sandra: complete coverage begins now. steve danes is standing by. john: our senior congressional correspondent chad pergram live on capitol hill. do democrats really know what republicans would cut? john, not really. congress funded veterans programs and meals on wheels late last year, that s why republicans believe democrats are trying to scare people about potential cuts. are those cuts that you guys talk about with the v.a., that s not real money, because it s not an appropriation.
the fans. okay, they were vagrants who live under the bridge near my apartment. but that reminds me that we should talk about fentanyl. first of all, yes, it is the reason that greg is out. i promised him i wouldn t say anything but i feel like it s fine to lie to your boss who accuses you of doing drugs every day. more importantly, i want to talk about why fentanyl is a huge problem and why the government can t be the one to solve it. lately there s been a lot of talk about classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction or drug cartels as terrorist organizations or any sale of fentanyl resulting in a fatal overdose as a federal crime worthy of the death penalty. but like that lord of the rings prequel show, all of it is a bad idea. don t at me in other words, even you know it s [bleep]. it s not that i think fentanyl poisoning is not a threat and i do say poisoning because many of the people who have died from fentanyl didn t intend to tap fentanyl at all. it s not lik
a memo from the white house says cabinet members will go on 35 trips touting inflation reduction act and the administration accomplishments in the next few weeks. the event at the white house on september 6. plans do not seem to be based in reality. after months of democratic negotiation, joe biden will sign what he calls landmark climate at the white house today and the president will travel across the country to articulate how they claim the inflation reduction act will help americans, despite analysis that estimates those earning less than $400,000 a year will pay an estimated $20 billion in taxes as result of $740 billion package which sets aside $80 billion to hire 87,000 irs agents. a former fbi whistleblower says the idea they are going to go after large corporations is bs, they will give themselves bonuses and promotions. while democrats won t say when the spending bill will cut inflation, republicans on capitol hill blame the president for making things worse. pr
programs they count on. according to estimates, the republican bill would put 21 million people at risk of losing medicaid, including 2.3 million people here in new york state and 78,000 people right here in westchester county. it s devastating. it s not right. republican plan would cut federal law enforcement officers, 30,000, including 11,000 fbi agents, 2,000 border agents, dea agents and so on. they have cut that s in order to meet the requirement, risks shutting down 375 air traffic control towers, including five here in new york state like westchester county airport, don t have enough personnel and i ve long believed we have many obligations as a nation, but you ve heard me say this before, apologize for repeating it, but we only have one truly sacred obligation, we
many conservatives only want the bill the house approved last month. we are not giving in, we are going to cut this government and it s what the american people deserve. we are not budging and the speaker has our support. congressional and white house aides meet today and tomorrow. the president and congressional leaders talk again on friday. house speaker kevin mccarthy needs parameters by next week. john. john: chad ber gram getting us underway. sandra: montana republican senator steve danes, sir, thank you, welcome to you. we have the live picture up of where the president will speak, he just landed at west chester airport. ahead of his remarks, set this up for us. he is making very bold claims about where republicans are going with their spending cuts. you just heard it from a bunch of democrats there. i ll ask you point blank, are