limit. i want to make it perfectly clear that congress will raise the debt ceiling. that s what treasury secretary tim geithner said. he also said if the ceiling doesn t get raised it wouldn t be good. it will make the last crisis looked like a modest crisis. it will be much more dramatic. the cost will go up for everybody. it will have a permanent devastating damage on our credit worthiness in the country. house budget committee chairman republican paul ryan is not scared he says he doesn t think it s a good idea to ignore the spending problem and keep borrowing more and more. he s not going to vote for an increase unless congress agrees to a decrease in spending. we won t simply raise the debt limit we will vote to have spending cuts and controls in conjunction with the debt limit increase. i don t see may 167th as a hard fast deadline. i think geithner will agree with that. democrat congressman says if people like ryan keep demanding debt ceiling increase they are
limit. i want to make it perfectly clear that congress will raise the debt ceiling. that s what treasury secretary tim geithner said. he also said if the ceiling doesn t get raised it wouldn t be good. it will make the last crisis looked like a modest crisis. it will be much more dramatic. the cost will go up for everybody. it will have a permanent devastating damage on our credit worthiness in the country. house budget committee chairman republican paul ryan is not scared he says he doesn t think it s a good idea to ignore the spending problem and keep borrowing more and more. he s not going to vote for an increase unless congress agrees to a decrease in spending. we won t simply raise the debt limit we will vote to have spending cuts and controls in conjunction with the debt limit increase. i don t see may 167th as a hard fast deadline. i think geithner will agree with that. democrat congressman says if people like ryan keep demanding debt ceiling increase they are playing
treasury secretary tim geithner said, if the ceiling doesn t get raised it wouldn t be good. i think it d make the last crisis look like a tame, and modest crisis and the cost of borrowing would go up for everybody and permanent devastating damage on our economy. but paul ryan is not scared and doesn t think it s a good idea to ignore the spending problem and keep borrowing more and more so he s not going to vote for an increase unless congress agrees to a disagrees in spending. we won t simply raise the debt limit we ll vote for conjunction, i don t see may 15th as a hard fast deadline, but. chris van holland says that republicans like ryan demand spending cuts with debt ceiling increase, that s a dangerous game. air only going to vote for the debt ceiling unless
shoots, the today show, and there s an interesting report out in the tv guide saying possibly meredith vieira won t be at the today show for long. in fact, it says that she s thinking about leaving, maybe would only sign a one-year deal when her contract expired last year, and it s all because it seems like her husband s health, he s not doing so well. sure, yeah, and, of course, by all accounts by viewers and also those that work with her, she s very, very well liked. her husband s been suffering from multiple sclerosis for years and cancer as well, so there s speculation that perhaps she ll take some time off and tend to him. but who knows. and there s that rumor now that katie couric might sort of come back to her old spot. wouldn t that be interesting? it would be interesting. i don t know if that s going to happen. also coming up which is making big waves, ashley judd, of course, the other sister of the judds. winona and naomi who travel and have many, many hits ou
this morning on world news now, spending showdown. president obama is pushing congress today to agree on a spending bill plan. but can a deal be made before the government is shut down? it s wednesday, april 6th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. and good morning, everyone. i m mike marusarz. and i m peggy bunker. in a few days the government will run out of money, and the president says it s no time for congress to play games and that a deal must be made, but can they avoid the first government shutdown in 15 years? also, radioactive water has now stopped flowing into the ocean from the damaged nuclear power plant in japan, but is it too late? a look at that sushi that people are wondering if the seafood we re getting from japan toxic. no doubt about that. also, we have a story about a thief who got more than he