president biden s focus today on the fight to raise the debt limit and the dress of consequences that could be in store for the country have no actions taken. not a single solitary has this data is not that i accumulated. but that is not that occurred of the last several years. it is 200 years of debt. 200 years. the idea that we wouldn t pay our debt is bizarre. it s estimated that we didn t pay the debt, we lose 750,000 jobs, we have a recession, would be a disaster. the idea is for the first time saying, unless you can approve this ridiculous budget what the republican mega budget is, if you pass this budget, we re not going to increase the debt limit. then we re going to go bankrupt. the white house has also warning that if the white house default, it would result in severe damage. a default according to the white house would result in hud to thousands of job losses, which could increase to millions the longer it goes on. joining me now is nbc s correspondent, a
a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters. welcome to alex witt reports. we are beginning this our new finding in ukraine as russia s war enters your two. ukrainian officials claim they suffered more than 70 attacks in the last 24 hours, including one they say led to this fire right here at a kindergarten in kherson. president biden meanwhile shooting down china so called peace plan to bring ukraine and russia back to the negotiating table. here is what he said in a new interview. we are deploying, it s not how could it be any? good i m not being facetious. i m being that they earnest. i ve seen nothing in the plan to indicate that there is something that would be beneficial to anyone other than russia if the chinese plan moved forward. this is the idea that china is going to be negotiating the outcome of a war that is a totally unjust war for ukraine is just not rational. also, new this. our protesters are mobilizing cities across the country against
i think what joy reid did frankly is the issue that happens to black conservatives all the time. where somehow we re less black than black democrats. first of all, i ll tell you and i ll tell joy reid and anyone else who wants to hear it, i grew up in brooklyn, new york, in the inner city, in a single parent household. i am a black man. i m also a republican. the republican congressman you just heard, byron donalds of florida, who got a bunch of votes for speaker, joins me in studio tonight. meanwhile, kevin mccarthy and his far right overlords are off and running with an extreme agenda. and normalizing people like marjorie taylor greene and paul gosar. while punishing lawmakers like adam schiff, ilhan omar, and eric swalwell, who joins me in just a moment. plus, my pal and colleague, chris hayes, is going to help me make a big announcement tonight. you do not want to miss it. we begin with the extreme republican agenda taking shape in the u.s. house of representatives.
whether she will stay part of her order and allow the justice department to access the 100-plus documents seized at the former president s residence. and then across the atlantic in london, mourners are lining up for miles outside westminster hall to view queen elizabeth s coffin as she lies in state. we ll take you there live with the latest updates as well. we start with that breakthrough agreement for america s railways. a short time ago the president announcing that frustrate rail workers will get better pay and improved working conditions and health care benefits. this is a win for tens of thousands of rail workers and for their dignity and the dignity of their work. it s a recognition of that. because of the labor agreement, those rail workers will get better pay, 24% wage increase over the next five years, improved working conditions, peace of mind around their health care by capping the cost that workers will have to pay. so a strike would have greatly, by the way
The administrations have had enough time to realize their mistakes and take corrective action. It is disheartening to see that of the 85 colleges rated, MIT and Harvard scored in the bottom 15%.