Renegades. They dont trust the government. Theyre not sure about the vaccine. But you know, they have something and this has always been the trick for us. Okay . At the end of the day they dont just look alike. They have the same blood. And they have culture and they have language and they have feel. And that never goes away. Theyre all italian. So they may have their disagreements. They may not like each other. They may have government turnover. They may have terrible bureaucracy. They may have problems in their society. But theyre all italian. Are you trying to say we dont have that cohesion as were all americans . What does that mean . For us it means a common sense of purpose, a collective will. Because we dont have the lookalike, the same blood. So its always been trickier for us. Its always been about cause. And when you mess with shared sense of purpose its very dangerous for us. Another thing it reminded me of is not all white people are the same. You know, what matters to me a
Mr. Avlon, you are first. The company is facing its first default. Republicans know this could be catastrophic, but theyre still refusing to blink. Do they care what this could do to the country, or do you think is all about Making Democrats look bad . Well, as Mitch Mcconnell said in the previous debt ceiling and crisis, this is a hostage theyre willing to ransom. But that of course is a very dangerous game by its nature. Here we are tricycling towards a fiscal cliff yet again. Default would be disastrous not just to our economy, but the World Economy because were the worlds reserve currency. Were the only major industrialized nation in the world that does this to ourselves. This is a selfinflicted crisis. We need to get rid of the debt ceiling. Weve raised the debt ceiling 31 times under republican president s since 1980. Mitch mcconnell has voted for debt ceiling increases dramatically under the debt. This is designed to pay for things the Republican Congress already allocated under
Were breaking down the historic summit that just wrapped up at camp david a short time ago. Also tonight, were learning more about Donald Trumps plans to skip next weeks republican president ial debate. Sources saying an interview with former fox news host Tucker Carlson is now in the works as trump aims to steal the spotlight from his rivals. And a categoryfour Hurricane Lashing Mexico and is posing an unprecedented threat now to Southern California. The region is under its first Tropical Storm watch ever, and potentially facing a years worth of rain in a matter of hours. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Wolf blitzers off today. Im alex marquardt, and youre in the situation room. The Camp David Summit is our top story this hour. President joe biden working to strengthen ties with japan and south korea as the three countries face urgent threats from china and north korea. Cnns Arlette Saenz is at camp da david. And will ripley is standing by. H
China, ill just say this. This summit was not about china. That was not the purpose of the meeting, but china came up. Not to say we dont share concerns about the economic coercion or heightened tensions caused by china, put this summit was about our relationship with each other and deepening cooperation across an entire range of issues that went beyond the immediately issues we raised. It was about a more peaceful and prosperous indopacific, a region quite frankly would benefit everyone living there and Around The World if we get it right. Its not just here. It has impact. Anyway, i wont get going. Itll take too long. Today is just how committed we are to see this vision take place. And i think this relationship we put together, and i think youre going to see it expand. This is a historic meeting, but were about to lay in place a longterm structure for a relationship that will last and have a phenomenal impact not just in asia but Around The World. Someone once said in a different con
now. good morning, everyone. glad you re with us on this monday. i m poppy harlow with phil mattingly in new york. right now on the west coast, southern california is being battered by a very strong and dangerous atmospheric river. some areas could see several months of rain fall over just the next couple of day. our crews are setting up in the area. we ll take you there live. the senate leaders revealed their border bill. so why is the house speaker saying it is, quote, dead on arrival before really reading what s in it? and iran calling america s latest strikes in iraq and syria a, quote, strategic mistake. responding to the u.s. escalation over the weekend. h cnn this morning starts right now. but we begin on the west coast of the united states this morning where intense record-breaking rain is pummelling southern california. rescues are under way as we speak. more than 11 million people are at high risk of life threatening flooding across the state. take a loo