house playing out in key battleground states as the two leading contenders for the republican nomination hit the campaign trail. hello to you. hello, john. happy friday eve. anita vogel in for sandra smith. former president donald trump meeting with faith leaders in des moines, iowa as he b barnstorms the state before he joins sean hannity tonight on fox news. florida governor ron desantis makes a two-day, five-town blitz across the state before campaigning in new hampshire. john: the field for the gop primary will grow more crowded. mike pence, chris christie, and doug bergham will show their hats into the ring next week. rich edson is live in urbandale, iowa, the former president taking aim at desantis today, and desantis saying you know, that s not the way to go about this. it s been back and forth and intensifying, certainly after ron desantis got into the race. we have seen that since the former president has been in iowa, he arrived last night. came here to the we
presidents of both parties, majorities of both parties have shown enthusiasm for spending under different ways. under president trump, senator mcconnell, republican leader led and championed one of the biggest tax cuts in american history, our balance sheet, whether we have an annual deficit, whether we have a growing debt, is the balance between revenue in and spending out. and for the period that president trump was in the white house, we raised the debt ceiling without any focus on curbing spending or reduction in our deficits. that has now become an obsession with president biden in the white house strikes me as being more a focus on disliking the areas of spending the democrats prioritize, the environment, education, healthcare, and preferring spending that republicans prioritize, tax cuts and defense. frankly, we need to reduce our
our debt ceiling on june 5th, so although i respect senator tim kaine and his concerns about stripping jurisdiction away from a circuit court, i am going to support this bill in its current form. john: so is it you don t support stripping the pipeline or not enough time to go back and do that. there s not enough time to go back and do that. frankly, as i ve understood this issue, this is also a pipeline that s been years in the process, and where it s already had a whole series of approvals. one of the provisions in the bill i think will enjoy bipartisan support is to streamline some of the federal permitting processes that can go on for years and years and years, identifying a single federal agency that is responsible for coordinating reviews and permit approvals. whether you are principally concerned about the transition to solar and wind and clean energy or make sure we still can take advantage of american produced natural gas, so both
i hope there will be an agreement soon. rand paul has a plan to put spending, tim kaine hopes to strip out the mountain valley pipeline, he says it has nothing to do with the debt ceiling, lindsey graham disagrees with how the bill controls pentagon spending. i ve got an amendment to raise the debt ceiling for 90 days, no strings attached. i m not going to let us default, but i m not going to destroy our military in the name of raising the debt. i don t want to here [bleep] about default, i don t want to default. they ll likely give those senators votes on their plans but could require 60 yea for adoption. kills the amendment. the right is staring stag gers at kevin mccarthy. it wasn t an easy fight. i had both sides upset but i was focused on you and will stay focused on you. i m waking up tomorrow to go after everything we didn t get today but i will improve each
and north dakota governor doug bergham. bergham is expected to announce next week in fargo. pence will come to iowa for his announcement wednesday. john. john: bergham has to get more name recognition, no question about that. see you soon. an attorney for hunter biden has deposed the owner of the repair shop where the president s son left behind a laptop in 2019 later as you know became public. the deposition came as a result of his team counter suing mac isaac after they sued for defamation. biden and the lawyers have not publicly confirmed the laptop was in fact his. and the debt ceiling bill passing in the house, heads to the senate where some gop opposition could drag a vote down to the wire and time is of