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his information. there s not the votes for it. what we dough know is in seven of the last ten negotiations on the debt limit, there s been budget dairy reforms. so 70% of the time, the debt limit gets lifted. there s been a discussion, conversation around and a negotiation about budgetary and policy reforms. that s what needs to happen this time. that s supported by the american people. 65% of the american people believe that you shouldn t raise the debt limit without doing something about the debt. that s what the american people are. cleary that s where we are. i hope that in the next few days hopefully by the time when this meeting happens on may 9 we can see serious and real progress or else the administration will be the first administration ever to have to deal with a default on the debt. a clean debt limit is not going to happen. i think they need to understand that. get serious about sitting down at the table. if the x day is june 1, that brings an additional se ....
rolled off the production line. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we start the programme for you in the middle east where the us. secretary of state antony blinken been holding discussions to resolve the escalating crisis there. he has told israel it will endanger its long term security if it abandons efforts to resolve the conflict with the palestinians. mr blinken who was speaking after talks with israeli prime minister, bejamin netanyahu said his immediate priority was to restore calm. the visit comes in the midst of a spate of violence between israelis and palestinians. the bbc s middle east correspondent, tom bateman, has more. in tom bateman, has more. jerusalem at the wreckai spreading injerusalem at the wreckage is spreading and another generation grows up in its wake. israel s new far right police minister is vowing to step up home demolitions of pal ....
I m not engaging in politics. i have a lot on my agenda. martha: let s bring in former prosecutor, andy mccarthy who has covered this story extensively. good to have you here. so this is a relevant question. antony blinken worked as an adviser on the campaign. now he s the secretary of state and it was before the election when this letter was pushed out. you can see how mike morrel, the deputy cia director back then, you can see how republicans have one version of it and democrats have another version of it. then you hear the language that blinken uses distancing himself. what do you think? i think that we have to recognize that we re dealing with very sophisticated actors. both morrel and is now secretary blinken who, you know, he pivoted when he was asked that question about how in this job it s great. i don t have to do politics. he wasn t in this job when this letter went out, right? he was in a job that this ....
Rolled off the production line. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we start the programme for you in the middle east where the us. secretary of state antony blinken been holding discussions to resolve the escalating crisis there. he has told israel it will endanger its long term security if it abandons efforts to resolve the conflict with the palestinians. mr blinken who was speaking after talks with israeli prime minister, bejamin netanyahu said his immediate priority was to restore calm. the visit comes in the midst of a spate of violence between israelis and palestinians. the bbc s middle east correspondent, ....