good morning, everyone. glad you re with us. ooip poppy harlow in new york. there s a lot of news to get to this morning. here are five things to know for this thursday. at moment, hundreds of americans could cross the border out of gaza and into egypt one day after the rafah crossing opening. israel striking the largest refugee camp for the second day in a row. president biden now saying we need a pause in order to get the prisoners out of the war zone. overnight republicans going after one of their own taking to the senate flor and slamming senator tommy tuberville as he continues to hold up the m military appointments. donald trump jr. rirning to the stand today followed by his brother as the $250 million civil fraud trial continues. a much-needed win for a community in mourning. the high school football team from lewiston, maine, beating their rivals with a roster of celebrities cheering them on. cnn this morning starts right now. this is a live look at the ra
The illegal immigrants granted amnesty under S. 1348 are likely to impose a net cost of at least $2.6 trillion on U.S. taxpayers during their retirement years.
revised score on which to rely. they requested a new budget office estimate on how much a safety plan would cost if a series of provisions like the child tax credit work were extended for ten years. and the cbo came back with a deficit increase of $3 trillion. the white house is dismissing this score as fake. this is not a cbo score. this is a fake cbo score. it s not about the existing bill anybody is debating or voting on. this is about proposing the extension of programs that has not been agreed to. without the commitment of the president, which he s made repeatedly publicly, that he would never support extending these programs if they weren t paid for. zero republicans voted for this bill in the house in november. it was already facing major hurdles in a 50/50 senate. and likely even more now. moderate democrats, kyrsten sinema and joe manchinen satisfied as it is.
holding pattern right now. all morning long a handful of moderate members, 60s, seven, have come in and out of nancy pelosi s office all morning to try to resolve these issues. remember, she can t afford to lose more than three votes here, and if that happens, this bill ll will sink. as a result, five moderates have come out with a letter this week saying there needs to be a full cost estimate from the congressional budget office to detail the impacts of this bill, which is estimated about $1.9 trillion right now. but on the tax side of it, the white house is saying this would be fully paid for, it would raise about $2.1 trillion in vef v revenue. but the moderate numbers want the actual congressional budget office to do a full analysis of this. the problem for the democratic leaders is they want to have the votes today, but that budget office estimate could take