9%. it is so bad that six former treasury secretaries wrote a letter imploring congress to extend the limit saying allowing an unprecedented default could cause serious economic harm. confronted with the reality republicans say of course the u.s. can t default on the loans. they refuse to help democrats in any way. just two years ago mitch mcconnell made it clear the consequences of default would be dire but now he s saying republicans actually have no role to play in seeing the country stay afloat. so you are expecting to raise the debt ceiling one again? of course. we ll never have america default. america can t default. that would be a disaster. the facts are indisputable. this is a totally democratic government. they have an obligation to raise the debt ceiling and they will do it. don t play russian roulette with our economy. step up and raise the debt ceiling. it s clear it s a straight up dereliction of duty. the thing is mitch mcconnell doesn t care what happens
very key house progressives. the marine posted outside the door is what tells us in washington speak, classic signals of this traditional white house, that the president remains in the west wing. this is the latest in a series of meetings the president has been holding. earlier we know he spoke with top democrats, schumer and pelosi and met with key senators who can sometimes be holdouts including sinema, manchin and moderates. joe biden is doing what he did before. he is doing what he said he would, being peace maker. now liberals are threatening to take the bipartisan infrastructure bill which the senate passed last month unless there is a wider impact on the $3.5 trillion impact on the economic agenda. as of tonight there is not a full agreement on that publicly. speaker pelosi saying this back on capitol hill. after your meeting with president biden are you still planning on holding a bipartisan infrastructure vote on monday? you expect me to be we re on schedule, l
Media or ari melber.com. the reidout with joy reid is next. i wasn t ready. that is awesome. dream come true interview. he s amazing. congrats on that. thank you, i didn t mean to catch you off guard. it is your time, you know. [ laughter ] i mean, it s that s fair. firm by fair. [ laughter ] i need to be ready for it. thank you very much. have a good evening. peace. good night. good evening. we begin the reidout with a party willing to destroy the u.s. economy to own the libs. they are refusing to vote to increase the debt ceiling. according to a report from a breach could wipeout $15 trillion in household wealth and surge the unemployment rate to