the texas border. then, democrats ask republicans finally come to the table to talk debt ceiling and e try to prevent economic catastrophe. but as the high profile meeting with the president gets postponed, are they making any progress behind closed doors? we explicitly asked speaker mccarthy, would he take default off the table. he refused. but i think what we really need is a partner that s willing to work together. shannon: this morning we have two members of the house oversight committee, republican byron donalds of florida and democrat ro khanna of california, to discuss the border, the debt ceiling standoff and the latest on the house republicans investigation into foreign payments made to members of the biden family. then, florida governor ron desantis draws crowds in multiple cities in iowa. it may be that florida s the iowa of the southeast. shannon: we ll can our sunday panel whether he can loosen the former president s grip on the polls in this critical
the texas border. then, democrats ask republicans finally come to the table to talk debt ceiling and e try to prevent economic catastrophe. but as the high profile meeting with the president gets postponed, are they making any progress behind closed doors? we explicitly asked speaker mccarthy, would he take default off the table. he refused. but i think what we really need is a partner that s willing to work together. shannon: this morning we have two members of the house oversight committee, republican byron donalds of florida and democrat ro khanna of california, to discuss the border, the debt ceiling standoff and the latest on the house republicans investigation into foreign payments made to members of the biden family. then, florida governor ron desantis draws crowds in multiple cities in iowa. it may be that florida s the iowa of the southeast. shannon: we ll can our sunday panel whether he can loosen the former president s grip on the polls in this critical
being there for us. let s bring in brigadier general patrick ryder. thanks so much for being here. it was just a few days ago that we heard about how these m1 abrams tanks were too labor-intensive, too complex, too hard to refuel, and too hard to send to ukraine. what changed in the past couple of days? well, it s important to highlight too, that what we have been focused on is the near-term ri requirements for ukraine on the battlefield, the capabilities that they need to be immediately effective to address the things that sam highlighted. however, we do assess that ukraine requires a combination of armored personnel carriers, fighting vehicles, and tanks to be able to have the maneuver capability that will need to be successful, both in the near term and in the longer term in this fight, and so really what you are seeing here is the united states making a commitment, demonstrating its commitment to ukraine for the long-term, combined with the near-term capabilities that
our southern border. and because of joe biden and and alejandro mayorkas policy have to stop their job of actually patrolling the border to start filing paperwork. that s what s happening. and it makes no sense. again, the democrats come up with all this hysteria, they bloviate, they gas the american people instead of actually doing the job of securing the border. and once again we see joe biden and the democrats, they have no plan. and when crisis comes, they re flailing about trying to find a solution. shannon: so the other big problem that needs a solution is the debt ceiling. we re told that negotiations continue through the weekend. the president s likely, we think, to meet with congressional leaders next week if they can make some moveses on that. in the meantime, the new york times by a former hill staffer, worked on the senate and house budget committees say republicans are putting our standard of life at risk,