congress fails to act and the u.s. defaults on its debt will be bad. it s something that looks more possible by the day. the clock is ticking. speaker kevin mccarthy says he wants a deal by this weekend. that it s the only way to give both houses of congress enough time to actually mark up and pass anything on the debt ceiling. but president biden is leaving town tomorrow heading for the g-7 in japan. what punch bowl called a damned if he does, if he doesn t situation for biden with the stakes incredibly high. so with both of those things in mind, the clock and the travel, what is being said inside the white house right now? speaker mccarthy is there meeting with president biden for the third time to avoid a default. look at the background in a second. don t worry. what s on the table and what s even possible. does an acceptable compromise exist? one that actually passes not just the split congress, but this split congress. joining me now, nbc news white house correspondent,
the free internet. of course, china s internet heavily censored in. will ripley, thanks. the newest continues right here on cnn outfront. next, attorney general merrick garland and republicans go head-to-head, flashing over trump s conspiracy theories, including the former president s baseless claim that the fbi was i m trying to assassinate him. plus breaking news. we are now just hours away from the us mexico border closing after biden issued strict new border rules. but why? now we re live at the border and hunter biden s laptop. and his own words taking center stage in court today. let s go out front and good evening. i m erin burnett outfront tonight i will not be intimidated. those are the exact words of attorney general merrick garland, who came under withering fire from republicans today. these repeated attacks on the justice department are unprecedented and they are unfounded. i will not be intimidated and the justice department will not be intimidated. we will
thanks, the news continues right here on cnn outfront. next, attorney general merrick garland and republicans go head-to-head, flashing over trump s conspiracy theories, including the former president s baseless claim but the fbi was trying to assassinate him. plus breaking news, we are now just hours away from the us, mexico border closing after biden issued strict new border the rules. but why now we re live at the border and hunter biden s laptop and his own words taking center stage in court today. let s go out front and good evening. i m erin burnett outfront tonight. i will not be intimidated. those are the exact words of attorney general merrick garland, who came under withering fire from republicans today. these repeated attacks on the justice department are unprecedented, and they are unfounded. i will not be intimidated and the justice department will not be intimidated. we will continue to do our jobs free from political influence, and we will not back down fro
eastern for cnn newsroom. erin burnett outfront front starts right now i d front next attorney general merrick garland and republicans go head-to-head, flashing over trump s conspiracy theories, including the former president s baseless claim that the fbi was trying to assassinate hey, do plus breaking news, we are now just hours away from the us mexico border closing after biden issued strict new border rules but why now we re live at the border and hunter biden s laptop and his own words taking center stage in court today. let s go out front and, good evening. i m erin burnett outfront tonight i will not be intimidated. those are the exact words of attorney general merrick garland, who came under withering fire from republicans today. these repeated attacks on the justice department are unprecedented, and they are unfounded. i will not be intimidated. and the justice department, they ll not be intimidated. we will continue to work, do our jobs free from political in
different threats to our public safety and national security, were so elevated all at the same time. it s stunning statement from the head of the fbi and the heightened danger he prefers to coming as iran says, israeli airstrikes have killed an iranian military, senior iranian military official. once again escalating tensions. the strikes happened in the aleppo in northern syria. the idf so far and not acknowledged plugging the strikes, but it comes less than two months since iran and israel came dangerously close to ignited a much bigger war, fred pleitgen is outfront massive fires after what syrian state news says were several israeli strikes on monday near aleppo in northern syria. killing an advisor of iran s elite revolutionary guard corps, iranian media says identified as said, of a jar, photos of his funeral already posted online the strikes come