defaulting on the debt would cause problems. and democrats will not choose to raise the debt ceiling an on its own because it will create a headache and they don t want to own any of the politics on this. they may avoid it, but they would get political heartburn if they think this sat all a serious process other than the fact they have do this. congress is literally writing new rules to pass common sens laws because lawmakers are afraid of their own shadows and took an oath of office and don t believe in it. at this point we re running out of words to describe it. absurd, however you want to look at it. it s foolish, embarrassing. let s bring in leigh ann caldwell who s covering this on capitol hill.
with you now, but it makes the whole debt scene absurd by the hour. i concur. democrat from maryland, thanks for your time and perspective. i appreciate it. thanks, chuck. before we go to break, i want to make note of breaking news of of france. one of the killers of journalist khashoggi was arrested as he was boarding a flight to saudi arabia. an intelligence report concluded that the saudi arabia priest, mbs as he s known, approved of the killing. we re going to look at the laundry list congress must tackle before the end of the year. we re going to sneak in a quick break. more mtp daily right after this. . safe drivers can save using snapshot? -what s snapshot? -what the commercial was about.