Solomon in new york and this is cnn hello again and welcome. It s time to break down the big stories with some smart people. Today, we re asking, after all the pressure to sit for an interview, did kamala harris do enough to address her flipflops on key issue then moving to the middle will break down donald trump s flips on abortion and ivf, which many pro lifers don t seem to have a problem with and later pricing pumpkin potable how falls, favorite coffee drank is outpacing inflation. The panel here is here and ready to go. So sit back, relax and let s talk about it. Up first. Kamala harris on the campaign trail this labor day weekend after her first interview since becoming the democratic nominee. And why, while she cleared the hurdle without any major fumbles some critics say it wasn t enough i think people are ready to turn the page on that. Kamala harris billing herself as the candidate of change, and answering questions for the first time in this campaign about some of her revers
that they don t want to default. they want to avoid that, but they don t agree on how to do it. mccarthy wants to hold it at hostage in return for massive cuts on discretionary programs meaning basically everything but social security and medicare which along with defense, make up the clear bulk of the budget while president biden has been adamant that no cuts are on the table. none. so what are these guys going to talk about? and how will mitch mcconnell, chuck schumer and hakeem jefferies factor in? they will also be at that may 9th meeting. does it end an agreement to disagree until this fall? in other words, a short-term deal to avoid collapse? because that is what economists are worried about, a default that will send the markets into a freefall, add rocket fuel to inflation, slash millions of jobs, cut off social security payments and veterans benefits and drag the u.s. economy into an ugly and potentially prolonged recession. no one wants that. joining me now is nbc n
what else are you learning about when this call could happen? reporter: well, it s going to be pretty soon according to the sources i have spoken to inside ukraine. but nothing concrete, i have been told, by senior officials have been scheduled. so it s still very much in the it could possibly happen stage. if it does happen, it would be the first time that president zelenskyy of ukraine has spoken with xi jinping and that contrasts starkly with the amount of contact there has been between the chinese and russian presidents. it s been more than 40 occasions that they have had face-to-face meetings. the latest occasion is scheduled to take place anytime now within the next few minutes they are expected to meet inside the kremlin for formal negotiations how to bring these two increasingly autocratic countries even closer together. remember, russia is an important resource for china s economy. it s got massive reserves of oil and gas and a forestry of minerals that is supply
talking to his colleagues about advancing a procedural rule that would allow him to do this as a clean debt ceiling effectively what democrats have wanted to do all along, and i can pull up the details on this which is a long shot, but it s a way that democrats can procedurally set themselves up so they re not ham strung if the time comes up to move on a debt ceiling hike. the reason that i m calling this a long shot is because in my conversations with house democratic sources is this would allow them to do it, but they would need at least five republicans to cross over and join with all democrats to say we re going to do it this way. look, at this point we ve seen each party retreat to their own corners and even the moderate members that we look to for bipartisan moves and they remain pretty much in their camps at this point. again, this happened today. it s a fail safe, but by no means a done deal. as we enter may and we hear that june 1st is the potential
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