careful because you re playing with fire. they warned that if you wait until the last minute to raise the debt ceiling, you risk an accidental default, which would be catastrophic for the economy. they acknowledged that we re in divided times right now politically but that doesn t mean we should default on our debt. what would a default mean for the economy, moody s analytics put out a report, and they said that if there was a default and a prolonged impasse over resoe resolving it there could be 6 million jobs that would disappear. unemployment rates would jump to 9%. payments would be delayed to social security recipients, federal workers, $15 trillion in household wealth would vanish, so bad. all of this explains why everyone expects congress to eventually do the right thing. no one wants to be held responsible for this, but we should point out that the longer they wait, the closer they get to the edge of the cliff, the greater the chance they accidentally go over it. we n
holding the line. house republicans pass a debt ceiling bill meant to kick off talks. we ve done our job. democrats say they won t negotiate over paying the nation s bills. are we inching closer to default? i ll speak with vermont senator, bernie sanders, and house republican whip tom emmer, next. and he s running. the official 2024 roster grows. there s more to finish the job. i am a candidate for president of the united states. but as the former president dominates gop polls, is there room in the party for anyone but trump? new candidate and former arkansas governor asa hutchinson joins me ahead. plus, lessons learned. a family secret. i was born with a father that was a nazi. now arnold schwarzenegger is using his father s past to try to confront today s problems. this should never, ever happen again. hello. i m dana bash in washington, where the state of our union is recovering. well, washington came out, they mingled, they laughed. as journalist joine
present. she ll answer tough questions on the biggest issues back home. what do you say to those people who say maybe he s too old to be president? while serving as an important voice for the biden administration abroad. you are the keepers of democracy. dr. biden speaks about her mission and the challenges facing the continent. everybody has to come together to make sure that these people aren t dying because of the drought. and her inspirational reunion with a woman she first met more than ten years ago. i said you could go anywhere, be anything, and you said no, i m staying in my community. plus, her family s decision on president biden s run in 2024. any chance at this point that he s not going to run? cnn prime time jill biden abroad starts now. good evening, i m sara si sidner. tonight on cnn prime time an in depth interview with the first lady of the united states, a one on one with jill biden who returned from a five-day trip to africa. cnn w
Hello. i m dana bash in washington, where the state of our union is recovering. well, washington came out, they mingled, they laughed. as journalist joined political leaders at the white house correspondents dinner last night. president biden highlighted the po importance of a free press amid jokes about his age and house republicans. the free press is a pillar, maybe the pillar of a free society. not the enemy. now it s back to business this morning, with only weeks to avert a financial crisis. speaker kevin mccarthy muscled a bill through the house to raise the debt ceiling and impose $4.8 trillion in spending cuts over the next decade. republicans see it as an opening salvo in talks with democrats, but the president says he will not negotiate over paying the nation s bills. here with me now is senator bernie sanders, chairman of the health education, labor, and
reporter: on the ground in kenya, biden promoted economic empowerment for women with the country s first lady and met with young people on the po importance of safe sex. besides condoms, does it promote birth control pills? reporter: on biden s final day in kenya, we drove about three hours south of nairobi over bumpy dirt roads to the part of the horn of africa suffering through severe drought. nearly 500 people gathered there to receive medical checkups and nutritional assistance. the first lady talking with members of the community whose livelihoods are threatened and mothers struggling to feed their children. all their livestock are dying. as we came down that long road of the livestock and how they re just skin and bones, and so they re left with nothing. some of the women told me that they re walking three hours a