Now, the resources, the time, the money to make the case to sympathetic audience. So im sure he has to be careful. But those undecided voters to other president s, Ronald Reagan moderate voters. But of course, and others have, have have, President Biden is facing have done it with a light challenges of his own. He has to keep together that 2020 touch. He can not, however, be coalition as weve seen, some defensive in any way. He needs narrowing of support in groups for instance, such as black men. Theres also its contend to show some some positive energy and momentum michael within the Democratic Party when it comes to his handling of the conflict in gaza. And waldman, great to get your then those persistent questions about the president s age. But expertise. Thanks so much for really, theres this threeday joining us this morning. The next hour of Cnn News Central starts. Now breaking span, Super Tuesday and then the state of the Union Address tomorrow that are pivotal for the Biden Cam
work requirements. but a lot of democrats say those work requirements are a red line. it could cost swing seat lawmakers in 2024 they warn. democrats say this whole crisis is manufactured, the only reason it is a problem is because republicans needed a political ax to swing at the democratic president they argue pointing to matt gaetz. he admitted they say, he called the debt ceiling his, quote, hostage. punch bowl has reported hakeem jeffries is conveying that message to the white house while also assuring house dems the white house is listening. at the same time punch bowl says jeffries is warning the white house they can t assume that they will have the 80 to 100 democratic votes they will need. so let s ask again as it becomes increasingly likely that kevin mccarthy and president biden will come to a deal, who can they count on to vote for it? joining me now is kayla tausche and also garrett haake. so kayla, where is the president going this weekend, is he going to camp d
something gop lawmakers will not agree to without changing policy at the u.s. southern border. this hour, 31-year-old texas mother kate cox taking her health care into her own hands, traveling outside of her home state to get the emergency abortion procedure that her doctors say she needs, as a ruling from the state supreme court says she does not qualify for a medical exemption under their law. international aid groups say 18,000 people are dead in gaza. that includes more than 7,500 children. a situation the groups describe as apocalyptic. the u.n. again assembly is expected to vote overwhelmingly for a cease-fire to allow more aid to get in and hopefully hostages to get out. the u.s. stands alone on the security council, days ago vetoing it, causing criticism around the world. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. ukraine s president zelenskyy is on a high stakes miss in washington, trying to break the gridlock blocking aid for his country in its wa
i think president biden has done a good job. you can always second guess and do things slightly differently. i felt that way about things i did. but this is mostly about a spending negotiation that was going to have to happen with or without debt limit. all the existential stuff the republicans wanted taken off the table, and so you see a lot of people in their caucus unhappy about where this is ending up. american people unfortunately more divided than i wish it was. you want to get rid of this whole process. how do we not have this crisis every two years where the entire country worries about us defaulting and heading plunging us into a recession and everyone losing their jobs? look, after i left the white house i co-wrote an op-ed with a former top staffer, senator mcconnell, he had been my counterpart in the negotiations and we said just end the debt
so the republicans have yet to compromise on those issueses because they say they want those done completely separately from the ongoing spending negotiation. s. so if they have reached some sort of middle ground of giving on that and democrats back iing off a little bit. perhaps they get an agreement to reopen the government. we don t know that yet because we don t know what he s going to say. we don t know what chuck shooumer is on this. they have been quiet as they have been trying to negotiate this compromise going back and forth with the white house. one other thing. i asked mark short, the top white house aid whether the president has spoke with chuck schumer. he said i don t believe to so. at least they have not spoken tonight. we ll see their staffs may have shoek spoken. but there s been discussion. we ll see if they have reached a deal at this point. they are holding their cards close to the vest so far. keep us posted. thank you. we re continuing to keep an eye on the sena