what gop challenger nikki haley had to say about president biden s age. brittney griner speaking for the first time since her release from a russian prison as she rejoins her wnba team. shocking allegations in the government s case against the air national guardsman accused of leaking classified documents, as prosecutors prepare to tell the court that he could be a flight risk and a danger to the public if he gets out on bail. good day, everyone i m andrea mitchell in washington house speaker kevin mccarthy s ability to overcome political obstacles and keep his conference united squeaked by and passed a debt limit legislation with budget cuts on top. it s putting democrats on notice as well as increasing the pressure on mccarthy/biden debt ceiling negotiation talks. perhaps one step closer to reality. right now, this is the only place that has lifted the debt limit. democrats are putting the country in jeopardy. the president, by ignoring to even negotiate, the majori
Perhaps one step closer to reality. right now, this is the only place that has lifted the debt limit. democrats are putting the country in jeopardy. the president, by ignoring to even negotiate, the majority of americans overwhelmingly, want us to sit down and negotiate no one in america believes there s not one place that you can t find a place that could you have savings in what washington spends. i think it s up to them now. joining me now, nbc senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake and nbc chief white house correspondent kristin welker, co-host of weekend today. the ball is in the president s court. how is he responding or how will he respond well, look, there s no doubt that this is going to put pressure on president biden to meet with house speaker kevin mccarthy they haven t met since february. so far, the white house taking a pretty defiant stance, blasting the bill that was passed overnight, accusing republicans of trying to strip funds from
Odds of this turning out beautifully really aren t that great. gop leaders are playing down talk of a government shutdown, but some conservatives seem to be determined to use the spending legislation to strip funds from planned parenthood. what are you hearing about that? well, this is really the big concern of the leadership in congress. the deadline is the end of the month, end of september, otherwise, the government is without funding. the plan really was to pass a stopgap bill, a temporary spending measure so other issues could be worked out. now that this has landed, there s a really good chance they re going to have a tough time making that deadline. there are tea party republicans, as you know, anti-abortion republicans, who are going to vote no on anything to try to strip planned parenthood of the funding. and the democrats aren t happy with the bills either because what has happened is domestic spending programs have been kept very tightly on their budgets,