Been achieved. crisis averted, senators stop the default clock with a late night vote to suspend the debt limit. plus donald trump tells his side. former president s first comments on cnn s report that he admitted on tape to taking secret documents and why didn t he do it his first four years? florida s ron desantis taking direct aim at trump just days before three more candidates are set to join the already crowded gop race. wo happy friday, everybody. we made it. and we begin with government default averted. a bipartisan vote in the senate late last night to suspend the nation s debt limit through 2024. president biden praising congress for its work in a statement adding that he looks forward to signing the bill as soon as possible. the president will deliver his
We re going to tear it up and give you something new, he would have said no way, jose. don t forget, as part o union members gave up salary for their issue. so i think that s an excellent point that victoria brought up. let s talk guns for a moment. joe biden is out with a new ad today taking direct aim at the president backing off on gun safety. let s take a look. we have to keep the guns out of the hands of those that pose the threat. and this really includes background checks. so after saying we need strong background checks, the president says we already have them. remember, after the slaughter of innocent children in parkland, florida, it was call for change, the president says we need change, phone call from the nra, then nothing happened. using the president s own words against him, chris,
Country from certain areas. the whourks we heard you press them on this today. have you been given any indication what specifically the the president is talking about? where we re seeing this greater traffic from? reporter: david, press secretary sean spicer said he wanted to pull the data, and he would get back to us. we are still waiting for an answer. we also reached out to the department of homeland security, and the state department. they also could not tell us, david, whether there has been an increase from people coming from these certain areas. of course, you will stay on it. cecilia vega with us from the white house again tonight. now to something else the president tweeted today, taking direct aim at nordstrom, the department store, after learning they are dropping his daughter, ivanka s, line. stocks took a hit in the moments after, and so did the president from critics who say, he should not be using the power of the presidency to get involved in any of the family bus