shooting this morning. four people were hurt. we are new details. we ll take you live to the scene in a minute. i m hallie jackson in washington along with our nbc news team ready to go as we watch what goes on, leigh ann caldwell at capitol hill, shannon pettypiece at the white house, guys, let me just take a pause here, because we don t want to assume that everybody knows everything about what the plan is moving forward and what the options are. so let s talk about what the options could be as it relates to this debt ceiling showdown. and there are new developments here. five possible outcomes, not all of them with happy endings. option 1, republicans blink and back off on their insistence that they will not join democrats to suspend the debt limit. this option just got kind of real with republicans sort of blinking with our new reporting in the last hour that senator mitch mcconnell is offering up a short term deal, but it s more of a maneuvering. the senate republicans
democrats are aware that mcconnell is playing pure politics with this and have yet to signal whether his offer is feasible in their view. one democratic senator has already called it, quote, b.s. for the u.s. the stakes could not be higher. if republicans follow through on their obstruction effort in effect they would be responsible for the delay of benefit payments to tens of millions of retirees, medicare, and medicaid providers and numerous rouse others receiving checks from the u.s. treasury. it could lead to a catastrophic default on the nation s deb. the government has never defaulted on its obligations so how this all works is unclear. but its impact to be wide ranging. this morning, six former secretaries of defense who worked in republican and democratic administrations sent an urgent letter to congress warning them of the national security implications of a default writing, quote, if they default on the full faith and credit of the u.s. it will send a signal to our
Hi there, everyone. it s health care in new york. we have often asked on this program if there remains a trip wire for today s gop. and time and time again we have learned with tragic consequences there is not. so today we ask the question, will we soon add blowing up the u.s. economy to the depths that republicans may be willing to go for pure political gain? the breaking news in just the last hour democrats in the senate signaling that a procedural vote on the debt limit has been postponed. this is a measure republicans are expected to block amid their efforts to avoid a move to avoid this country s default.