6 million jobs, wipe out $15 trillion in household wealth. nearly doubling the unemployment rate to 9%, and increase borrowing costs for all americans. it would be a catastrophe, and that s don t take it from me. let me quote mitch mcconnell when this came up during the donald trump years. mitch mcconnell said the following. he said much mcconnell stated that not supporting a debt limit suspension this is what he said. assures that congress will not throw this kind of unnecessary wrench into the gear of our job growth and thriving economy. when trump was president, they didn t want to throw a wrench, a wrench, unnecessary wrench into the gear of our job growth. today he s threatening to do just that. we are to stop holding the debt and the economy hostage. we ll do ndaa on the floor today. strengthening our security, honoring our service members, upholding our values and today we will have legislation on the security interests that we have in the middle east by putting ad
it always happens the same way. the bluster and who s there and there? at the end of the day we will be unified for the american people. in just a few moments i ll get reaction to the speaker s comments from the leader of the large progressive caucus. she met with the president on wednesday. meanwhile the fda green lighted a pfizer booster for tens of millions of americans over 65 or with high risk health issues or younger pfizer recipients with moderna or johnson & johnson wait for word on when to get their boosters. joining me now is leeann caldwell and peter alexander. first what were the big takeaways from the big conference last hour? reporter: there were a couple. some confusing and more clear. she remains confident that she s going to pull everything together, that the party in the end is going to remain united on not only this bipartisan traditional infrastructure bill, but this partisan human infrastructure bill that is far from complete. she also says that she s
brown. then it has been two months since the yatd completed its withdrawal from afghanistan. i sat down with the lead negotiator of the peace deal, america s former special envoy, zalmay khalilzad. nobody is happy with the final phase of the withdrawal. what went wrong, and what s next for afghanistan? i ll ask him. finally, democrats have been scrambling for months to finalize president biden s $1.75 trillion spending bill. the biggest roadblock has been how to pay for it. i ll talk to a leading expert with a theory that says the big price tag is really not a problem. but first, here s my take. have we witnessed another sputnik moment? the financial times reported china tested a hypersonic missile this summer, though china denies this. general mark milley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, compared the test to the soviet union s sputnik launch during the cold war. i don t know if it s quite a sputnik moment, but i think it s very close to that. gener
Brown. then it has been two months since the yatd completed its withdrawal from afghanistan. i sat down with the lead negotiator of the peace deal, america s former special envoy, zalmay khalilzad. nobody is happy with the final phase of the withdrawal. what went wrong, and what s next for afghanistan? i ll ask him. finally, democrats have been scrambling for months to finalize president biden s $1.75 trillion spending bill. the biggest roadblock has been how to pay for it. i ll talk to a leading expert with a theory that says the big price tag is really not a problem. but first, here s my take. have we witnessed another sputnik moment?
After the president spent five hours to immediate yatd his own party. the big question over the presidency, will either moderate or progressive democrats compromise on the different priorities for trillions of dollars and a mass i rewrite of the social safety net? this morning all sides looking for signals from speaker nancy pelosi. it s about values, not dollars. and when we come to agreement on what people are for or what they would cut if they want to do less, whad you cut? our goal is to have a very specific priorities, clearly presented with as close as possible results as possible. we take it one day at a time. i m confident we ll pass both bills.