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president xi of china -- he controls 1.4 billion people ruthlessly, ruthlessly, no games, right? they said is president xi of china a brilliant man? i said, yes, he is. hes a brilliant man. the next day, trump says president xi is brilliant. yeah, i did. they want me to say, no, hes not a very smart guy, he just runs 1.4 billion people with an iron fist. thats crazy. >> thats donald trumps latest praise of a dictator. trump spent the weekend in iowa giving a series of outrageous speech...

the dear colleague letter from speaker johnson. tell us what you know about this agreement. weve got a lot of numbers here. >> yes, symone. a lot of numbers. a little bit of a discrepancy and what were hearing from republican leader, speaker johnson and democratic leaders. you mentioned we have that dear colleague letter that gives us the first sense of these top line members. you know, one point 59 trillion for fiscal year 2024, which republicans say allots 886 billion dollars in defe...

colbert. good evening, reverend sharpton. always good to see. ive been keeping abreast of your activities this week, and want to applaud you for your protest with respect to the pushback that we are facing around d.c. and i efforts across the country. but i do have a quick question for you. for a policy measure, whats it gonna take for us to actually move the needle and finally keep dni from having the attacks that its currently facing? >> i think we must make cities, municipalities,...

and what? what is that? >> it could be a number. it could be rsv. it could be a number of other bacterial infections. a typical ammonia, which is what we had a little bit of a spike in different parts of the country, atypical pneumonias need to be treated with antibiotics. theyre called atypical for a reason. get things checked out. your instinct tells you the most about your health. >> kavita tell, you have been my guidingthis thing when it comes to health for sure. thank you so much,...

one item that made the cut restarting those student loan payments. if they just keep coming back to haunt. does all have all you need to know about the pause ending, and the long term impact that borrowers having to cough up the money again. plus, its pride month and were talking to chasten buttigieg, his new book i have something to tell you about young of. outside the right-wing campaign to ban lgbtq books and schools and libraries. im symone d. sanders townsend, and i have something...

going to do by tomorrow. >> speaker mccarthy, live on fox news. quickly, a quick question, how do you feel about -- ok, so he -- he would not take questions, he said he was in a hurry, had to get to the floor to open it, hes on the way to the floor and well listen to his remarks. >> sandra: all business. >> john: its noted. >> almost reached in, but -- >> john: hes got the capitol police around him, be careful how far you reach in. >> exactly, exactly. >> sandra: thank you, aishah, app...

well get it fixed and get it fixed properly in two years. but were going to get it fixed and fixed properly. well get it fixed in two years. >> all right. >> hes going to get it fixed in two years. >> two years. >> wait, but he had a chance to fix it in 2017. what did he do? >> well, he called the debt ceiling sacred. >> and 18, 19. >> then he urged a default. now, donald trump is back in the mushy middle, promising a big fix down the road. you know, like infrastructure, health care, a...

Government shutdown. but real questions remain whether lawmakers will be a able to pass pieces of legislation before january 19th,s which that first deadline. this was struck by mike johnson and chuck schumer. the two men agreeing on a $1.59 trillion topline spending level that includes $886 billion for defense spending and $704 billion for non-defense spe spending. theres $70 billion that could be allocated that was part of a side deal struck by president biden and then kevin mccarthy last spri...

Eliminate the threat of a shutdown altogether. lawmakers still need to meet two upcoming funding deadlines and approve bills to keep the government running. >> reporter: president joe biden appeared to sign off on congressional leaders new funding agreement sunday saying in a statement that it moves the country one step closer to preventing a government shutdown. but real questions remain whether lawmakers will be able to pass pieces of legislation before january 19th. this agreement was struck ...

Were getting from speaker johnson here. youve got this one point 59 overall trillion dollar total for fiscal year 24. eight 86 billion for defense program, 704 billion fernanda fence spending. no additional emergency funding. ten billion in additional cuts to irs funding, as well. 6.1 billion dollar cuts in covid era spending. walk me through what you expect the reaction to be, both from the right-wing republican caucus, along with democrats. >> well, we know the republicans in the house have no...