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Memorial on our nations mall. we can, as congress, place this monument on the mall where it rightfully belongs. we have six former secretaries of defense. both democratic and republican administrations. they all agree that to honor these veterans, those that have fought, it needs to go on the mall. >> pete: jane, its not hyperbole to say no one has been a more fierce advocate for our gold star families than you. what would it mean to have a memorial like this and you are the kind of person who m...

Extraordinary measures, they call it. at some point they will run out of wiggle room. remember, this is paying the bills for what congress has already spent under republican and democratic administrations. the u.s. has never defaulted on its debt, something that would damage americas credit and undermine the pandemic response. this morning the death of gabby petito has been officially ruled a homicide, and the fbi is asking for the publics help finding her fiancee brian laundrie. questions sur...

Botched withdrawal of u.s. forces from afghanistan which not only left behind an unknown number of americans it certainly angered many of our allies who contend they werent kept apprise of his thinking and decision to leave. i should also point out we learn tomorrow the president is expected to meet with both the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi and the majority leader chuck schumer at the white house to discuss at least the so far stalled infrastructure deal. >> shannon: kevin, after the pres...

Yellen says, with borrowing costs spiking for millions of consumers. look, this is not about restraining future spending, as some republicans would have you believe. this is paying the bills piled up already under both republican and democratic administrations. this is money congress has already spent and needs to borrow to pay for. congress has raised its own credit card limit some, what, 80 times since 1960. this, you guys, has become a predictable, routine, and self-inflicted crisis, and alwa...

>> i just remembered during the bush and the obama administrations, all the consternation, and we covered it over and over, the debt ceiling, and we may have had a countdown clock, who knows. but it was most probably we did -- but this isnt something thats new just to this administration but under the previous administration there was bipartisan support to raise the debt ceiling. john, biden has his hands full at the moment. the infighting is just, you know, the major issues hes facing right now...

Cant see them on skype, but i dont need to see any more of these images. i mean, to have -- weve had a big growing number of people on our border for a long time during the trump and the biden administrations. and of course, you know, over time weve had people coming to our country. when all of a sudden, when theres 8,000 or 10,000 or 12,000 black people under a bridge at the border and our government responds with men on horseback and whips and, you know, charging people on horseback, this is b...

Where this is coming from. this is from nbc news, this reporting. last week, deputy cia director david cohen said that the agencys getting closer to solving the mystery, that there are limits in terms of have we gotten closer, i think the answer is yes. but not close enough to make analytic judgments that people are waiting for. i mean, like you said, why not? its gone on through three administrations. the president was at the u.n. today. is this being pressed at high level bilats? >> i would im...

Trump administration on a bipartisan basis. so whats changed now? whats different? theres a democratic president in office. >> mitch mcconnell has decided to play politics, don. as you said, they did it three times for president trump. they did it countless times with president obama. its what the government has to do to continue to go forward, and mitch mcconnell has decided that he wants to draw a line in the sand and see if he can hold his base together because his party has a similar problem...

Ceiling and keep going forward. this has happened on a republican and democrat administrations alike and congresses alike. we go through this theater all the time. you ever worry that someone makes a bold step and all of a sudden our credit rating gets down graded and confidence in american investments gets down graded and people avoid us? >> the debt limit needs to be increased. its a question of who provides the votes to do it. theres been a bipartisan negotiation in the past that put caps on ...

Every single moment that we ignore whats happening in our streets with our laws, people d die. >> i william jefferson clinton do solemnly swear that i will fatefully execute the office of president of the united states. >> in the early 19 90s the democrats have control of congress and decide to pursue gun regulations. >> whats the point of being president if you cant help improve the lives and futures of people? >> laws can help. thats why i want to take these assault weapons off the street to r...