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With a t. many economists believe long-term implications are troubling. doug mckelway takes a look at the numbers and what they could mean. >> the death caucus spending like a slot machine that hit the jackpot. only in reverse. it reached a new milestone this week when the public debt surpassed $22 trillion where it stops, nobody knows. >> it is mounting faster than the economy is growing. it will have to be dealt with at some point. >> doug: the bases, few politicians to address the hard choice...

Perhaps become a tradition. proposing fireworks for the fourth of july, even in d.c. its a bold idea for the president today presumably this will be followed by an executive order proclaiming from here on out well start a new calendar year on the first day of january. what? hell declare well start a new american past time or one person holds a stick and that person runs around a series of bases. its the ball well enough and hard enough to run the bases and get home. the president will soon come ...

The first day of january. what? also, hes going to declare that were going to start a new american pastime, a ball game where one person holds a stick and that person runs around a series of bases to come home if the person with the stick hits the ball hard enough while others try to prevent the batter from rounding the bases and get home. the president will soon announce a name for that and that he has invented this game. also hes invented rap music and the idea of taking a vacation in the summ...

Aisle are getting on board with it or criticizing it based on what they know their bases prefer. theres anxiety on the right about climate change and anything that is going to be done to respond to it, and therefore, when they hear green new deal they automatically push back on it and say that it will take our cheeseburgers and ice cream and people on the left automatically on board with it because they do want to see lawmakers respond more harshly than they are seeing the current president resp...

Specifically comparison of omar and king but theres sort of a larger issue. it seems like were really good at outrage and were really bad at the consequences. my theory on this is simply because we basically -- the person whos been outraged against has two choices, fight or pariah. theres no third way anymore. and thats our problem, we havent figured out a third way when somebody does something outrageous and gets called out upon it. >> yeah, i think we may even see that -- not pivoting too much...

This month. cohen was initially supposed to testify in public before the house oversight committee last thursday but cancelled citing threats from the president and his attorney rudy giuliani. cohen is due to report to prison on march 6th. joining us once again capitol hill his news reporter. >> lets talk about this shutdown between president trump and beto orourke in texas, literally a football field away from one another. a little awkward, maybe. what were some of your big takeaways from las...

Though he signals acceptance, then when he got the legislation before christmas, we know what happened, we had a shutdown. he can reject it, we think thats unlikely given the republican opposition to that. he can accept it reluctantly but declare an emergency and find the money that way and get into a court fight. or, and this appears to be more likely now, his omb director and acting chief of staff is hinting at finding unallocated money, unspent funds that he could take from military spending ...

The country. the fighting is very hard right now. u.s. backed fighters are pushing against the last isis stronghold. it is sounding a strategic view of what isis may be capable of. >> it is an important objective for us we are going to have to continue to put military pressure on them. certain democratic forces will and we will help them. >> he is not contradicting. >> it is easier when youre there on the ground but in this case our president has made a decision and we are going to execute that....

Ana. >> boris sanchez at the white house for us. thank you. i spoke to john garamendi and he thinks this group of 17 bipartisan negotiators will get the job done. >> i spent a good portion of the weekend with some colleagues on the republican side, as we toured one of the key american bases here within the united states. they have absolutely no appetite for a shutdown and neither do the democrats. we dont want a shutdown. we want to work this out, and we will. theres a lot of huffing and puffi...

Jermeir. >> reporter: that was jermeir stroud, denitas fiance, a police officer who worked in greensboro, much closer to durham. >> and i said, "jermeir, i need you to get to durham now. denita has fell. shes unconscious. theyre trying to revive her." so he said okay. because i knew from greensboro to durham he would be there before i would. >> could you tell whether he had any idea of this? >> he didnt let on like he was aware. >> reporter: word spread fast that something had happened at the ap...