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on fox. the boxing gloves are coming out. >> sure is. we are 525 days until the general election day and this news, courtesy of axios scooping that christie will enter the race next tuesday a college we are all familiar with in a town hall. his campaign manager maria camilla will be a familiar face. christie made no bones about his dislike for donald trump, which he was a supporter in the early days. this will get interesting. christie skipping iowa, which is where everybody starts the...

extreme maga republican effort to default on our debt, crash the economy. >> im worried about the consequences of us not coming to terms and raising the debt ceiling. >> at this point, its economic terrorism. >> my communications to them are, stand firm. theres no reason not to. stand firm. you have a white house that is not serious. >> republicans want to drive us over the cliff of default. >> its idiotic for anybody to consider anything other than what we had. we will ride it out. >>...

Actually cutting government spending. jenna: we heard the reaction from the crowd. there was a lot said about your comments, you are approving an interesting point about the republican party but perhaps you crossed the line and looked un presidential. the you cross a line? >> people need to lighten a. my point is we have a lot of candidates running for president, they can deliver great speeches but just trying is not enough. if someone has cut government spending as a senator what makes us think...

Author of the book beyond outrage. i love the title. ill have to read the book. good to have you with us tonight. what do you make of these numbers? the numbers tell a story. private sector growth was 3.5% but overall was 2.5% because of the government spenting. >> the big news is that governmentç cut, that is cuts spending, budget cuts mostly at the state and local level but a slow down at the federal level, that is a drag on the economy. that should be no news. we know thats happened in the ...

do. nobody can get the support to get one of those through. do we have to look for just the possible? >> i think mission number one is to raise the debt ceiling. they cannot get away without doing that. saying theyre going to downgrade you. but they left a bit of an out. if you raise the ceiling but give indication youre on the road to getting a deal, well keep you on credit watch negative but take you off and affirm your aaa rating if you get it done within a couple of months if we se...

jeanne, first question, is it time to simply say, lets go for the possible in washington? everybody has grand ideas about what they want to do. nobody, nobody can get the support to get one of those through. do we have to look for just the possible? >> i think the mission of everyone in congress is to absolutely raise the debt ceiling. they cannot get away without doing that. the s&p has been the strongest credit rating agency. they said, were going to downgrade you if you dont come up...

effectively will not affect my ability to serve as commander in chief. >> dr. sanjay gupta will join us for a reality check. but up first, live action in the house of representatives and how it impacts a search for a deal to keep the government from a default most economist say could derail the already fragile recovery. this hour you see right there live debate. the house is expected by the end of this hour to pass the republican majoritys cut, cap and balance plan. it would cut fede...

Also that cuts spending. one thing thats interesting within this type of agreement were talking about right now, they want to have comprehensive tax reform. when the president is saying things, we need to eliminate the economic uncertainty to have a better business environment, those are direct republican talking points. they really feel with this type of economic climate, any kind of thing they can do to get a done quicker would deal better with them in their favor. that being said, theres stil...

The budget. i brought a budget to the floor last year didnt pass that does that, reduces taxes and cuts spending. i think we should do this. that is not where this congress is going. what happened with the creation of this commission is the president sent congress a budget that is unsustainable and not credible. those are the words of the budget director and treasury secretary with that budget they said well have tough decisions to be made by this commission to report after the election. what i ...

The budget. i brought a budget to the floor last year didnt pass that does that, reduces taxes and cuts spending. i think we should do this. that is not where this congress is going. what happened with the creation of this commission is the president sent congress a budget that is unsustainable and not credible. those are the words of the budget director and treasury secretary with that budget they said well have tough decisions to be made by this commission to report after the election. what i ...