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leaders of the white house. with a historic default looming and the president scheduled to leave the country tomorrow. can they strike a deal with the clock ticking? plus, just one vote. thats what a major battle over abortion access could come down to today in north carolina. the intense efforts by democrats to convince just one republican to flip. and we have some breaking news. the man accused of attacking a virginia congressman staffers with a metal baseball bat is due in court...

Good evening, everyone, im ayman hohyeldin, welcome to the coverage of the 2024 White House Correspondents it is the night where washington, d. C. Needs hollywood. Youre looking at life pictures from inside the Washington Hilton Hotel where hundreds of journalists, lawmakers, officials and celebrities are eagerly awaiting the introduction of the evenings most important guest, at any moment. Post colin jost, Vice President Kamala Harris and and of course President Joe Biden are all expected to ma...

Jill biden, Vice President , kamala harris, second gentleman, emmoff, contentious time for our country hanging over the event as a political clout that we have never seen in this country. Honoring the press and offering scholarships, this evening will focus on reinforcing Freedom Of Speech and the vital role of free press plays in a true democracy. And you can likely guess why that is, donald trump, of course, presumptive gop nominee for president , who said he would be a dictator for a day if r...

The treasury secretary who was describing some of what she predicts could be the real catastrophic issues, if default were to happen. heres secretary yellen. >> more than 7 million americans lose their jobs and the unemployment rate surges to over 8%. and $10 trillion in household wealth is wiped out. now, if that sounds catastrophic, thats because it is. >> reporter: and secretary yellen has given an update on her sense of the timing of when the u.s. would not be able to meet its obligations, l...

You have some deadline pressure, do you not, when it comes to the build back better bill and getting that done? >> thats right. we have to get it done. we need to get it done very quickly. im hoping that by the first or second week of december, it will be through the senate and over to the president to sign. and then of course theres the question of implementation. now, all of the things that are in this bill have an immediate component that people will feel in 2022. so you know, universal child...

It made its way to d.c. earlier this month, cruising down the potomac river on a barge. the boeing 747 is the center piece of a new exhibit called the air force one experience, which just opened to the public. got to say, that does seem pretty cool, but i do think that one part of the experience may be missing. >> its the most famous airplane in the world. carrying the most powerful person in the world. but forget about being president. whats it like to be a journalist covering him? now, you can...

I hope we can do it better in the future because its just designed -- its not very transparent. >> a former house budget blast of the senate for creating the mess. >> we passed the appropriation bills. it is the senate they cannot get their act together and really come to this fight where we do this huge spending bill that has not been negotiated between the house members and the senate members, but just a small group of people. >> top democrats signaled the relief that in the final hours, the i...

Billions of dollars for a wall is unacceptable to me. >> maryland senator ben cardin says lawmakers should ignore the proposal and continue with their bipartisan talks. all will be facing deadline pressure soon, shep. >> shepard: mike emanuel on the hill. thanks. lets go to a.b. stoddard, columnist at real clear politics. did you hear nancy pelosi on this? listen. >> that plan is a campaign to make america white again. its a plan that says over 50% of the current legal immigration will be cut ba...

A republican who has been a frequent critic of this president is praising him on the immigration issue. >> on this issue, his instincts are better than the advice he gets. i was encouraged by it. assume the best, look for the good. >> john cornyn, in the middle of the immigration talks called this all pieces of a puzzle. cornyn said people will focus on one part of immigration reform and want to do that and not the rest. the president says the various components are part of a package and we expe...

Armagedd armageddon. the voters are not happy. the base voters arent happy which makes it real hard if youre moving from my marys to general elections to demonstrate any real movement. >> next year is the midterms, lynn. what does it mean for republicans in 2018? whats your take if they dont get tax reform done in the next month? >> theyll come back in the new year and try again, congress our experience has been only works under deadline regardless, we get the deadline pressure. they will have o...