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a lot of people are afraid of him. ive been doing it for 22 years. im not the least bit afraid of him. >> chris christie sure seems to be dropping more hits about a possible presidential campaign as he continues to criticize donald trump well have more of those comments straight ahead. and weeks after the first lady said hes running again, president joe biden finally appears ready to make it official, we think plus, the fight for endorsements in florida is not going well for ron desa...

Especially those in certain districts, who fear democrats can be looking like theyre not willing to work with the other side, who want to see democratic leaders, including the president, to say they have been able to have some conversations based on what has been presented, even if what is presented isnt viewed as a plan by those on the left. >> we should note just the fundamentally different approaches here. the white house is saying, look, debt ceiling and the budget are separate issues. lets ...

Shutdown. are we going to get the debt ceiling done, and is that about the debt ceiling and the defense bill, is that the bear minimum thats going to happen before the holidays? >> think both of those things are probably likely to get solved. the defense bill is hung up by one amendment thats being fought for by marco rubio on forced labor in china. this is the kind of thing that happens when you get up close to a deadline. no one senator can stop anything from happening permanently. but any one...

Happy about it. paul ryan says he wanted a longer deal but he understands why the president went for three months. did he sell out in your view? >> we had to get the debt ceiling done, three months is where the president ultimately thought we could get something passed. there is much hype about congressional republicans being upset. lets remind you, nancy pelosi and chuck schumer dont put things on the calendar. the majority party does. if speaker ryan and mitch mcconnell were opposed to a three...

Anyone in the senate republican leadership, any key republican members of the house they say this is a really bad idea. >> well, the fact of the matter is if you change the filly buster rule, if president obama and harry reed and nancy pelosi had changed it for legislation the country would look dramatically different because president obama would have been able to do everything he wanted to achieve and i think that would have been bad for the country. so i think the rule does play an important ...

$14,000 a year and in poverty. thats ridiculous. we have got to force the moral issue. i think thats what the president is going to be doing. thats what wary going to be doing. we cant give up the fight. we cant throw up our hands and say we cant do this, because there are people depending on us. a lot of people said we couldnt get the debt ceiling done, but it got done. you know, i get tired of all of these arguments of no, we cant the get things done. yes, we can get them done. >> right. >> an...

this year. there you can see him. its an extraordinary turn-around in the fortunes of hosni mubarak, from long-time iron-fisted ruler to inform, elderly defendant. he faces the death penalty if found guilty. cnns mohammed jamjoom is in cairo and he joins us. what can you tell us about these developments? >> reporter: we cant stress enough just how historic this is. its unprecedented a ruler like hosni mubarak, the deposed leader of egypt would be in that courtroom wearing a prisoners u...