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The fact that the unemployment rate continues to fall steadily, at its lowest point that it has been in the 18 months since the pandemic started. thats something the president always does talk about, and im sure will highlight today. and then yes, he will absolutely pivot to making the case for his domestic agenda, what he believes, if these infrastructure packages get done, in terms of creating jobs, why that would be such a very big benefit, to the economy, and i think you will also hear him t...

The same time. first theres the question of whether republicans are going to allow the united states to pay its bills when they come due in less than two weeks. this is money congress has already spent. trillions of it, racked up by congressional republicans during the trump administration when they gave that huge super expensive tax cut to the wealthiest americans and corporations in the country. but now that congress has to pass a bill to cover that, to pay for that, senate republicans are not...

Mazie hirono said. >> whats my reaction? hes heartless, he could give a rip. he should stop playing games, get out of the way so that the 50 democrats can avoid what would be an economic catastrophe. >> joining me is democratic senator from new jersey and chair of the foreign relations committee, bob menendez. are you satisfied with senator mcconnells offer to push the debt ceiling issue to december? >> no, im not satisfied with it. i think republicans are playing russian roulette with our econo...

Refusing to vote for, and theyre actively blocking democrats. by filibustering. the united states is never defaulted on its debt. if the u.s. does default honored to, if the republicans do not allow a vote on this by october 18th. the economic consequences could be massive. and global. the u.s. treasury secretary now says it alone just hitting that debt ceiling, with through the country into a whole new recession, just on those grounds around. just for that debt ceiling issue. today democratic s...

>> it gets better. theyre going to tax the oil companies. theyre going to tax fossil fuels. they have a methane tax. some of these left wing progressives want carbon emissions taxes, want to stop imports of energy. one thing after another. so its no wonder his polls are plunging like a rock on every single subject right now, whether its spending, taxing, inflation, gasoline at the pump. you name it. america is teed off, martha. >> martha: i hear you. >> thats my best analytic. >> martha: i have ...

Allow a vote on this by october 18th, the economic consequences would be massive and global. the u.s. treasury secretary now says that it alone, just hitting that debt ceiling would throw the country into a whole new recession, just on those grounds alone, just for that debt ceiling issue. today, democratic senate leader chuck schumer scheduled a vote to try to pay those bills to raise the debt ceiling. he essentially dared republicans to block that vote. i mean, and the stakes couldnt be higher...

0 any other live interview ive had with. im really excited to talk to him,. thanks at-home for joining us this, our happy to be. back senator bernie sanders will be live tonight. he will be here in just a few minutes. i do want to address just a quick quick personal matter here before we go on to the news, if you will indulge me for just a second. a couple of months ago susan and i went to a minor league baseball game. i sat on the aisle. she sat to my left. our team won. it was a fantastic game...

There that jen psaki just made. one that the president and mitch mcconnell have not talked. this idea of a carve out to raise the debt creeling that would require a simply majority, that might be less of a point here with the wiggle room that the republican leader has granted chuck schumer to avoid addressing this debt ceiling issue that gets closer by the day. i want to go to bob nardelli on this, the former chrysler home depot ceo. i was mentioning about that back and forth and the confusion o...

There is discussion internally today and it happened last week about lowering the filibuster threshold to 51 votes just to have a carve-out on the debt ceiling issue, itself. but to do that, you need support from all 50 democrats to agree to any changes to the senate rules. and of course, one of those senators, joe -- joe manchin, who along with kyrsten sinema have dug in, have opposed any changes to those filibuster rules along with a handful of others. today, though, manchin would not explicit...

>> i implore them one more time not to play russian roulette with the american economy. >> we could prevent a catastrophic default with a simple majority vote tomorrow if republicans would just get out of the damn way. >> schumer pushing to schedule this vote tomorrow on the debt ceiling. your old boss, blake. your thoughts? >> well, that was some feisty language there. i mean, look, theres actually an interesting risk here for mitch mcconnell. mitchs whole game is just to obstruct, to try to st...