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republican congressman george santos who admitted to lying about parts of his background arrested. he is in federal custody this morning. we have the 13 count indictment and well break down the very serious charges hes facing. moments from now, homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas is set to give live remarks on operations at the southern border, one day before the health restrictions known as title 42 were set to be lifted. were live on both sides of the border as the amount ...

One way or another medicare and social security at some point will have to be dealt with. the interesting thing here, eric is in the first term on the debt fights, president obama was really leading the charge. this time around it is harry reid and nancy pelosi and less so president obama. they both said, listen, we are not going to be dealing on social security, at least not at this stage. they are insisting on new tax revenues. thats the rub. i dont think there will beal re soon. there will be...

If he gives in an inch, republicans will manufacture one crisis after another and bury his entire second term. theyll take a little toe off health care, then the leg off, then the lower half of the body. theyre not going to quit, mr. president, if you let them have an inch. also smart money has been saying that republicans would have to self-destruct in order to lose the house next year. now charlie cook says theyre flirting with that possibility. out here in california they have a democrati...

State around completely. fiscally sound, organized, together. they dont have debt fights. theyre together. finally let me finish tonight with a story of how political grownups once dealt with the debt ceiling. this is "hardball," the place for politics. losing thrusters. i need more power. give me more power! [ mainframe ] located. ge deep-sea fuel technology. a 50,000-pound, ingeniously wired machine that optimizes raw data to help safely discover and maximize resources in extreme conditions....