say they have reached a top line deal on spending. now they re going to raise to submit a final budget deal to avoid a government shutdown. hello everyone welcome to fox foxnews live i am eric shawn. hi arthel. arthel: hello eric, hello everyone i am arthel neville. both sides have been working for weeks to reach an agreement. congress is a fast leasing fast approaching deadlines to avoid a shutdown for the persons in less than two weeks and the second in less than a month. meantime the pentagon is under pressure to explain why it took so long to reveal defense secretary lloyd austin was in the hospital. even president biden was for days for. the disturbing story is one of many coming out of washington for lucas tomlinson has the details he is live in wilmington, delaware were the president spend the weekend at his home there. we are covering two big stories this afternoon. first congressional leaders say they have reached an agreement on a top line budget that keeps the
the south carolina quite frankly because it helps her. and again looking to be a general nominee for the gop. one thing i do want to say about secretary austin what i m saying there is transparency by the administration as a voters and the general public has been disappointed with him. i do think that s going to play a role when they assess the biden-harris administration. it s going to play into it obviously i think the economy safety and security of the board is to number one issue we are talking about. lack of transparency and the arrogance of that i have seen from the bite administration that complaints a voters minds. it is certainly frustrating to witness. i understand your point about transparency i am just saying we are in the middle of a serious entanglement in the middle east and perhaps, just perhaps the defense secretary did not want