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>> president biden on the defensive as he faces a growing list of challenges. from inflation to immigration to questions about his age. all dragging down his poll numbers. >> joe bidens 36%. that is certainly not good. >> now a showdown with congress over the countrys debt limit could lead to a crippling economic crisis. >> our spending is out of control. its unfortunate we are where we are. >> as the president faces this latest task, we turn to one of his key allies on capitol hill, c...

That are favorable to democrats in the general. i think we know that. >> lets turn to another subject, which is the big issue right now. for months, president biden said he wouldnt negotiate with house republicans over the debt limit. but right now, theyre in intense talks, the white house and house republicans -- you can see they had a meeting this week. hasnt the president caved on his demand for a clean debt ceiling, and in effect didnt he waste three months insisting that there be no conditi...

His demand for a clean debt ceiling, and in effect didnt he waste three months insisting that there be no conditions, and now when were under the gun, hes agreeing to conditions? >> well, theres a big difference in negotiating a debt limit and in having negotiations on the future parallel. ive been saying a long time and i still believe the resolution will be something like this. we have a short-term debt limit bill to expire september 30th, at the same time the fiscal year expires, september 30...

Macron had in france. but the german elections are coming up in october. that matters too. settling these nationalists fefr elections things not swinging that way, then you can talk about this is a new chapter, putin will rethink his playbook, maybe not have these effect es over elections. putin has made investments in various countries and trying to swing elections. were still talking about that effect in the united states. maybe that effect didnt work in france. stick around. we have much mo...

They were discerning priesthood at a time it was a very dicey business. often their parent and friends were opposed to. as george has pointed out, curiously the numbers have gone up. so its an extraordinary thing. its probably not quite the francis effect yet, it takes time. the john paul ii effect didnt happen for maybe 10 or 12 years after his pontificate began. but its an encouraging time for the seminaries and the priesthood. >> am i correct that its a nine-year commitment in seminary? >> fo...

Im trying to figure out all the stories all of us in news media did about priest shortage, priest crisis. do you think the first wave that that brought in to the priesthood is out and serving in the field? >> i think so. there still is -- we should say there still is a crisis of numbers in the priesthood. we could probably ordain twice what were ordaining now to keep up with those that were retiring and passing away. but the numbers did not plummet. we thought in the wake of the scandal the numb...