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The national debt has ballooned from $14 trillion to $32 trillion in a little over a decade.

A top GOP debt ceiling negotiator kept the possibility of a government shutdown fight on the table.

Were still on the air. he was raising questions as to whether or not its a big deal. it is a big deal if we default for the first time ever in this countrys history. and what would that look like? >> absolutely, absolutely. i think theres a lot of confusion about this particular point. people get confused about the difference about a debt default and government shutdown and all sorts of versions of government dysfunction we have experienced. we have not experienced a debt default along the lines...

Critical coming days. >> you have eyes on the ground in a part of the world most of us cant see anymore because of the dysfunction the war, the violence, government dysfunction in syria on that side of this. is there hospital, medical, food and supply infrastructure in place, or is that years of dysfunction and devastation and tragedy going to make this even worse? >> well, we know that these kind of crises within crises are affecting people and ordinary people who are doing everything they can ...

Sit down and realize were going to have to govern and figure out a way to make this work. how you define making this work i think is a pretty open question right now because i think just tell you that nobody -- i dont want to speak to people at the stable, but literally nobody thinks this is going to go well based on what weve seen. and so i just think theres a lot of questions that come out of it. >> i think thats why we can break down all the intricacies of the procedural things that happen, b...

Protesting the employer vaccine soft mandate, appearing to lead to a -- to could a lead to a short-term government shutdown. a essential funding defense funding bill was marc rowe rub yaoio obstetriced last night and with two weeks before we projected the hit the debt ceiling. converses between chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell on raising it appear to have gone nowhere. these are pieces of common sense legislation that lawmakers know they have to pass. the consequences of missing declines have r...

Otherwise, you are fuelling their fire. you are now proof of their case of government dysfunction. so far, the people believe you have failed. the good news is, for democrats, you still got time. these werent the midterms. we are just treating it like they were. they werent. you having time, so what, if you dont plan to change. thats why i started with the questions about pelosis tactics. pass the infrastructure bill. get the win. see where that takes you. on the theory that now even when you pa...

Against the candidate that the senate leader said to vote for? and got trounced, if the returns are right. doesnt look good for schumer or the democrats. you said government can work. give us a chance. you havent even gotten your own party together. you were weighed and measured and found lacking tuesday. and with good reason. if you want to restore faith in government and you should want that, you are fighting the good fight. youre just not fighting it well. you have to show that you are better...

Ago. these are the conditions right now that haitians are dealing with in the aftermath of government dysfunction and earthquakes and assassinations. the countrys president assassinated over the summer. we spoke to a woman who runs an orphanage and she discusses what they have to do to get people out safely. >> we have to be very carefully because you just never know whats going to happen and when its going to happen. you can tell from what happened yesterday with the missionaries. so were here....

Washington where the level of government dysfunction is hitting new heights if thats possible, or maybe we should say new lows, with the fate of the u.s. economy on the line. thats all. this hour, the president is meeting with a group of business leaders in an attempt to tell them what they already know, that a default on the u.s. debt in less than two weeks would have disastrous consequences for businesses and consumers everywhere. this is not a fact that anybody disagrees with, by the way. eve...