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next hour, change that. "the lead" starts right now. president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy meeting in a matter of minutes. whats on and whats off the negotiating table as mccarthy insists he needs to see a deal this week to avoid default. plus a new name in the 2024 presidential race. >> im running for president of the united states. im america. >> tim scott setting his sights on the white house and his gop backers hope the senator from south carolina can be the one to b...

>> alex, we just heard you say i should have known. what are you referring to? >> i said, paul, paul, i should have known. >> what were you referring to? >> i was referring to paul got so many threats. he didnt take serious. i was just telling him, paul, paul, i should have known. i dont specifically remember saying that, but i can clearly hear myself say that. >> what kind of threats did you understand paul was receiving? >> paul got the most vile threats, the stuff that was on social...

Hello and welcome to inside politics. Im dana bash. Live from california, but we begin back on the east coast because any second, we might see senator bob menendez appear at microphones and talk to reporters. This morning the new jersey democratic senator pleaded not guilty on federal bribery charges. Hes accused of using his influence to help a foreign power, egypt, in exchange for cash, gold bars and a luxury car. That is some of the charges that he is facing in the courthouse today. Cnns paul...

our hostages released. senator tim scott announcing he is spinsding his presidential campaign. >> its a surprise, but its also not a surprise. >> im going to hold on and keep working hard and look forward to other opportunities. >> chaos and finger pointing among house republicans as the u.s. barrels towards another spending dead laine. >> mike johnson unveiled an unconventional plan. >> whether all democrats will oppose this proposal. donald trump will launch his defense against h...

I understand i had on athletic shorts and a t-shirt. >> other people have talked about this. im not going to are pete it, but where did you spend the night or where did you go to after leave ing -- when you lef for the evening? >> we twoent my mom and dads house. we stayed there. >> who went with you? >> i believe that bus and brooklyn and i rode together. joe might have been with us. i know he stayed with us, i just dont know if he rode in the same car. bust i know i rode with buster and brookl...

Congress, she was the one that witnesses tell us was the first one targeted by him. obviously, theyre looking at everything that might suggest some kind of political motivation. >> finally, lester, there is also another person of interest that authorities are talking about. and theyve put a picture out for the community there. what more can you tell us about that? >> reporter: you know, that came up during a news conference by the sheriff yesterday. he noted it. they put up this picture of a man...