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$3.2 trillion in spending cuts over the next decade. repeal of some clean energy tax breaks. some new work requirements for welfare recipients. i understand its an opening bid, theres a lot of stuff there thats unacceptable to the democrats. but the economy, our national debt is now $31 trillion. dont we have to take drastic steps to address that? >> weve already spent this money. were going to pay our bills. when youre talking about spending programs and revenue programs of the future, you do t...

Hand and recite the words known as the homage of royal blood and he will touch the crown and kiss his fathers right cheek and say to him, i william, prince of wales, pledge my loyalty you, i will bear an to you as your leverage, man of life and limb, so help me god. remember the last time these words were uttered was in 1953 during queen elizabeth iis coronation. we talked about this, separating her jubilee, prince philip made a vow and committed to being her man of life and limb but did not wan...

Messaging all of those types of issues. the white house needs the debt limit raised, period, end of story, so does everyone else in the entire country, the economy is at stake here and not a lot of otime to do it. the issue is the white house thought they had a negotiating position. they thought the adults in the room would say why are you negotiating over the idea of default. this should not even be on the table. this shouldnt be a point of leverage. we should move away from this. the problem i...

Sprawling probe that could take a really long time. give us an update. who else beyond the proud boys may fade charges, seditious conspiracy charges and, also, do we think now this could be part of the case against donald trump? >> well, theres a couple issues that link the two, jonathan. for one thing, look, prosecutors have not established at least in public any direct evidence that donald trump intended for these people to attack the capitol. they havent shown us that evidence. shown us that ...

Conclusion this war was unwinnable. you say because of putins isolation during covid thats just not going to happen? >> again, it could happen. theres a lot of uncertainty in this, and i think putin still, unfortunately, the calamity here is hes in charge of russia and hes in charge of the war. hes calling the shots. now, we could, you know, have all of a sudden a breaking news that somehow hes gone or theyre pulling out, or -- but putin doesnt want to give up. he thinks he has the leverage here...

With the australians seeing the knock-on effect, and everything from australian beef to wine, there does seem to be a bit of a thought in -- thaw in those relations. but the u.s. finds itself at a particular turning point now. even john kerry was saying hes only hopeful hes going to be able to come to china to meet with his counterpart on climate. all of those issues that the two sides had agreed to talk about in singapore, there is no progress on any of them, not on climate, not on fentanyl, an...

Card bills. even if you have to have a conversation in the kitchen table about should we be spending less. the president says thats how normal people do. but woor not in a normal washington with house republicans at large but a smaller group within saying, no, were not going to blink here. >> and when there has been unified control of washington, its barely taking them raising a finger to raise the debt ceiling. republicans are going to use the leverage. they realize this is their opportunity to...

Supervisor was arrested, charged with being at the capitol, allegedly screamed at capitol police and called them nazis. so i think theres not going to see an end to disturbing allegations of extremism and new defendants, people the at the capitol, going to be charged with crimes. >> what about jack smith and his investigation into former president trump? >> so prosecutors in these cases have not presented any direct evidence that shows that donald trump or his allies were causing this and intend...

>> we have a country in the case of russia that like a handful of other countries around the world is wrongfully detake people, using them as leverage in a practice thats absolutely unacceptable. >> elizabeth whelan, paul whelans sister is now outfront. hi, elizabeth. you spoke with the biden administration earlier today about your brother, did you hear anything that suggests its any closer to bringing him home. >> unfortunately not. we hope the u.s. government is putting all the resources towar...

Short of that just to get what russias obligated to provide which is consular access, which theyve done once but have yet to repeat. we have a country in the case of russia that like a handful of other countries around the world is wrongfully detaining people using those political pawns, using them as leverage. >> joining me now is paul beckett, washington bureau chief of "the wall street journal," which is hosting the future of everything festival in new york city later today. paul, thanks for ...