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Critical monthly child tax credit payments could stop. all kinds of bills would stop. borrowing costs for credit cards, mortgages and cars could spike for millions of consumers. moodys analytics warns a default would wipe out nearly 6 million jobs and raise unemployment to nearly 9%. >> a lot on the line. >> a lot of people assume theyre going to figure this out. >> it this is something about leverage. this is about politics, not about not paying the bills. weve gotten to this brink and 80 times...

Associated press "everyone criticized us for the punishments in the stadium, but no one will tell us what our laws should be, period." what happened to all that leverage, joe, you were bragging about? we have all the leverage? joe, you have no leverage. americans now in the hands of terrorists. you abandoned them. what happened to the international pressure, joe? what happened about the lectures you and tony blinken were giving to the taliban about inclusivity in their new afghan government? you...

Prevail and nancy pelosi has proven to be very capable of getting these bills through the house when people are always counting her out. but the problem is i think its taking so long and attaching so much unneeded controversy to this that its bogging down the rest of bidens agenda. and the opportunity cost here might be provisions on things like the voting rights act that need to be passed and are waiting for instruct to get resolved before the senate can take those measures on. >> brian, listen...

One t official telling the associated press "everyone criticized us for the punishments in the stadium, but no one will tell us what our laws should be period!" what happened to the leverage, joe you were bragging about, we have all the leverage, joe you have no leverage and the americans are in the hands of terrorists. you abandoned them. what happened to the international pressure, joe? what happened about the lectures you and tony blinken were given to the taliban about inclusivity and their ...

Reason to stick with this age damp the reality is theres no answers or pathway out of it yet and thats what they are working on this weekend. >> a busy weekend ahead. live report from the white house. panel back to discuss and, again this, conversation will mean a lot more next september. where bidens south station tunnel at the end of neck september heading into october will mean a lot. phil makes an important point. if youre the democrats you see the presidents poll numbers are down and on the...

House when people are always counting her out. but the problem is i think its taking so long and attaching so much unneeded controversy to this that its bogging down the rest of bidens agenda. and the opportunity cost here might be provisions on things like the voting rights act that need to be passed and are waiting for instruct to get resolved before the senate can take those measures on. >> brian, listen, okay, i understand that. but in order to do that theres got to be a whole lot of politic...

Between nations. >> the choice of standing up for human rights is tough for carrie because of the incredible financial leverage the ccp has over his family. just yesterday we learned john kerrys wife, teresa heinz is heavily invested in china. government ethics disclosures review his wife has a billion-dollar interest in a new york-based investment firm run by a chinese citizen with major holdings in china companies. how does this add up to someone having an appearance of conflict of interest if...

The relationship between nations. >> laura: the choice of standing up for human rights is tough for kerry because of the leverage they have over his family. his wife is heavily invested in china through her family trust. government ethics disclosures show his wife has over a million dollars interest in a new york investment firm run by a chinese citizen and has major holdings in chinese companies. how does this add up to having a conflict of interest. the biden administration doesnt care. thats ...

Happening. and im just not clear that thats happening. that youre having those conversations. >> yes, the conversations were happening between house leadership and senate leadership, and the white house. so thats the berry conferencing thats been going on. im im happy to sit down with senator manchin or anybody else in the senate. we obviously work very closely with our counterparts bernie elizabeth, jeff berkeley and the senate. and i work very closely, well i make sure that i am talking to let...

About who said what in those rooms. >> which is bad for journalism and probably really good for passing the bill. the -- i think that is right. and i think that what you have here is a bit of an imbalance because the progressives are insisting that they get the big bill first because the moderates dont want as much as the progressives do. and that inherently strengthens the moderate position. so that the progressives want to pass the big bill before they pass the, as you said, its pretty big but...