31 and a half trillion dollars and counting every moment of every day. speaker mccarthy set to meet with the president to discuss the debt limit and other topics on wednesday. lucas tomlinson live at the white house with more on these upcoming critical negotiations, good afternoon, lucas. lucas: mike, the white house confirm that is meeting will take place wednesday. the white house says it cover wide-range of topics, this one first face to face meeting with new house speaker and president biden. we will meet this wednesday. i know the president said he didn t want to have any discussions but i think it s very important that our whole government is designed to find compromise. i want to find a reasonable and responsible way that we can lift the debt ceiling but take control of the run away spending. democrats have a position. raise the debt ceiling and pay the bills. we are not going to negotiate with ourselves. if the republicans want to put something on the table and sa
washington can be very much like a slow boiling pot of water. often the people who face the most scrutiny and lytic apparel, they don t seem to realize the trouble they are in until it s too late. critics say that could very well be the position that president biden finds himself in fairly soon, because despite repeated inquiries, neither the president nor his press secretary are answering basic questions about the classified documents. and certainly not in a way that s been anything close to the previous claim of being the most transparent administration in history. rather, critics argue they are continuing to, well, their track record of being the most secretive and dismissive administration in recent memory, including today s ill-fated attempt at a briefing by the dni. and tom cotton says he is going to slow down confirmation of all of mr. biden s nominees until congress is allowed to review the classified documents found at the homes of both biden and former president tru
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double murder. now day two of the double murder try of alex murdaugh in south carolina. it begins in 30 minutes. the first witness is set to take the stand today. i m bill hemmer. good morning at home. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. a lot of drama. a lot of people following the story for the prominent south carolina lawyer accused of shooting and killing his wife in 2021. propers cuteors argue all the evidence fits together like the pieces of a puzzle including cell phone footage and gunshot residue. bill: the defense claims it proves nothing. high emotion in the courtroom yesterday. the defendant broke down in tears. dana: now as the trial is set to resume the big question is whether his surviving son will take the stand. bill: that s where we begin with jonathan serrie covering the trial. good morning. good morning, bill and dana. alex murdaugh 26-year-old son buster is on the list of 255 potential witnesses. a list that includes law enfor
there were police there. it looked calm. lots of media cameras. it is happening. new york is stungling to house more than 40,000 migrants bused from the southern border over the past year. the city is also plagued by crime and homelessness. the president will be talking about infrastructure. bill: he will announce $3 hundred million in funding for a new tunnel under the hudson river. critics say it s distracting from issues. dana: a new poll reveal what voters say the country s biggest problem is. not infrastructure. it is poor leadership. bill: just a few blocks from the west side rail yard where the president talks today, the migrants crisis is boiling over. talking a few blocks now. authorities trying to relocate adult male asylum seekers from one hotel to a new shelter in brooklyn to make way for new families coming in. some of the men, though, all of them coming here single, are refusing to leave. dana: the president should visit the hotel. they won t hold their