instagram. okay thank you, chloe. thank you. good to see you. so live pictures. now the sunrise goodness sun comes up early. now, this is sunrise in washington, d c this morning. look at the capitol looks beautiful. that s what president biden is facing growing pressure from fellow democrats to negotiate with the house speaker kevin mccarthy on raising the debt limit to prevent a financial disaster. kevin mccarthy has proposed huge spending cuts and slashing major parts of biden s agenda in exchange for lifting the debt ceiling. it s setting up a high stakes showdown that could tank , the economy. congressional correspondent lauren fox live on capitol hill this morning, lauren. good morning to you. the president has been adamant that he wants a debt limit raised with no strings attached. yeah, that s exactly right. but what he s starting to hear from some members of his own party, many members who are up for re election this next cycled on is the fact that they want to see some negotia
are proposing would hurt every-day americans and the white house is sharing polling with reporters that it beliefs supports that message. an ipsos poll that it sent around says that 69% of respondents believe that high earners and corporations should be taxed to essentially have the country be on a better fiscal path rather than just 19% that believe that cost cutting is the way to get there even so, it s unclear exactly how this compromise happens. even though president biden said this is his position, it s a nonstarter on capitol hill speaker mccarthy, where republicans have the majority in the house of representatives, he said they will not do a debt ceiling raise with no strings attached and he will not raise taxes as the president laid out in his budget. at some point there will need to be a meeting of the minds but
he s unwilling to negotiate with house republicans. but the white house is adamant the debt limit should only be raised with no strings attached. the standoff is raising a lot of concern. without exaggeration. american debt is a ticking time bomb. that will detonate unless we take serious, responsible action. yet. how is president biden reacted to this issue. he has done nothing. he went all the way to wall street and gave us no more details. no more facts. no new information at all. i ll be blunt if speaker mccarthy continues in this direction. we are headed to default. a number of u. s senate republicans say they will not help democrats replaced senator dianne feinstein on the powerful judiciary committee. 89 year old fine seen who has missed weeks of work and 58 votes because of shingles is under pressure from her own party to resign or to
hearing in new york a political stunt. the real purpose in coming to new york city is to harass, intimidate and threaten manhattan district attorney alvin brad. the purpose of this hearing is to cover up for what they know to be an inappropriate investigation. us house speaker kevin mccarthy has made it his mission to pass a bill to raise the nation s debt ceiling for one year, and he believes he can do it in just a few weeks. mccarthy spoke at the new york stock exchange on monday outlining the proposed bill, which would help the federal government avoid defaulting on its debt for the first time ever. he slammed us president joe biden, claiming he s unwilling to negotiate with house republicans. but the white house is adamant the debt limit should only be raised with no strings attached. a number of u.
house republicans. but the white house is adamant the debt limit should be raised with no strings attached. two lawmakers returned to the u. s. senate on monday. republican leader mitch mcconnell is back after spending the past several weeks recovering from a fall last month. he was hospitalized with a concussion and a rib fracture , and democratic senator john fetterman made his return to capitol hill as well after receiving treatment for clinical depression, he told capitol reporters. it s great to be back. california senator dianne feinstein is still out and a number of senate republicans say they will not help democrats replace her on the powerful judiciary committee 89 year old feinstein, who has missed weeks of work and 58 votes because of shingles, is under pressure from her own party to resign or to return quickly. absence has held up at least a dozen of the u. s