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welcome to "inside politics." im john king in washington. thank you for sharing this businbusy news day with us. the president called the latest debt ceil ing meeting productiv and a sign of good progress. but kevin mccarthys morning after update is rather bleak. nowhere near a deal. this as the treasury begins checking how long agencies can pay their bills. plus legal quick sand for donald trump. his words at a cnn town hall push e. jean carroll to seek more damages and his instruct...

its a contrast that the president will be taking to prime time on thursday with a speech in front of independence hall. the theme, a battle for the soul of the nation. the theme which he kicked off his 2020 campaign. democrats begin to gain momentum trying to shut down republican hopes of a red wave this fall. joining us now is nbc news white house correspondent mike memoli, senior national political reporter saheel carop, eugene daniels and julia torusa scranton joe is back with a pri...

rights. on his republican opponent focused on inflation and crime. in florida former republican governor turned democratic congressman charlie crist will challenge republican governor and potential presidential candidate ron desantis for the governors mansion. chris will be here to talk about his uphill battle. the senate candidate in florida is congresswoman and former orlando police chief val demings winning the nomination to challenge marco rubio. and in new yorks bitter feud betwee...

Interesting. the speaker want says we want to increase spending. because many hawks, this is a debate among republicans, they want to increase defense spending you increase defense spending, but then you have to take it from somewhere else. progress i-s are telling the white house, dont you dare. >> whats the white houses point. im told a big part of the meeting really focused on the politics of this and the count. because the white house is trying to telegraph this that you may want all these t...

Out on the campaign trail. how aggressively should he pursue that issue? >> i think one of the things is it is almost a perfect issue for president biden to go out and create a contrast between himself and republicans. republicans have been worried if for years about the last year and a half about how much donald trump was going to factor into the november mud term elections. this gives the president an opportunity to do so. i will say uh-uh wouldnt expect president to weigh in f too aggressive....