hello. i m lukwesa burak. within the past couple of hours, president biden and the republican house speaker, kevin mccarthy, have reached an agreement in principle on a new government debt limit, ending weeks of wrangling. mr mccarthy said there would be historic reductions in spending, and no new taxes or government programmes. democrats and republicans have untiljune 05 to reach agreement to prevent the us government running out of money. this is how mr mccarthy announced the breakthrough. after weeks of negotiations we have come to an agreement in principle. we still have a lot of work to do but i believe this is an agreement in principle worthy of the american people. it has historic reductions in spending, consequential reforms that will lift people out of poverty into the workforce, reign in government overreach, no new taxes, no new government programmes, and a lot more within the bill. we still have more work to do tonight to finish all of the writing of it. i do want
[crash] [engine revving] carley: straight to a fox news alert. a car slams into the presidential motorcade just feet away from president biden. brian: meanwhile, peter doocy has been tracking the story overnight and joining us with details. peter? president biden is walking out of his harpts wilmington 8:00 last night. somebody shouted a question to him why is he losing to trump and in polls. he shouted back the person is reading the wrong polls and he froze along with most of secret service detail with the sound of a car crashing. we have video of it. and you will see the sound of the crash and then they very urgently but delicate get the president into his armored car. [crash] [engine revving] whoa! peter: you never see anything like that. a secret service vehicle in en route another in delaware. no security with this event. the president departed without incident. the secret service was on hand as the president was dining with campaign staff. they quickly swarmed
and we re also going to save billions of dollars on going after criminals who commit fraud. a lot of people are saying to me they don t like the idea i m prepared to forgive up to $20,000 if you got a pell grant or $10,000 for anybody who has a student loan during the recession. well, guess what, we pay the so called ppp program, we paid significant i think it s $900 billion. don t hold me to that number, but it s well over 9 for anybody who had a tough time with their business during the pandemic so they could pay employees. but guess what, you may remember, i was running for office at the time, you all may remember it that i had a big fight with the former president. and maybe future president. bless me father. anyway, all kidding aside, and here s the deal, what happened was the folks are really going after me for trying to, and by the way, 90% of all debt forgiveness for student loans will go to, under my plan, 90% will go to families making under $75,000 a year. okay.
hello, thank you so much for joining us. i m ana cabrera in new york. it s almost half time for the biden presidency. after tomorrow, it could be a whole different game on capitol hill. the strategy, the players, about to be put to the test. so far more than 41 million votes have already been cast in this midterm election. we are on top of all the critical matchups. let s start in nevada. gary tuchman is in clark county for us. a county that s poised to decide a key senate race that could decide which party controls the senate. and gary, snort cortez masto is considered one of the most vulnerable democratic senators up for re-election. can dems afford to lose her seat? reporter: well, that s right. you know, in this dynamic state with a population double over the last 25 years and tripled over the last 35 years, there are three high-profile races. but as you said, there s one that s above them all, the u.s. senate race. the democratic incumbent, catherine cortez masto, is c
santos is facing scrutiny after admitting he lied. and now federal prosecutors are getting involved. plus, more troubles for southwest airlines. the airline cancelled thousands of flights again today. also this morning, a new round of russian missile strikes targeting ukraine s energy grid, officials say it appears to be one of moscow s largest attacks to date. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this thursday, december 29th. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. congressman-elect george santos is now under investigation by law enforcement for the lies he told regarding his background and experience. an essex county district attorney who is a fellow republican called revelations about santos is nothing short of stunning, quote, if a crime is committed in this county, we will prosecute it. santos lied about his college or personal life that could land santos in hot water. dan coleman is calling for investigation into campaign fraud after a business that s