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>> this morning and heard the latest directly from the speaker of the house kevin mccarthy. its an interview you will only see on "fox news sunday". and we will bring you reaction from democrat jim himes of connecticut. plus ukraines military makes a major push against russia. the pivotal counteroffensive coming as cap ukraine requires to receive a fighter jets from western allies for just days after president zelenskyy met with world leaders. republican senator lindsey graham joins us...

>> this morning and heard the latest directly from the speaker of the house kevin mccarthy. its an interview you will only see on "fox news sunday". and we will bring you reaction from democrat jim himes of connecticut. plus ukraines military makes a major push against russia. the pivotal counteroffensive coming as cap ukraine requires to receive a fighter jets from western allies for just days after president zelenskyy met with world leaders. republican senator lindsey graham joins us...

well talk to congressman bob goode from the freedom caucus about their sticking points. first to lucas tomlinson, who joins us live at the white house. always good to see you, lucas. what are you hearing? >> president biden returned from his asia trip earlier to negotiation with kevin mccarthy over the debt ceiling. they met one time. now, its back on monday. heres mccarthy at the capitol. >> the american public wants to see us curve our spending addiction, curve inflation that they cr...

Dispense with the catastrophe the ransom taking in the hostage and the really debilitating qualities of this debt ceiling to get back to legislating the way we were designed to legislate. >> the presence collect support and step forward that reduces spending while protecting critical programs for working people growing the economy for everyone. he says the agreement protects congressional democrats keep parties and legislative accomplishments he wants it passed asap. will you heed the president ...

The government. so they would have a period which they could then have these discussions about the budget, about spending priorities, about the possibility anathema to republicans of increased revenues. jon: when he is using word like ransom-taking and hostage-taking and saying it was irresponsible and out of touch with reality, he said one party in congress might blow the whole thing up if they dont get their way. that doesnt exactly sound like a negotiating tactic. >> no. i think it is a negot...

About. so again, i dont know that thats exactly whats being proposed. my simple point is this. i think democrats in the senate, in the house are prepared to talk about anything. im prepared to talk about anything. they can design whatever formats they want. what is not fair and will not result in an actual deal is ransom taking or hostage taking and the expectation that democrats are paying ransom or providing concessions for the mere act of reopening the government or paying our bills. those ar...

Or engage in ransom taking to get 100% of your way. we cannot make extortion routine as part of democracy. what is not fair and will not result in an actual deal is ransom taking. you dont pay a ransom. you dont provide concessions for congress doing its job and america paying its bills. >> the word ransom, pretty incredible there. i want to make sure that we show this went both ways, heres john boehner. >> the president refuses to negotiate. negotiate, negotiate, negotiation. presidents posit...

So again, i dont know that thats exactly whats being proposed. my simple point is this, i think democrats in the senate and the house are prepared to talk about anything. im prepared to talk about anything. they can design whatever formats they want. what is not fair and will not result in an actual deal is ransom taking or hostage taking an the expectation the democrats are paying a ransom or providing concessions for the moore act of reopening the government or paying our bills. those are not ...

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