don t say gay education ban to all grades, and inside the debt ceiling show down. house speaker kevin mccarthy is trying to sell his new debt limit that aims to cut major parts of president biden s agenda does he have the votes inside his own party to get it passed our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments and we start on capitol hill where house speaker kevin mccarthy is trying to sell his new bill to increase the debt limit and cut government spending to avoid defaulting on the country s debt for the first time in american history nbc s capitol hill correspondent ali vitali joins me know first of all, how close are we to the debt ceiling and what s the plan reporter: look, we ve got a few weeks still, chris, but we watched the first meeting happen between speaker kevin mccarthy and president joe biden more than 70 days ago, and since then, it s been pretty party line posturing since then. and that s making some people pretty worried, especially w
what s been the reaction reporter: a lot going on here in tallahassee as an advocacy organization is now trying to organize a student walkout tomorrow of high school and college students to protest what it calls the quote authoritarian takeover of the education administration by the desantis administration, and as you said, the florida department of education approving that extension of the parental rights in education act, which is called the don t say gay bill from just banning classroom instruction of sexual orientation and gender identity of kindergarten through 3rd grade, now extending that all the way through 12th grade, unless the instruction is required by state statute or part of a reproductive health class. lgbtq rights organizations are furious. they say free states do not wage war on lgbtq people to score cheap political points for a man desperate to be president. shame on the desantis administration for putting a target on the backs of lgbtq