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As Trump continues to lead his rivals, a second race is emerging among Republicans both in the 2024 presidential field and outside it.

Senate contender Herschel Walker has a problem, no matter how much the Georgia Republican and his allies attempt to explain away allegations he paid for an ex-girlfriend’s abortion years ago.

Obama. he tells "associated press" while he doesnt agree with the tea party on a lot of issues it has been good for the country. taxes were a big part of the conversation in new hampshire today. among tea partyers and republicans. trying to appeal to them. senior correspondent eric shawn was there. [ applause ] >> its never too early for presidential politics in new hampshire. it almost seemed as if the 2012 campaign kicked off today. four of the suspected republican candidates appeared together...

President. the guy that gave the great speech about the united states of america were not the blue states and the red states. they will play that when he wants. and he will play it often. when he gets to the big issue, the size, scope, reach of government spending and debt he is going to demagogue this. this idea of medicare and tax cuts is not a detail. its a theme. they are a cruel, immoral party. who will steal from the helpless to support the rich. that has to be argued against in te the tai...

As president you start realizing we cant play around with this stuff. this is the full faith and credit of the united states. that but just an example of a new senator. making a political vote as opposed to what was important for country. im the first to acknowledge it. >> bret: president obama talking to abc about the 2006 vote in the senate notting hill the raise debt ceiling as the vote is approaching yet again, now he pushes for it to be raised. that is where we start in the your chief onlin...

Put out in his speech on wednesday that republicans are stealing from medicare to lower tax rates. that is not true on two grounds. number one, he said as an example, i dont need a tax cut of $200,000. they have to go to 30, i think its 30 seniors each shelling out $#,000 each to support my tax cut. it wont affect a single senior. it has no effect on anyone over 55. when it does, the second falsehood here, the money for lowering the rates comes from eliminating the deductions and the exclusions ...

They have a balanced amendment to a cap on spending. >> now the white house and president acknowledge they have to give something. but a question of what they will give. >> they acknowledge they cant get what they call a clean debt ceiling bill. this has been the easiest bill to demagogue. but the debt ceiling will get raised. >> charles? >> the republicans have to demand something structural. not cuts here and there that you can reverse in the congress or next year. you need something to overri...

Going to get serious of entitlement reform. if they take them at their word why not them? are they not willing to do it? dont they have an obligation to run for president? i argue they do. >> chris christie says he is not running and we should take him at his word but there is plenty of time for someone to get in the race. even going in the fall there is plenty of time. people like mitch daniels are making up their mind and taking their time. >> bret: indiana governor. charles? >> rare for a par...

156-269. two dozen krentist democrats sided with the unanimous g.o.p. against it. exhausted congress now leaves d.c. for a two-week recess. filled with republicans aggressively selling reforms on the intense partisan criticism. >> its important for our members to go home and talk about the crisis they face. and the fact that the changes proposed would not affect one senior citizen in america. not one. >> the white house issues a statement saying it agrees with the goals to reign in spending but ...

But 120 republicans defeated it. as 172 democrats protested by voting on present. budget resolutions are nonbinding, they plot the legislative course, including restructuring medicare. democrats say its destructive. >> republicans are making bad choice decisions in that they end medicare giving away tens of billions of dollars to big oil. >> liberal alternatives featuring trillions in tax hikes and far smaller spending cuts defeated with bipartisan opposition. the congressional black caucus budg...