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To their demands in order to involve an unprecedented debt default. >> cnn has learned mccarthy is in talks with the so-called five families, godfather reference there, of the republican party as they search for some kind of consensus. joining us are s.e. cupp and mondaire jones, former democratic congressman. s.e., lets start with you. everything seems like its just going dandy, if you were to take their word from it, the five families. let me quote from south dakotas dusty johnson, theres a le...

Think republicans will have a good case to make to the american people that, look, we put a deal together. we have a plan, and if you want to raise the debt limit, it needs to come with some cuts. american families all over the country are making cuts at home. i think theyll understand that. victor, as you say, the devil is in the details. its what they want to cut, and if thats going to be entirely palatable to american voters. >> s.e., mondaire, thanks. the head of nato says russias new offe...

Terms of how reasonable the republican partys demands are going to be perceived. i really think democrats have the better posture in this situation. i think you see it in terms of how vehement the response was when the president alluded to plans by certain republicans to cut social security and medicare. theyre very sensitive about this, and they know they may have asked for -- may have gotten more than they bargained for. >> s.e., on what republicans will propose, social security about 21% of f...

Its less than 10%. its 8%. 79% -- >> give me their names. i want to know who they are. >> exactly. you find 8% supporting anything, that small a percentage, i think thats basically equal to the george santos favorite rating in his own district at this particular point. i believe 10% of americans believe we faked the moon landing, so this is less popular than a wild conspiracy theory. >> so how far can he take this, s.e.? >> oh, i mean i think hes hoping for a very long news cycle on this. let me...

So that all makes sense. to that point, though, ryan, now that hes been subpoenaed, he cant -- i mean i guess he could be just like, okay, its finally my time. im just going to waltz on in there. how much resistance, you know, as tepid as it may be, can -- >> its difficult to know because he has given the appearance of resistance. he could say, im not going to fight this legally because all my lawyers have told me, and i have one of the best executive privilege experts in the country, that this ...

Like, its one of my time, i will waltz on in there. how much resistance, as you know, as tepid as it may be? >> its difficult to know because hes given the appearance of resistance but he also could say at any point, he really could say, i will not fight this legally because all my lawyers tell me that i have one of the best executive privilege experts in the country, and this is unwinnable. i am compelled to give my testimony. >> and so, s. e., what do you think the reaction is in trump world t...

Tricked them into doing what he wanted them to do, right, which is basically commit to go saying that they wont attack social security and medicaid, it showed a mental fitness, it showed a willingness to go off script, there are a lot of folks that think joe biden is scripted, controlled by other people and he showed a real command. i think that is really going to make the difference. as much as any of the other broad and, you know, really ambitious policy proposals that he presented. >> s.e. cu...

Promise that. i wonder, s.e. cupp, you are conservative, you and i and us together have watched a lot of state of the union speeches, good moments and bad. that was a bad moment. it was -- it was just ugly, right? and, again, as jessica said, some of this is just the nature of the way our political discourse is today, but a lot of shouting going at a sitting president that even the republican speaker was uncomfortable with. was it a good political look for republicans? >> i think it was inside t...

So, do voters want to hear about his many accomplishments or will they be focused on how he looks and sounds? back with me john berman, s.e. cupp, and kierna mayo. john, whats the answer to that? >> i think its both. i think that its no secret that joe biden is not a young man at this point. i think thats big into the cake, i think americans have come to accept that they have a much older president of the united states. but every time he does a big public thing like this, i think people are watc...

Of them in the past few months, and they -- >> but they dont care about your feelings, alison. and it really is. i get that because we hear the stories but just because were hearing them doesnt mean that it doesnt make it all that popular. in fact, its a very safe time to fly. i talk to pilots, i talk to aviation experts. this is really hard for planes to crash these days. so take a little solace. take a little solace. >> thats a hard sell to a nervous flier. im very much. so very much. so >> yo...