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Capitol hill with more. it looks like we are putting two major showdown. what are the expectations going into this big debate? >> good, morning. katie both sides are at a standoff, and that is because democrats, even frankly most republicans in congress, want a clean debt limit bill. then you have that group of republicans, mainly members of the house freedom caucus who made those concessions to the back room deal with kevin mccarthy to get him the speakership they negotiated with him over the d...

The last time we were confronted with this question, we saw that mitch mcconnell sat down with the leadership of the house or the senate, democratic leadership for the senate, schumer, and they walked this route which everybody -- and move forward with making sure this country is -- never get called into question. maybe they should do the same thing this time and send their work over to the house and not do -- there are enough republicans to get this done. we cannot play political games with the...

The basic thrust of the rules changes is to slash federal spending on social programs, block tax increases on the wealthy, and make it easier to block federal government funding and any increase in the debt limit.

The senate? because you were begging them not to do this omnibus, to go forward with a c.r. instead, a continuing resolution. ead.they didnt do that. the they had the best opportunity. >> so has the really i want to i want to empowerhe the republicans in the senate, utilize us . schumer runsruns the senate, but its a close majority. but why dont they work with us? so im setting up every committee chair here to work with the ranking republican over there. republlets talk with our bills together. ...

You were begging them not to do with omni bus, go on with a continuing resolution instead. they didnt do that. they had the best opportunity. so how -- >> i want to empower the republicans in the senate. utilize us. schumer runs the senate, but its a close majority. but why dont they work with us? im setting up every committee chair to work with the ranking republican there. lets talk with our bills. lets take their amendments, put them into ours and move them over there to empower them to be st...

The harshness of keeping people out. and then they get nothing for it. >> this is the challenge, joy. remember back when, when the gang of eight that included marco rubio, and it included lindsey graham and was led by both schumer and mccain, it was a bipartisan deal, and the crux of it was, how do we deal with the undocumented 11 million people who are living within our borders? and somehow, the democrats went in and negotiated and thats why president obama got deporter in chief because he went...

He went on to right, republicans have a choice to make, will they continue to capitulate to the extreme maga republicans who want to hold our country hostage, or will they stand up to them? well, if history is any indicator, schumer and the rest of us should hold our breath for the latter. as former republican spokesperson and friend of the shirt cola in a new piece for the los angeles times, this weeks fiasco should hardly come as a surprise. its been brewing for years. in fact, back in 2014, r...

Bill to and schumer tells the have post a plan to, quote, achieve balance on every one of the courts. every one of the courts of appeals. now this comes as the conservative supreme court wields power like we see never seen it before. a new harvard law review article says the court has rapidly been accumulating power at the expense of every other party of the government. the inability of congress to pass bipartisan laws on key issues has left the governing of two the dutch dish dairy, and this ye...

Schumer says confirming president bidens judicial nominees as a top agenda item for 10 to 23. over the last two years, democrats have held biden put 96 lifetime judges on the bench, more than trump did in his first two years in office. it is a major notch in bidens bill to and schumer tells the have post a plan to, quote, achieve balance on every one of the courts. every one of the courts of appeals. now this comes as the conservative supreme court wields power like we see never seen it before. ...

Is that kevin mccarthy is going to do in terms of negotiating with democrats and whether or not you can negotiate with someone like kevin mccarthy in good faith. i mean, my goodness, the side deals that this man is willing to do, it is why the people within his own party didnt believe in him. >> susan, daniel makes a great point, jump in here, what are your thoughts on mccarthys power when he enters these negotiations? whether its with biden, schumer, or jeffries. whether to weaken position, not...