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Borrow. theyll hit their credit card limit. thats something that i unfortunately face every year around the holiday season, but it will be the first time the country would default on its debt, and we already know that both republicans and democrats said that cant happen. we know before the holiday break leader mcconnell, the republican leader in the senate, and leader schumer, the democratic leader in the senate, they met to hash things out. we know they want this to happen in different ways. de...

Pelosi and schumer, tougher than a lot of world leaders. isnt that a shame, when you think about it? isnt that a shame? >> there was an irrational response to you, and i lost friends when i would defend you. >> but you also gained friends. >> yeah, i gained friends. i didnt listen to my family members were voting for you during the time, and i have friends who were voting for you, but i didnt listen. then when i turned and started listening, that i lost all of my other friends. did it bother you...

The texts with his father who he had a pretty intense relationship. his father did come to the trial and sentencing to support his son. so he was there for him at the end of the day. >> these threats were made from his home in new york city, and the trial was in new york city. he never went to washington to bring these threats closer to the people he was threatening? >> right. an his lawyers definitely stressed that a lot. i mean, he never went to the capitol riots. they say he had no ride. no o...

This could get done by the end of the year. certainly thats the hope. the democrats would rather get it done sooner than later. once the calendar turns to 2022, it certainly changes dynamics here in washington. thats one of the things theyre dealing with. thats not the only thing. december 3rd, theres a looming government shutdown deadline. they have to figure out a way to fund the government going forward. then in the middle of the month, theres that x date for when the u.s. will run out of its...

The Senate has delayed further consideration of the annual defense bill until after Thanksgiving recess.

Millionaires. senator bernie sanders told me this week its absurd but leader schumer said this morning he thinks it will pass by christmas and hopes to have all 50 democrats on board. >> for now thank you. coming up in the next hour reports on the threats with alma adams and the thoughts on the build back better fate in the senate. we are also watching new developments from the white house. "the washington post" reporting that president biden is act i havely assuring the allies to run for re-e...

Particular order and how much pressure is schumer under, manchin under, and sinema under. >> no particular order, i dont know, schumer is under a lot of pressure to get it done, thats pretty obvious. manchin and sinema have their own calculations, and ive gotta say, manchins made an objection, but throwing this much more money into the system, this question in the short term. its fully funded over long term, sort of, not over the first years, and those inflation numbers have really given him a t...

Pressure is schumer under, is manchin under and is sinema under? >> no particular order, i dont know. i mean schumer is under a lot of pressure to get it done, thats pretty obvious but manchin and sinema have their own calculations and i got to say manchins objection, economists can quarterle all they want, throwing this much more money into the system, especially in the short term, its fully funded sort of over ten years but not over the first few years, will be inflationary and those numbers, ...

Thanksgiving? does it get done at least by the end of the year? >> well, our hope was to get it done by thanksgiving. i think its still possible, though, you know, the senate will have to move quickly. what our agreement says is the vote will happen in the house no later than the week of the the 15th. if it could happen at the beginning of that week, that would be ideal. well send it over to the senate. well, actually, then it has to -- i think in the meantime, we can get the bill scrubbed from ...

A write-in? thats usually an other. right? who did you vote for? i wrote in. who? mickey mouse. when is the last time a write-in candidate won in a major race? against the candidate that the senate leader said to vote for. got trounced if the returns are right. doesnt look good for schumer or the democrats. you said, government can work. give us a chance. you havent even gotten your own party together. you were weighed and measured and found lacking tuesday. with good reason. if you want to rest...