politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. in just hours, a meeting with crippling consequences if it leads to nowhere. congressional leaders head back to the white house to talk through a debt deal, but democrats already worrying prooid sounds close to caving. plus a picture of fear. new and disturbing video shows a baseball bat-wheeleding attacker. beating two staffers at a congressional office. and ron desantis nears a 2024 launch. he will enter the rain rays with infrastructure and big money, but also with deflated expectation was a months of fierce donald trump attacks. up first for us, time to get serious. debt talks are going nowhere. congressional leaders head back to the white house at 3:00 p.m. it s clear the principles enter the debt limit showdown in very different head spaces. kspeaker mccarthy seemed sour o striking a deal. team biden sounds far more optimistic about progress towards a com promiez. not exactly welcome
Anyway, sour grapes is to be expected. Why would you praise your opponent after he wiped the mat with you and thats the problem with these politics even when theres good news country its been used for the party and theres a lot of good news on jobs, ices, economy all good but we could do better. The Democrats Remains our. Schumer looks like hes the penguin from batman. [laughter] trying to pass a softball sized gallstone. [laughter] and pelosi looks like that gallstones is about to hit her in the mercedes. [laughter] the rest of the democrats all look like they shared the same hemorrhoids. What is the problem . First, that speech wasnt for them. It was for you. I thought it was too long but for you its not long enough. Its 90 minutes of positivity about this great country after
eight years of moaning about america his speech was a water cooler in the desert. For democrats your good news is there bad news but also their bad news is your good news. In the future, heres a handy measuremen
Chairman of the senate jacket, he was in judiciary committee. None of them know exactly what senator collins is going to do. Just to set the stakes here, wolf, you named senator jeff flake. Thats 49. If he stays where he is, thats 49 senators, republicans need 50 and the tie breaking vote from Vice President pence. If Susan Collins says she will vote yes on the nomination, that is the vote that they need. Obviously were still waiting to hear from senator joe manchin, whether he plans to maintain his vote as well. A senator who has been undecided for the last couple of weeks, who has been going through a very, very difficult and complex process, a senator who on some of her crucial issues, most notably health care, roe v. Wade
said she feels very comfortable. She spent a lot of time behind the scenes reviewing that fbi report and now she has to make the decision, guys. Well find out soon enough, in the next few minutes. If she says shes going to vote yes in favor of confirmation, thats
Trump has abused the powers of the presidency in that using the powers of his high office, President Trump solicited the interference of a Foreign Government, ukraine, in the 2020 United States president ial election. He did so through a scheme or course of conduct that included soliciting the government of ukraine to publicly announce investigations that would benefit his reelection, harm the election prospects of a political opponent, and influence the 2020 United States president ial election to his advantage. President trump also sought to pressure the government of ukraine to take these steps by conditioning official United States government acts of significant value to ukraine on its Public Announcement of the investigations. President trump engaged in this scheme or course of conduct for corrupt purposes in pursuit of personal political benefit. In so doing, President Trump used the powers of the presidency in a manner that compromised the National Security of the United States
a new joint statement, saying in part, quote, this is a moment of great consequence, the world is watching. if congress votes to continue to supply offensive military aid, we make ourselves complicit in this tragedy. most americans do not want our government to write a blank check to further prime minister netanyahu s war in gaza. the united states needs to help israel find a path towards peace. let s discuss with one of the lawmakers behind that statement, congresswoman becca ballot, a democrat from vermont. congresswoman, thank you so much for making time for us. i know today has been a very long day for all of you. greatly appreciate you joining us. first, explain to our viewers why you specifically chose to vote no on this bill, and whether or not this was a difficult or an easy choice for you. so i did vote no, and i voted no because i felt strongly that there needs to be a more complete conversation happening right now around