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How do things look on your end? -perfect! because were building a better network every single day. >> expecting a first draft from president bidens supreme court did that will come today and we may get a better sense of what changes if any it is recommending the court make. this group is looking at hot button issues like imposing term limits and expanding the number of justices. an idea or ideas that some democrats have been pushing great updates on those recommendations when we get them. >> now...

Liberals. and there are some ideas in here that are, take on the idea of expanding the number of seats with various ideas for the number, when that would be done, questions about term limits, looking at 18-year term limits. it looks like preliminarilily, not having been able to really delve into this massive preliminary report yet, its several ideas on the table that would go to the size of the court, the duration of tenure, as you know, right now the justices are appointed for life. >> right. >...

Angry that merrick garland didnt even get a hearing for his nomination to the court. and they want a more balanced approach on the court with a bench not dominated by conservatives right now. the white house has said that the commissions purpose goes beyond just the number of justices, but also examines term limits and altering the courts case selections, rules and practices. cnns joan busasked justice bre about this yesterday. >> ive seen the court over 27 years to try to explain a little bit o...

Something like that. >> what else did he say? >> he talked about some of these expected commission recommendations. he is discouraging court expansion, saying that he thinks that people should think long and hard about making any coined of major changes to the court. he once upon a time was in favor of term limits, like 18-year term limits, but he is going on his nearly 28th year. he certainly isnt favor in that for himself anymore. but he addressed court practices, issues of transparency. he al...

Christine, lets put in context beijing 2022 olympics. thats where the world stage is coming back here to the people republic of china. it puts on the pressure of showing a unified china, more powerful china, certainly more powerful than 2008 the last time they hosted an olympics. you also have next year the congress party. that is traditionally, christine, the transition of power, but we know that president xi is very likely to move forward with continuing on as the leader here as he abolished t...

Obligations to hong kong. you got a leader in china who abolished term limits and making this part of his legacy, bringing taiwan into the fold. you have a china thats no longer growing at high economics rate. in some way china has peaked. there are those in china who sees this as the one way they can satisfy nationalism that has grown in this country. i would say we ought to take this really seriously. plus, if china were to move against taiwan and i am not predicting this. if the united states...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate leaders announced an agreement Thursday to extend the government’s borrowing authority into December, temporarily averting an unprecedented federal default that experts say would have devastated the

President Joe Biden and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen listen as Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase, speaks during a meeting with business leaders about the debt limit in the

Freedoms are all going to be gone. its very sad. pete: well said. well said. [applause] pete: louise my favorite 91-year-old i mean 51. [laughter] pete: whats your take on where we are? >> actually this country is in trouble at this time. they want to start going into our bank accounts. lets start at the top. we will start with obama, show us his bank account. all the politicians show us their bank account. then we will go show our bank account. but they are on the top to do it. we need term lim...

18-year term limits for members of congress because 75% of americans recognize that sending someone to d.c. and then having them stay there forever should not be the way to go. >> 18 years? thats a long time. >> see? im even being pretty reasonable. >> when youre in office, you should be in office for service, not as a career. so 18 years seems like a long time. that seems like a career. >> 18 years would still be completely different than whats happening now, where a lot of the congressional le...