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billions of dollars you can burn a lot of it to turns out. alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex. >> i odmean, listen, between th two of us, buddy, one of us tweets a lot less than the other person. >> i like to tweet. im a poster to my veins. but t if i may i think i have a little more self-awareness than elon musk. a little bit. >> okay, okay. itsy, cross talk so we cant really get into it. >> oh, i cant believe youre not agreeing. >> i support the self-awareness a...

>> i dont think so. look, we did think it was an encouraging i meeting today. mcconnell said after the meeting thathe default was not an optio. speaker mccarthy came close to that at the microphones today, so the leaders seemed to be heading in the same direction default is not an option, and it would cost the economy and american workers too much. theres some distance about budget agreements, theres no question about that. and republicans as you poirchted out in your opening segment have introd...

Days for congress to actually get something done on this. i know the white house has been firm in its stance we cannot -- the u.s. economy cannot default. is kevin mccarthy signaling that he too believes the u.s. economy cannot default? and if not, how doia get him to do that in the next five or six working days in. >> we think this was a protective meeting today that headed towards a recognition for it leaders default is simply not an option, and now negotiations on the hill around a budget fra...