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Us. the prime minister will be set where you are in about 90 minutes and we ask lots of our viewers for questions for him yesterday and there are so many topics covered by that. there is quite a lot on that prime ministerial radar. it is interesting _ prime ministerial radar. it is interesting at _ prime ministerial radar. it is interesting at this _ prime ministerial radar. it is interesting at this conference because _ interesting at this conference because none of his problems are here becaus...

>> look, they said theyre perfectly prepared to do the job themselves. the easiest way to do that is through the reconciliation process as i pointed out for two months. >> how is that a concern republicans are then passing -- >> that would require getting consent from every single republican to lower the threshold to 51. i cant imagine that would happen. >> well, hes -- too bad there is not a leader of the republican party to make that happen. democrats are considering a carveout to allow them t...

>> i can read his mind, he said i dont know when the tapioca is ready, ready soon, ethiopia, tapioca sounds the same. i am hungry. tell us about the situation with the health system in louisiana. >> the largest medical system requiring not only their employees but their employees spouses to be vaccinated or they will face fines of $200 a month. the cost of covid care is expensive and the unvaccinated should bear the cost, this is only the beginning, you know what is going to happen? next it will...

11th hour republicans and democrats figure out a way to pay our credit card bill. does this feel different to you? >> yeah, it does. it feels very different to me. neither side is budging at this moment. craig, and you and i have talked about a lot of crises over the years. this is not a government funded crisis. government funding does have check damage. those are the most frequent we see. it could be cataclysmic to the economy. right now republicans are filibustering. democrats are refusing to...

Policies. hmm, sound familiar? was wrong then. and its wrong now. manu raju is outfront live on capitol hill and, manu, down to the wire. i know you are learning democrats are scrambling to find other ways to lift the debt ceiling so what are you hearing? >> there are only a handful of options they truly have. one is to overcome a republican filibuster and they need 60 votes for that. that means ten republicans would need to break ranks. tomorrow, republicans approwill filibuster. so then the ot...

Through this a number of times over the last 10 or 12 years this is as bad as its gotten and people should be very concerned about this because i dont see either side letting up. theres not as much cushion here. i would imagine markets start to get concerned earlier about a debt limit crisis than it would about a government funding crisis. i know people are just starting to wake up to this, but this is a very serious issue. >> i think youre right. really quickly, we dont have a lot of time but w...

We should use them. >> reporter: would you be willing to lower the threshold to 51 votes. >> forget the filibuster. i want to tell you. we can prevent default. we really can and theres a way to do that and theres a couple other tools we have that we can use. takes a little bit of time. little bit of -- its going to be a little bit of pain, long voteramas. >> reporter: that last point, very critical. some democrats say, why dont we abolish the filibuster altogether so we can pass the debt limit i...

Vacancies— facing our economy. we knowjob vacancies are at a record high, there — vacancies are at a record high, there are _ vacancies are at a record high, there are over1,000,000 vacancies are at a record high, there are over 1,000,000 jobs currently— there are over 1,000,000 jobs currently being advertised. and many of these _ currently being advertised. and many of these are _ currently being advertised. and many of these are in retail and hospitality roles that urgently need fitting ...

Debt limit at the moment. theres one that would go through the regular order. that would require 60 votes if republicans threaten to filibuster it. that means 50 democrats, 10 republicans. there are not ten republican votes. the second option is to try to do it just on the simple majority, getting 51 votes. 50 democrats, kamala harris is the vice president, breaking the tie. but all republicans would have to consent to allow this to advance on a simple majority threshold. what mitch mcconnell is...

University or not. and that taxpayers share of student loans has now reached more than 50% of the total value. when earnings hitjust over £27,000, graduates repay 9% of income, above that threshold. if it was lowered to 21, or 3000, as some suggest, that would mean days start repaying sooner, and repay more. the vice chancellor tells me that it would penalise students getting a degree later in life. if would penalise students getting a degree later in life.— degree later in life. if they are ...