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President biden will be addressing the nation from the oval office in prime time. The most powerful person in the world. Egypts president will allow 20 trucks through the crossing. Its in your own interest to allow this humanitarian aid. He has very little resources right now. I just worry for them. We might be the next people were going to be killed. The u. S. Government now assesses that israel was not responsible for the explosion. These are calm days. You have seen the protests in the region. After 9 11, we sought justice and got justice, but we also made mistakes. We have to make sure we destroy hamas so they cannot ever threaten us again. Phil mattingly with poppy harlow in new york. Erin burnett is in tel aviv, iz ale. Arkalette saenz is at the white house. And sam kiley is in london. This morning President Biden is back in washington and getting ready to give a prime time address to the nation after returning from the war ....
once. we will see if it plays out this way. i would also say jake, it raises the question, he is the front runner, what if donald trump is not the nominee, would biden reconsider the reelection effort if that s the key rationale? because it s the kind of admission a candidate should be making? it will provide donald trump an opportunity here to talk about joe biden being more focused about him than anything else but if joe biden s critical mission of this time is starting to piece back his coalition of voters, some of which he has seen a diminishing support, reminding them of the contrast with donald trump and that donald trump is the target, could help rally the troops if you will. interesting, stick around, would be in kristin and michael, the former special assistant, you worked for president biden, you ve heard him say this before behind closed doors, have you heard him say that, and i surprised he admitted this to people outside of the white house? we always ....
How could they not? it is a fantastic deal. now the goal for president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy in the coming days is the target those middle ground lawmakers on both republican and democratic side. white house officials will continue briefing lawmakers throughout the day today and continue to work the phones as well. house speaker kevin mccarthy is hoping they could have a vote wednesday evening. even if it clears the house, it still needs to make a way through the senate. any one senator could stall proceedings. this is really a consequential week as that deadline for raising the debt ceiling looms just one week from today. certainly not across the finish line just yet. thank you. now even before the text was released, some skeptical lawmakers releasing issues with the debt deal. our chief correspondent is live on capitol hill. she touched on it a bit there. how much skepticism you are seeing on both sides? there is quite a bit of ....
Are saying that the president gave too much, he says that they will ultimately see that he did not give as much as he could have potentially in the agreement, and throughout the day, the white house officials are going to be briefing lawmakers and one-on-one calls to see that they are getting to be getting support when that deadline approaches. okay. lauren and arlette, thank you. and keep us posted. kate? this some of what is in the bill. it is going to suspend the debt limit through january 2025, because it is going to save the country from having this fight through the next election. it caps spending and allows for an increase in 2025, and neither social security nor medicare are affected by this. the deal tightens the work requirements which is a big sticking point for the republicans, and working programs meant for families in ....