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on fox. the boxing gloves are coming out. >> sure is. we are 525 days until the general election day and this news, courtesy of axios scooping that christie will enter the race next tuesday a college we are all familiar with in a town hall. his campaign manager maria camilla will be a familiar face. christie made no bones about his dislike for donald trump, which he was a supporter in the early days. this will get interesting. christie skipping iowa, which is where everybody starts their campaigns, including ron desantis, who said yesterday in iowa, by the way, trailing 30 points nat...

extreme maga republican effort to default on our debt, crash the economy. >> i'm worried about the consequences of us not coming to terms and raising the debt ceiling. >> at this point, it's economic terrorism. >> my communications to them are, stand firm. there's no reason not to. stand firm. you have a white house that is not serious. >> republicans want to drive us over the cliff of default. >> it's idiotic for anybody to consider anything other than what we had. we will ride it out. >> neil: does that sound like progress? we'll see. both sides far apart as lawmakers race to cut a...

Actually cutting government spending. jenna: we heard the reaction from the crowd. there was a lot said about your comments, you are approving an interesting point about the republican party but perhaps you crossed the line and looked un presidential. the you cross a line? >> people need to lighten a. my point is we have a lot of candidates running for president, they can deliver great speeches but just trying is not enough. if someone has cut government spending as a senator what makes us think they will cut if we make from president to give it only gets harder, not easier. i am the only one ...

Author of the book beyond outrage. i love the title. i'll have to read the book. good to have you with us tonight. what do you make of these numbers? the numbers tell a story. private sector growth was 3.5% but overall was 2.5% because of the government spenting. >> the big news is that governmentç cut, that is cuts spending, budget cuts mostly at the state and local level but a slow down at the federal level, that is a drag on the economy. that should be no news. we know that's happened in the past. it's what's happening in europe. europe has embraced austerity economics and that has pushed...

do. nobody can get the support to get one of those through. do we have to look for just the possible? >> i think mission number one is to raise the debt ceiling. they cannot get away without doing that. saying they're going to downgrade you. but they left a bit of an out. if you raise the ceiling but give indication you're on the road to getting a deal, we'll keep you on credit watch negative but take you off and affirm your aaa rating if you get it done within a couple of months if we see that possibility. so that's -- that seems to me to be the fallback plan for congress. weather t...