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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...

protocol that would keep a tua-like situation from happening. the team said they didn't do anything wrong and they're saying some of the wobbliness from tua tagovailoa came not from a head-related issue but because he had a back injury issue that was making him a little bit uncomfortable standing up. we are both big fans. they have to get this right and they have to protect the players even when they sometimes don't want to be protected. >> bill: we'll see how they modify this. there was a system in place. the question is whether or not the system was followed. there seems to be trap...

>> neil: all right. an irs whistle-blower goes public and it's causing some shock waves in washington. that depends where you're looking for the shock waves, i guess. david spunt has more from the justice department. whats going on? >> gary shappley is a 14-year irs veteran. he's a supervisory special agent investigator. he says things got tense in a high profile meeting last fall in october between his fellow investigators and federal prosecutors. here he is with cbs news last night. >> it was my redline meeting. just got to the point that that switch was turned on and i just couldn't silence...