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>> president biden on the defensive as he faces a growing list of challenges. from inflation to immigration to questions about his age. all dragging down his poll numbers. >> joe biden's 36%. that is certainly not good. >> now a showdown with congress over the country's debt limit could lead to a crippling economic crisis. >> our spending is out of control. it's unfortunate we are where we are. >> as the president faces this latest task, we turn to one of his key allies on capitol hill, congressman james clyburn, who helped turn around biden's 2020 campaign. toont don't democrats ris...

Bill to expire september 30th, at the same time the fiscal year expires, september 30th. you have negotiations on the debt amendment running parallel with negotiations on the budget. >> yeah, but the republicans in the house are saying no go. i guess my point, if i may, congressman, is just this. he said for months there is going to be a clean debt limit, we're not going to have negotiations about spending and budget issues as part of that. and now here we are, and there are -- the debt, we're approaching a deadline on default, and we're having negotiations about the budget. so he's caved on i...

His demand for a clean debt ceiling, and in effect didn't he waste three months insisting that there be no conditions, and now when we're under the gun, he's agreeing to conditions? >> well, there's a big difference in negotiating a debt limit and in having negotiations on the future parallel. i've been saying a long time and i still believe the resolution will be something like this. we have a short-term debt limit bill to expire september 30th, at the same time the fiscal year expires, september 30th. you have negotiations on the debt amendment running parallel with negotiations on the budge...