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and lots of questions to answer, so let's get started. we begin this hour with breaking news. the washington post, reporting that house republicans are preparing a controversial plan. if the debt limit is breached. ahead of what's expected to be a major showdown with the white house. plus, talk about uncharted territory. a current and former u.s. president, both under investigation for mishandling classified materials. the difference between the two cases are worlds apart, but could documents found at biden's office complicate the criminal probe into donald trump? and later, why liar...

That's why we're in $32 trillion of debt. theful faith and credit won't be taken seriously on the world stage if the government continues to spend like this with no end in sight. >> robert, to that point, the president himself in some instances has tied the debt ceiling argument to government spending. he talks about the time including again today about how the wealthy need to pay their fair share. the obvious insinuation being that they're riding on the backs of the middle and lower classes. >> i'm all for having a debate on deficit and government spending. it's interesting under president tr...

Last couple of weeks, mitch mcconnell has been talking to joe manchin. and kyrsten sinema. and he -- membership mcconnell met with the republican senators to explain the strategy behind giving them this lifeline. and essentially he said that senators manchin and sinema were under so much pressure from their own party to end the filibuster as a reason to offer the short-term extension. they were worried that the debt ceiling argument, rather than immigration or voting right could be the one thing that threatened the filibuster and that's why we always hear from joe manchin saying, you know what...

Any opportunity. that's where i believe we should start. do we have the votes for that? yes, i think we do it creatively and smart, we would even have the votes for thats, and we must move for ward. we've got to work with the white house. our party and mem bevers of the house are prepared and i think ready for this. >> okay. we'll see if that's right since you're all getting back at it this week. let's talk about your home state and harvey having hit texas so hard. are you comfortable with the harvey relief being tied to the debt ceiling argument? >> no. first of all, let me say this, i think ...

I think mark and jim have carefully laid it out. we can get some things done. we have got the discharge petition going. we have got some other ideas that we need to work with on the healthcare. we also have the budget. we have got the tax reform. we have a debt ceiling argument coming. it blows my mind that we're probably not going to be here in august. i will tell you this. then we will come back in september for a week or so and then we will take another week off. this is just not what the american people want. ainsley: who is in favor of doing that when we have got so many pressing issues t...