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Republican and Democratic Leaders set to meet with the president for highstakes negotiations on the debt ceiling. America is not a deadbeat nation. We pay our bills. With the Clock Ticking toward a june 1st default deadline failure to do that would be unprecedented. We talk with two powerful senators who have a history of working across the aisle about how to avoid an economic meltdown. We should never put the credit of the United States at risk. Until the president engages, it doesnt matter what we do. Later this hour country superstar Miranda Lambert on how she could set a new record in Coun...

>> republican and democratic leaders set to meet with the president for high-stakes negotiations on the debt ceiling. >> america is not a deadbeat nation. we pay our bills. >> with the clock ticking toward a june 1st default deadline -- >> failure to do that would be unprecedented. >> we talk with two powerful senators who have a history of working across the aisle about how to avoid an economic meltdown. >> we should never put the credit of the united states at risk. >> until the president engages, it doesn't matter what we do. later this hour -- ♪ country superstar miranda lamb...

jim jordan and all of the republicans in that twitter hearing today. gerry connolly also there, he'll be joining us. and jamele bowie will be joining us. he's the new york times columnist who i don't just read, i read, i underline, i reread, i learned so much every time. i even want to have him here forever for so long, finally, tonight. >> we are so happy to see jamelle bouie on msnbc. i'll be watching that. and it does not surprise me that a freshman senator managed to embarrass jim jordan. and that's putting it mildly. >> the youngest member of the house of representatives. >> sor...

he's the new york times columnist who i don't just read, i read, i underline, i reread, i learned so much every time. i even want to have him here forever for so long, finally, tonight. >> we are so happy to see jamelle bouie on msnbc. i'll be watching that. and it does not surprise me that a freshman senator managed to embarrass jim jordan. and that's putting it mildly. >> the youngest member of the house of representatives. >> sorry, freshman congressman, maybe one day a freshman senator. who can know with maxwell frost? >> right. thank you, alex. >> have a great show. >> thank you...

Chess pieces may not be where you want to have them. but they are where they are. now, if you want to do it differently, that we have have some budget talks here and a debt ceiling there, you need to make movement towards that. not say, bring me exactly what i want and i refuse to engage until i see exactly what i want. that's not presidential leadership, that's presidential passivity. we need an active president. >> bill, the -- as you point out, these bills originate in the house. the house should have sent over a vehicle that we could work on, not what they did, which is a nonstarter. we sh...