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another week of shows. we're so grateful. "the beat" with ari melber starts right now. >> hi, nicolle. welcome to the booet. joe biden just sat down for an msnbc exclusive. they just if he in the tapes. what you're seeing just happened. and you will only hear this exclusive on msnbc tonight, including starting this hour when stephanie joins us live with the first excerpt. there is no bigger inview in american government or politics. and we and stephanie have you covered with that coming up. i also have more on the expanding scandals, swirling around clarence thomas and his controvers...

This is spending from previous programs, from the trump administration, from trump tax cuts that republicans voted for. so president biden essentially having a schoolhouse rock moment, if kbroyou will, explai how the debt ceiling works, then trying to urge them to come along. if not, get out of the way and don't use the filibuster to block this for democrats. it is unclear how this puzzle is going to get worked out. the president, he says, will be speaking with senate minority leader mitch mcconnell has some point in the coming hours or days about this. this promise is looming. again, there's ...

Job works. he has no clue how the debt ceiling works. >> there is no reason we should ever, ever default on our debt unless the president and the treasury secretary conspire to make us default. >> the best thing that could happen to this country is that obama care goes away. >> that's right. absolutely. >> and the debt ceiling is not raised. the second best thing -- >> we have enough money coming in every week to pay our debt to keep from defaulting. >> it's your job to raise the debt ceiling, louie gohmert. congress must act or the country defaults. if louie gohmert wants us to believe his pe...

Here. the american public's like that horse you that talked about that you ewe r used to ride to go out and take care of the cattle. that horse had power. it was ready to go. it needed a sense of direction. if we in congress can give the public a clear sense of direction there's just going to be a takeoff in this economy because they're ready to build this economy, ready to hire people, but all this uncertainty is really, really detrimental. >> this is how republican congresswoman cynthia lumis described how the debt ceiling works. here it is. >> the president runs up the credit card, and when...