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 deal we re told a week away. this as fitch, the big ratings agency warns that a credit down grade could be in the cards and maybe soon regardless of how this works out. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. so much to get to. let s get to it with chad pergram on capitol hill on where things stand right now. hi, chad. good afternoon. the move by fitch and the ratings arm of morning start caught the att
attack in central ukraine. president zelenskyy is calling it an act of terrorism. welcome to the viewers in the united states and around the world. i am wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room . it is 1:00 friday in jerusalem. this is the final hours of president biden s visit here before he heads to saudi arabia. tonight, the team is bracing for the trip to be a major test of he is diplomacy. jeremy diamond is with us in jerusalem. jeremy, clearly the effort to try to stop iran from developing a nuclear bomb was at the forefront of the talks. reporter: president biden and yair lapid met for an hour and a half earlier today. they covered everything from defense cooperation to the partnership between israel and arab countries. it was largely a show of unity. you also did see some daylight between the two sides as president biden reaffirmed his interest in resolving this diplomatically while the is really former president trump mr. called for muscular approach. presid
devoutly comes as a government watchdog reveals the secret service erased messages from the day of the insurrection, after investigators asked for them. a 10-year-old girl raped and forced to go across state lines to get an abortion. a former federal judge appointed by george w. bush is now standing up to trump, debunking his election lies point by point. he is my guest. let s go out front. good evening. breaking news. a source telling cnn that a washington police officer has corroborated details regarding the heated exchange the former president had with secret service detail when he was told he could not go to the u.s. capitol in march with the rioters after the rally. according to a source, the officer who was there, in the motorcade, not second hand, he was there, has recounted what he saw to the january 6 committee. you may remember we first heard this was a heated exchange. trump wanted to go, and his detail said that he couldn t. we heard about that from cassidy
we have not had the candidate that adds to the movement. today we have stopped dividing the movement. neil: you re being a gentlemen again roughing ron desantis rough launching on twitter. you think you would support as nominee? yeah, all republican candidates would be better than any democrat candidate. as the nominee, i look forward to choosing a good vice president with those names and maybe others. neil: let s take a look at the principals that republicans should stand for. they argue to a man or a woman that they don t want to default. that s not an option. a lot of people are getting nervous. the closer we get to that that it could happen. donald trump himself has said in the cnn exchange a couple weeks