the president says if it gets to him, he could veto it. that s what house speaker kevin mccarthy is speaking with the debt ceiling proposal. it would raise the debt ceiling by $1.3 trillion but hefty spending cut which is the white house opposed. last night, biden made it clear that the white house would veto it if it reaches his desk. despite that, cnn s manu raju following it on capitol hill. i understood you caught up with the speaker a short time ago. the key question is does he have the votes in his own caucus? reporter: he would not say if he did. and i asked him whether or not he would change the bill in order to win over skeptics, also would not respond to that. but that is the big question here going forward because he has met resistance within the ranks, some iowa republicans, four of them that want breaks to the fml tax breaks repealed in
the plan given it s tied to spending cuts that they largely oppose. there are some members like tim burchett of tennessee who said he s, quote, a no. and matt gaetz, he s a no. and four republicans signaling there are nos if there are no changes here. jim, you see the math challenges ahead for speaker mccarthy as he works behind the scenes to lock down the votes and get it past the house. even if it passed the house, the democrats say they re not going to act on this bill without spending cuts, a position strongly opposed by the speaker of the house. therein lies the challenges for washington to try to get together, try to get a deal and avert the first ever debt defaulted as soon as june. that reminds me of counting the votes before the speakership vote which he did manage, we should note, to get through. manu raju on the hill, thank you. boris. politico is reporting that florida s top doctor, surgeon
there. people are not taking care of class dr materials the way they should how in the heck was there? not some. system in place that said, if this guy was copying this many documents why wasn t there an alarm going off, especially with the security classification? and that second senator there was senator mark warner, who chairs the senate intelligence committee, who also indicated that he is still pushing to get all the access to the classified records that were at the homes of joe biden and donald trump and mike pence. he s expecting another tranche of documents as soon as today as congress grapples with this issue. why all these classified documents appear to be leaking appear to be in the wrong places, including this major leak that happened and deciding what they need to do. next. water. ask such a question there. which is why no tracking of this because i was printing, print it out and then sharing it. manu raju on the hill. thanks so much. boris one of
pointed to some probe that has exonerated him. one was a republican investigation led by senator grast lee of iowa, who said he should have known about all of this. some democrats seem to be concerned about this. including mark kelly of arizona, who told he he plans to vote against garthcetti. senator brown is expected to vote no. he did pick two yes votes, who believed those allegations were in the view of the supporters unfounded and did not have the merit. one of the biggest allies to combat the threat of china has been without an ambassador for the past two years. a major push, but if garcetti goes down, the u.s. could be without an ambassador for some time to come. a lot of eyes on this vote right now. high drama, manu raju on the hill, thank you. number one, this is an
rates, widespread unemployment, retirement accounts would take a beating, the stock market would crater. i think the validity of the u.s. dollar would come into question, too. also there s an element of the geopolitical essence of things right now where the u.s. and its inability to get the most basic elements of governing done would certainly be reflected in terms of how the world views the country. the consequences are very real here. the dance being played out is something we re all very familiar with. everybody that s involved knows those consequences exist and that s supposed to drive a reso resolution. whether it will, obviously, still to be determined. for sure. we ve got mitch mcconnell sitting on the sidelines waiting to see how this all plays out before he decides to get involved. that brings us to manu raju on the hill. obviously, manu, we have i don t know how many hours at stakeouts on this topic over the many years. i think for a lot of people it wasn t that long ago