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good evening. we begin tonight with breaking news. signs of cautious optimism in the debt ceiling standoff with as few as ten days left before the federal government runs out of cash. with house republicans trying to extract major budget cuts in exchange for allowing new borrowing to pay the bills, president biden and house speaker mccarthy have just wrapped up talks at the white house. >> i felt we had a productive discussion. i believe we can get it done. >> we'll hear from the white house. earlier today, treasury secretary janet yellen reminded lawmakers of the stakes saying, it's...

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...

hello i'm sumi somaskanda. we begin right here in washington dc where democrats and republicans are scrambling to close a deal on raising the federal debt limit. there is still no deal in place but as many lawmakers leave for a holiday weekend, president biden has hinted a deal might be not be too far away. with regards to the debt limit, things are looking good, i'm very optimistic. i hope we will have some clearer evidence tonight, before the clock strikes 12, that we have a deal. but it is very close and i am optimistic. so according to the president, we might get the news of a de...

then, intimidation and bullying. whistleblowers say they are facing the doj's wrath for speaking out. >> the fbi will crush you. this government will crush you. and your family. if you try to expose the truth about things that they are doing that are wrong. we are all examples of that. maria: coming up, house judiciary committee chairman jim jordan on the weaponnyization of joe biden's government. plus, why did the fbi leadership tell agents to report on trump collusion only orally and not keep a paper trail? the durham report finally released five years after then-intelligence commi...

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