a few questions, will the democratic caucus accept a deal on the debt if the president and the speaker are able to reach an agreement? will democrats require work requirements and anything you would be willing to concede, recovering unspent covid funds? mr. jeffries: president biden has put reasonable proposals on the table. president biden introduced the budget on march 9. that budget will strengthen and protect social security, invest in an economy that cut the deficit by $3 trillion. in part by making sure the wealthy, well connected and well off pay their fair share. we increase investments in the american people while at the same time ending big subsidies for phrma and big oil. that is president biden's proposal. and republicans want to cut spending in the way that will hurt veterans, disabled children, hurt the american people. in a divided government situation. democrats have the white house, democrats have the senate, extreme maga republicans barely in control of the house. president biden says we want to increase investments in the american people, you want to dramatically cut

my honor to yield to the distinguished whip of the house democratic caucus, who has held this caucus together in such an extraordinary way. from the first week of the 118th congress through the default on america act, what every single house democrat opposed the republican legislation giving the administration tremendous strength in the negotiating room. all wait through making sure that every single democrat, new dems, blue dogs, progressives, all points in between signed the discharge petition to strengthen the leverage the biden administration needed to bring about an outcome that protected the well-being of the american people, thank you, katherine khr-rbg. ms. clark: thank you -- clark. ms. clark: thank you, mr. mr. leader. we are still to this day so proud to have cast 3,179 votes for hakeem jeffries for speaker. but today let me start off with what we know. it's been nearly three months since president biden released his budget, his vision on how we can invest in the american people and at the same time reduce our deficit. and every day since that is been democrats and the pres

caucus meeting. add the administration at the highest level continues to engage and one-on-one conversation with blue dogs, new democrats, members of the cpc and the chc at the women's caucus and poverty caucus, k pack, and all points in between. i am incredibly pleased with the level of authentic engagement from the white house. [indiscernible] >> is our excitation that house republicans will keep their promise and deliver at least 150 -- it is our expectation that house republicans will deliver at least 150 votes in an agreement that they themselves negotiated with the white house. house democrats will make sure that the country does not default. >> what message does it send that it was still being negotiated only between republicans and the white house but the only way that it will get past is with republican support? >> from the very beginning we made clear that the only way to avoid a catastrophic default is to find a bipartisan solution moving forward which allows for common ground to be found. thankfully, president biden has been able to threaded that needle and present a resolution which avoids default and prote

and it was an entire night of all of the members of the democratic caucus expressing their frustration at not doing more than thoughts and prayers. and you know, it happened at the pulse night club shooting, it touched the lgbtq community which david and i are members of, and i watched with great admiration at how david made sure to work with the congressional black caucus, to touch that sacred 1964 civil rights act and to work with them to craft a bill that would add the words gender identity and sexual orientation to that sacred document which protects, you know, so many classes of people in the united states, and for which we still need to accomplish this act and, david, i am honored and touched that you will entrust this, the equality act, in my hands to get it across the line and you can be sure that you will be on the invitation list in the front row when the president of the united states signs that bill into law. and let me say, as a final sort of reflection, speaker, former speaker pelosi has always talked about this being the greatest intellectual resource, the members, that

caucus who say it's an inevitable conversation. we're seeing people come out of this meeting on the democratic side, they're ignoring what's happening on the freedom caucus. this is the thing all of us were really looking at. many of us didn't expect that freedom caucus members would get on board and vote for this deal. we were watching to see if mccarthy's negotiation would trigger that one person motion to vacate. we always knew the deals he made would have to come home to roost at some point. this is the battle we were looking for them to come home to roost on. a lot of people looking to get through the debt moment, and then we'll like ahead if there's any kind of motion to vacate. >> mike, how concerned is the president about losing support of democrats on this deal that he personally helped broker? >> reporter: what i think this really all boils down to in terms of the white house argument to democrats, it comes down to two words, which is divided government. when ali and were covering efforts to pass the biggest parts of the president's agenda, with those super narrow majorities in the house is and senate, they needed near yun

is engaged in an incredible amount of activity to communicate with all aspects of the house democratic caucus chair. we had a pretty extensive briefing that took place virtually on sunday. it was three hours of briefings or every single member who had a question, in some cases multiple questions, how the opportunity to ask that question and have those questions answered. it was three hours of virtual briefings that are continuing to take place today, the white house and high-level administration officials including the president are there at the capital tomorrow for in person caucus meetings. and the administration at the highest level continues to engage in one-on-one conversation with progressives and new dems and blue dogs and members of the cdc and the women's caucus and the equality caucus, k pack and all points in between. and i have been incredibly pleased with the level of authentic engagement from the white house. [indiscernible] >> it is our expectation that house republicans will keep their promise and deliver at least 150 votes as it relates to an agreement that they themselves ne

and manu raju, how are democrats going to respond to this especially those progressives in the democratic caucusey're all going to be expecting a briefing from the white house, i imagine. and how is that going to go? >> reporter: look, i've heard from a number of democrats they don't know what this deal is. remember this deal was not cut by house democrats. ha hakeem jeffries was not in this room. a lot of members griped about that. they wanted some buy in from their leadership. this is white house deal that was cut, and there were plenty of warnings democrats made in the days running up to today that their votes were not to be taken for granted. i heard members making that clear. one member susan wild, a pennsylvania democrat, someone in a front line vulnerable district, someone that could flip to republicans next year, she had said she's concerned the white house is essentially going to give them a bad deal and support -- be used against them in their re-election campaigns next year. they'll be forced into a take it or leave it proposition and have a whole bunch of provisions they don't like a

joe biden will try and persuade his democratic caucus in congress to get behind this deal, and keviny will try and persuade his republican colleagues as well. however, it already looks like there are some mumblings and grumblings on both sides, particularly from the right wing of the republican party and the left wing of the democratic party. however, joe biden and kevin mccarthy are talking confidently about trying to get this thing through congress, the house and the senate. but of course, they don't have much time. the deadline given by the us treasury isjune 5th. so what does this development mean for asia? i put that question to catherine yeung. in terms of what it's going to do for asian markets, it's really going to erase some of the negative sentiment. this indecisiveness has put a bit of a dampener that we are seeing... inaudible. the big countries in this part of the world, china, japan, big holders of us treasuries, so what will this mean for them moving forward? absolutely. $2 trillion worth. we look at those countries, they make up over a quarter of the outstanding monie

of that, either in the meeting we had, with all the top democrats on standing committees or in 2 hour and 15 minute meeting we had in the caucus. >> republicans had to keep their commitment to 150 votes, the democrats will -- what happens if they do not provide 150? what if they are at 130? >> it is our expectation house republicans will keep their commitment to provide 150 votes as a floor on agreement that they themselves negotiate. this is not an agreement mitch mcconnell negotiated. it came from the senate, the leader schumer negotiated. they were the ones who were in the room. it is reasonable for the american people to conclude this is going to be a bipartisan resolution to a manufactured default crisis that they created. in terms of functionality and what happens during the 15 minute series when things of that nature get into those mechanics. we will not allow the country to default. america must always pay our bills. we must not let extreme amaga republicans in congress crash our economy and hurt every day americans, period, full stop. mechanically, what that looks like on the house floor remains to be seen. >> thank y

democrat votes in both chambers for this. many far right members are vowing against this deal, and they are not alone, as some progressive lawmakers raise their own concerns about it. a member of the progressive caucus, a democrat from new mexico. congresswoman, thanks for joining us on this. i spoke with your colleague in the last hour, and she certainly was angry at the position democrats have found themselves in. being held hostage by the republican party, she felt. and as you are taking a look at humoring what this deal may contain, and that they have in fact reached a deal, is this a deal you can support? >> good afternoon, and thanks so much for having me on. i am filled with a lot of mixed feelings this afternoon. i think i am extraordinarily proud of our president for holding the line on some of these key issues, and making clear that the u.s. government is not going to default on its debt. and we are going to be the runoffs in the room, we are going to make sure that we make good on our responsibilities. we're going to secure the economy, we're going to be fiscally responsible, and we are going to secure the process. it's important for folks to understand that this has not been a real negot

side, -- and the 51 members of the democratic caucus, you need a lot of them for a bill to get the 60 votes needed to pass their. so, a majority of house republicans, probably a majority if not a super majority of senate democrats, it's not a coalition we've seen before. usually, house republicans, for the most part, including members of mccarthy, will want our very used to voting against any bipartisan budget or debt limit agreement. that's a huge, huge challenge. first, speaker mccarthy, yes, people underestimate him, he thought it couldn't get elected speaker, equal that off. pass the messaging bills before, this is the real test. this is what speakers tend to come up against, if they can pass this, and held onto his job, he's probably gonna be in good shape. >> the big asterisk there, and hold onto his job, julia, let's take the first part of what sahil just said. what are you watching for, as house members get the text of this bill. >> yes, we are still awaiting the text of the bill, that is not stopped the white house from calling house democrats this evening.

, the democratic caucus,he congressional black caucus is another thing. and i'm guided in principle by what they think may be the best for me to do. so i did exactly what i did in concert with the democratic caucus. >> they wanted you there? >> absolutely. absolutely. and i think that what we fail to realize is, you know, when i got to congress, steny was there. nancy was there. five, maybe four. nobody talks about why south carolina was majority black for so many years. the whole state, majority black. 100% white legislators at the state and federal level. and so to me, i am never to be judged in the same way as those who never had any previous questions at all. >> anybody who's watched this interview knows that you're not slowing down. you've still got it, as they say. but you are 82. any thoughts at all about retiring? >> every day. >> really? >> absolutely. >> but -- >> i think about it every day. you know -- i have three very astute daughters. very political. and i've said to them, i said to them i guess

caucus members, i know many of them very, very well, who will not vote for this. some of them have had some really strict requirements that probably would've prohibited the majority of democrats from agreeing, and even the president from agreeing to some kind of deal. i think as long as the speaker can maintain a significant percent, without a single member of the freedom caucus calling his speakership into question which, that could be a little bit complicated, we'll see how that works out. but i think this thing will go to the senate where i expect the senate majority leader to get it passed as quickly as possible. as already been stated, michael, i'm confident that the president will be able to get democrats to vote for this. it's the republican side of things that i think could be a little complicated here but again, i have all faith and trust in the speaker to get this done. >> congresswoman, how about you? how much faith do you have in terms of the white house, seeing how they've largely been somewhat silent on the narrative side and this actually may have worked out to their advantage in terms of the style and nature of this deal, but going forward, tomorrow, when is t

incredible champion and he's been successful and we've been successful because he united the democratic caucus. and he stood up for democratic values. he won the white house because of a diverse, vibrant coalition across the country and particularly in key states like georgia and arizona and places like that. and so what we've said to the white house is, understand that we need to make sure that our vibrant coalition, vibrant, diverse coalition, represented by so many of the members here in the progressive caucus, continue to be enthusiastic. and if people feel like they can't eat, let me just say, we are the only developed country in the world who doesn't just give food to the hungry. that puts barriers in the way of people getting fed. so i think we have made it clear that there would be a real backlash. i think many of us have said that. reporter: leader jeffries has suggested that freezing spending at 2022 levels would be reasonable. is that something that you would be willing to accept? ms. jayapal: we don't know what deal is in the making here. what i would say is we've been clear about

there will certainly be some democrats and members of the progressive caucus who will not support thispotentially won't supported because of the work requirements. the specifics on that are still being reported on. if you are in the white house right now, you are wiping your brow, you are relieved. but you know there is still a lot of work ahead and a very short timeline to get it done. but the message, i think, they're going to be conveying to democrats is, this is not all the things we want. of course it's not. you don't want to give ten billion dollars back to go after tax -- we don't want any work requirements for -- which is the temporary assistance for needy families fund. these aren't things that the white house would ever propose or advocate for. so don't let the perfect be the enemy of a default, right? we cannot default because the markets will plummet. retirement savings will go down. we need to get this done to avoid that. so that, i think, is going to be the message from them internally and in this call as you mentioned with democrats tomorrow, as they're trying to get thi

there will certainly be democrats, members of the progressive caucus who will not support, or potentially won't support it because of the work requirements. the specific matters are still being reported on. so, if you're in the white house right now, your wiping your brow, you are relieved, but you know there is still a lot of work ahead in a very short timeline to get it done. but the message i think they are going to be conveying to democrats is, this is not all of the things we want. of course not. we don't want to give $10 million back to go after cash trees. we don't want any work requirements for i -- which is the temporary assistance renewing stanley's front, we understand that the white house would never propose or advocate for, but don't less the person to the nfc of devote a vault, right? we cannot fault because the markets will plummet, retirement savings will go down, and we need to get this done to avoid that. and for that, i think it is going to be the message from them internally, and in this call, as you mentioned, with their markets tomorrow as they are trying to get them

democrats as well. ro khanna, a member of the house progressive caucus said a large majority of the house democratic caucus is still in flux, not sure how they're going to vote. the first step is getting the bill past the rules committee. at least three committee republicans are expected to oppose the bill. it will take democratic party support to keep it alive, something speaker mccarthy was asked about just a couple hours ago. >> >> that was nbc's julie tsirkin. she joins me now from capitol hill. allie raffa is covering the white house. also with me, robert gibbs, and rick tyler, republican strategist and co-founder of foundry strategies. both robert and rick are msnbc political analysts. julie, first and foremost, walk me through the rules committee scenario. is there any real chance that this hard-fought bill dies even before it goes to a vote? >> reporter: probably not. speaker mccarthy, as you heard him say, don't worry about hypotheticals. he says, no, he's not worried about the first step happening tomorrow, like you said, just 24 hours or so from now. the rules committee, always important. we rar

aware there'd be backlash from both parties also some progressives particularly in the house democratic caucus. what you heard from white house officials is, one, an agnaumt, no, this isn't a perfect deal, this isn't the exact deal the president would have written, but what democrats both on all sides of the aisle need to consider of this deal is what the alternative could have been based on what republicans are put on the table before the negotiations actually kicked into high gear and what the alternative would be to not passing this bell, and that would be default obviously something the administration has made clear for months it wants to avoid at all cost. still they've taken a methodical behind the scenes approach and dozens of phone calls, briefings behind the scenes trying to make sure democrats know what's in this agreement and why think they should get a yes vote. this is how the omb director laid things out earlier this afternoon in the briefing. >> my job is to tell members what's in the bill. you get in trouble when you try to tell members what their opinion is. every member is --

caucus. how many democratic defections do you expect? ell, i've had several conversations with pramila jayapal over the last several days and will continue to do so and expect that she will be part of the caucus briefing that takes place later on today. here's what i can say, is that the agreement that was reached in principle by president biden, does several important things. in addition to avoiding a devastating default that would hurt everyday americans, it protects social security, it protects medicare, it protects medicaid, protects veterans -- >> she's concerned about environmental policy change -- >> hold on -- >> and food stamps. >> hold on. i'll goat that. it protects the american people from the types of devastating spending cuts that were proposed by republicans in their default on america act. those are incredibly significant steps forward. now in terms of the permitting issue. i haven't had the opportunity, nor have any of us had the opportunity, to review what the proposed language may ultimately be in terms of the permittin

. >> i think there would be a huge backlash from our entire house democratic caucus, progressives but also in the streets. it is important that we don't take steps back from the very strong agenda that the president himself shepherded and led over the last two years. >> harris: a new poll finds a majority disagree. 60% of americans said congress should only raise the debt ceiling if it also cuts spending. jacque heinrich is live with more. >> it is clear that treasury is getting pretty ansi about the lack of a deal. they started reaching out to federal agencies to see if any payments can be slid to a later date effectively postponing the x date and buying congress more time to hash out a deal. a spokesperson tells fox the outreach is necessary to get a true estimate of when the country will run out of money. meantime, mccarthy on capitol hill trying to stay optimistic but not sounding all that great. >> democrats don't want to spend less, they want to spend more. that's unreasonable when you spend more than any time in american history. i'm hopeful they come back and realize what the

a lot of other members of leadership and the center of the democratic caucus will find they will -- themselves doing the same thing. progressives fall off. some have started to come out and say they will be nos. with the majority of the house republicans voting in favor of this and i think a big chunk of democratic caucus, we appear to be on a reasonably good path to get this through the house sometime tonight. >> in spite of the efforts, the dow and s&p on its way down. i want to get to kristin welker at white house. the president is holding a briefing on hurricane and fire preparedness. worried about the summer disasters that we see. hurricane season begins today. his advisers have been keeping him in the loop through every step of the process as they try to sell democrats in the house and senate on their deal. what's the word from there right now? >> peter, white house officials are echoing that optimism that you heard garrett talk about. they say that the progressive defections were baked into the cake. having said that, they are not taking anything for granted. there have been more than 1

sojoe biden will try and persuade his democratic caucus in congress to get behind this deal.will try and persuade his republican colleagues as well. however, it already looks like there are some mumblings and grumblings on both sides, particularly from the right wing of the republican party and the left wing of the democratic party. however, joe biden and kevin mccarthy are talking confidently about trying to get this thing through congress, the house and the senate. but of course, they didn't have much time. the deadline that's been given by the us treasury isjune 5th. how many of us know where our careers will end up when we start out in the world of work? let's take the case of thomas dolby. you might be more familiar with him as a star of 1980s synth—pop. these days, though, he is professor of music for new media atjohns hopkins university — and his credentials in the tech industry go back a long way. david harper caught up with him. up next, we have thomas dolby. or to put it another way, here comes thomas dolby. take it away, tom. in the 1980s onwards, i was a songwrite

>> to a person, i know everyone in the democratic caucus knows default is not ok.body is waiting to see how many republicans are going to vote for this bill. a lot of people are very unhappy with where we are and we are down to a finish line we are where the consequences are so real, if we do not raise the debt ceiling. i think there are a lot of unhappy people who know we have to protect our country. geoff bennett: thank you for joining us this evening. amna nawaz: lisa has been counting votes and following every twist and turn on capitol hill throughout the day. lisa joins us now, the first hurdle is the house rules committee. you just left there. where do things stand? >> the house rules committee dominated by republicans, they can only lose 2 votes to get a bill through, they have lost two votes but the third swing vote, thomas massie of kentucky, a short time ago when i was in the room he announced he is a yes or moving this bill out of committee. you heard just now a sigh of relief from speaker kevin mccarthy getting that yes vote. he is among those who does

there are other caucuses, in the democratic caucus. it's important that we not get in front of our leadership. hakeem jeffries has certainly been in the discussions, and is now in the midst of trying to engage all of us, and they're doing an effective job. we'll be in three meetings tomorrow. we're in two or three tonight. here's what i think that we have to begin to do. we have to see the texts. we have to be the adults in the room. what president biden did do and he had excellent negotiators is that he avoided a catastrophic default, when democrats led the raising of the debt ceiling, not having a default three times under president trump, but yet we had to have this kind of process, which could be called a debacle, this kind of process, because we couldn't get our friends to do the budget, like we always do, and then, of course, do the maintaining of the full faith and credit of the united states. so i believe that what we have now just on its face, jim, is that we saved medicaid, we expanded social safety net to veterans, to indivi

let me yield briefly to the vice chair of the house democratic caucus, ted lieu. mr. lieu: thank you, leader jeffries, for your exceptional leadership and to the terrific speakers we just had. i want to mention the other people we have with us today. we have congressman chris deluzio from pennsylvania. congressman ruben gallego. we have the ranking member of the veterans' committee, mark takano. we have the ranking member of military affairs and veterans' affairs, debbie wasserman schultz. and we have the air force representative here, me. and i want to talk to you briefly about why we know republicans want to cut funding to veterans. one, they already did it on the default on america act. the clawback provisions that had money for the v.a. and it's going to put 22% cuts to veterans' funding. and how do we know that? because they didn't protect that funding. they had a choice. they went ahead and protected some companies that were going to get tax credits and they put that protection in but they did not specifically do that for veterans. we know they want to cut veter

california speaking alongside some of his democratic colleagues, haney noted members of the assembly democratic caucusut the more than 25 bills this session to address the fentanyl crisis, including legislation seeking to extend access to narcan, expand medical treatment and employ more emergency responders for fentanyl poisoning thousands of californians who have lost loved ones too. >> this deadly epidemic deserve leadership and they deserve action. and that's what we're here to take it to recommit to this press conference coming one day after republicans in the assembly called for a floor vote on 3 fentanyl bills. among them, one that would at sentencing enhancements for dealers found to have caused great bodily harm or death. another that would increase penalties for dealers caught selling fentanyl on social media. >> and the 3rd that would increase jail time for dealers found 2 of more than one ounce of fentanyl in their possession to the frustration of republicans. all 3 bills failed by a party line vote. extremely frustrating because what we're talking about here is a crisis that's causing loss

california speaking alongside some of his democratic colleagues, haney noted members of the assembly democratic caucus about the more than 25 bills this session to address the fentanyl crisis, including legislation seeking to extend access to narcan, expand medical treatment and employ more emergency responders for fentanyl poisoning thousands of californians who have lost loved ones too. >> this deadly epidemic deserve leadership and they deserve action. and that's what we're here to take it to recommit to this press conference coming one day after republicans in the assembly called for a floor vote on 3 fentanyl bills. among them, one that would at sentencing enhancements for dealers found to have caused great bodily harm or death. another that would increase penalties for dealers caught selling fentanyl on social media and the 3rd that would increase jail time for dealers found 2 of more than one ounce of fentanyl in their possession to the frustration of republicans. all 3 bills failed by a party line vote. extremely frustrating because what we're talking about here is a crisis that's causing loss

just like when nancy pelosi was speaker, i can give you the quote from 2019, her caucus, the democratic caucus that hakeem jeffries sat in and schumer, that they cannot pass a debt ceiling without negotiating the budget agreement. it's the same way we have done it every other time. i don't know why -- even if you go back to schumer, even when he's in the minority, 2017, debt limit is the only leverage we have. the concerning is that schumer's whole approach was to wait until the final deadline and take america to the brink. i have been trying to do this from the day i became speaker so we wouldn't be here today. not successful because he wouldn't meet with us for 97 days. we are going to do everything in our power to try to get this off. reporter: tell as you little bit what it was like inside the room. what was the tenor? [indiscernible] speaker mccarthy: he brought up the veterans. [laughter] it's a lie. it's so interesting, you all wait. next week you'll see money is higher for the veterans than before. >> did you tell him that? speaker mccarthy: yes. so what's happening here is -- you all

. >> that is a nonstarter for many of us on the democratic caucus. we have to stick to our values. >> reporter: they also discussed raising the debt limit for several more years in order to avoid last-minute crisis like this. house republicans say they're open to that, but not without even more budget cuts. >> what is finally the number? is it $40 trillion? how much when we say let's stop borrowing from china? >> reporter: and meanwhile the house democrats are filing a petition to force a vote on a clean debt ceiling with no strings attached. but the petition can't pass without some republicans signing off. >>> still ahead, a main road into a popular east bay park is closing for the next four months. the explanation. >>> the exchange between dianne feinstein and a reporter on capitol hill. now raising new questions about her ability to serve. >>> the creative ways in which a pair of rabbis in san francisco south of the market is spreading goodness and kindness. >> the fog is rolling back in from the coast, swallowing up salesforce tower, spreading we

every single member of the house creme chiropractic caucus has -- democratic caulk has -- caucus. she received a standing ovation from every single person because we have great confidence in her ability. it was enlightened addition when president biden put her in that room and she would defend our values, and she did. >> there have been democrats to hold their and then provide votes to prove a point. do you think this has been discussed and do you think this is appropriate action? mr. jeffries: no discussion in the meeting we had earlier today where all of the top democrats on standing committees or in the 2:15 meeting that we had in the caucus. reporter: you did say that the republicans keep their commitment to 150 votes and then the democrats will. so what happens if they do not provide 150? what if they are sitting up there at 130? mr. jeffries: to be clear, it's our expectations that house republicans will provide 150 so votes as a floor. agreement that they themselves -- this is not an agreement that mitch mcconnell negotiated that came over from the senate that leader schume

caucus' votes. it is ridiculous, we already saw in the rule vote that republicans had to be bailed out by democrats.think it's important that he can show he can bring forward at least two-thirds of his caucus for these votes. democrats will supply the rest of the votes. but i think it's equally important for those of us who understand that both of principal and in conscious of policy that there are bad things in this bill, not because joe biden or democrats wanted it, but because republicans took us hostage. and it is important that we put up a very strong no-vote on the board. i intend to do that. i know several of my progressive colleagues intend to do that as well. and to say to the american people, at the end of the day, republicans did what we knew they were going to do. they're asking working people to sacrifice so that they can continue tax cuts for the wealthiest. that's all this is. >> one of the things that you've harshly criticized, really, in this bill are the work requirements. but the cbo is projecting that nearly 80,000 people are actually going to be gaining benefits. do you still se

and it was an entire night of all of the members of the democratic caucus expressing their frustration at not doing more than thoughts and prayers. and you know, it happened at the pulse night club shooting, it touched the lgbtq community which david and i are members of, and i watched with great admiration at how david made sure to work with the congressional black caucus, to touch that sacred 1964 civil rights act and to work with them to craft a bill that would add the words gender identity and sexual orientation to that sacred document which protects, you know, so many classes of people in the united states, and for which we still need to accomplish this act and, david, i am honored and touched that you will entrust this, the equality act, in my hands to get it across the line and you can be sure that you will be on the invitation list in the front row when the president of the united states signs that bill into law. and let me say, as a final sort of reflection, speaker, former speaker pelosi has always talked about this being the greatest intellectual resource, the members, that

the house republican caucus has become so radicalized, that they are willing to default and not pay our bills. which would be catastrophic and crash the economy. democratsreme republican caucus. i think that is why he's been out there trying to talk to the press, and now he's going to talk to his republican colleagues. because he has to rein them back, because they've gotten so crazy. >> here is the other side of this narrative, congresswoman chu, that i think it is important to establish as we get ready to hear exactly what this deal is going to be. that is the impact that it has on families out there. what the markets look like on tuesday, when they opened after the holiday, all of those points really matter. so do you anticipate the administration at some point, maybe the president or certainly janet yellen, sort of contextualizing that moment come tuesday? when folks get over their three-day holiday at the beach. and now focus on the fact that we dodged a bullet here. we dodged a big one. what does this set up going forward, particularly if this deal is not a longer term deal? >> well, i think we certainly didn't need to have a deal. but i think it

sojoe biden will try and persuade his democratic caucus in congress to get behind this deal.will try and persuade his republican colleagues as well. however, it already looks like there are some mumblings and grumblings on both sides, particularly from the right wing of the republican party and the left wing of the democratic party. however, joe biden and kevin mccarthy are talking confidently about trying to get this thing through congress, the house and the senate. but of course, they didn't have much time. the deadline that's been given by the us treasury isjune 5th. live now to richard duncan, an economist and author of the money revolution: how to finance the next american century. they have not gone as far as that, financing the next american century. the deal however has been done but at what cost?— what cost? ok, so, if this is assed what cost? ok, so, if this is passed by — what cost? ok, so, if this is passed by congress - what cost? ok, so, if this is passed by congress and - what cost? ok, so, if this is passed by congress and i i what cost? ok, so, if this is i p

caucus. what are you hearing from democrats? would they actually stand in the way of this passing?ink there's a frustration that the pentagon is held harmless and working poor people are going to be forced to work more with the work requirements, and just a frustration of why -- food stamps and work requirements even on the chopping block given the fact that we all know the price for all of us has been going up and up. so there's some disquiet and discontent. the democratic party is not going to prevent america from paying its bills. there's a different standard here. you can't do anything -- it's got to be non-defense. the pentagon which has a lot more money than most poor folks, they'll be held harmless, but we'll put the axe to the low-income folks. i think that's the rub. >> s.e., talk about this moment and the significance of it, vis-a-vis the relationship between joe biden and speaker kevin mccarthy who both have two days now to get their parties in line to support this deal. >> it's pretty remarkable. joe biden did something he promised he wouldn't do, which was negotiate wi

where members of the administration will be able to continue to talk to members of the house democratic caucusas been a collaborative and cooperative and communicative experience over the last few days. the question everybody should be asking in terms of what's gonna happen on the house of the -- the floor of the house of representatives, how many votes will republicans produce? this is an agreement that at their insistence, they negotiated with administration. it is our full and complete expectation that they are going to produce at least 150 votes. we as democrats are going to make sure we do not default on our nation's debt. america should always pay our bills. as important for republicans to keep the promises they made. no one seriously believes that 95% of house republicans are going to support this agreement. that's a number that i believe had been floated in the public domain. it is reasonable to expect they will produce 150 votes on thursday. shery: that was hakeem jeffries. the debt deal has less than one week left to win congressional passage before june 5 default deadline. a brookin

it just dragged on and on and it was this internecine democratic caucus, you know, civil war, all with this one comment that she said to us, when we were having breakfast. yeah. and aoc said she was some racist that caused a whole other thing. but again, pelosi, i would say is very similar to geffen you can feel safe in a foxhole with her not going to turn on you. she's not to come back and say, well, that isn't what meant. you know, it was misinterpreted or that they are just super, super tough people. yeah. i think when they speak it's like very deliberate. they know what they're saying, doing, you know, and i know this make me sound like a total suck up, but you have your it's a little late for that, but you've, you know, you, you, you've trained lots of young journalists her her assistants before all went on to do really cool things like ashley parker she at the washington post, a bunch of pulitzers. julie bosman, the times chicago bureau chief alex thompson he's like this very after biden reporter right now. so i just wonder for, you know, a young journalist or you know anybody mi

. >> i think there would be huge backlash from the house democratic caucus and also in the streets.t take steps back from the strong agenda the president shepherded. >> brian: the june 1 limitault deadline is a week away. i will toss to steve, steve. >> steve: i'm over here, thank you, brian. florida governor ron desantis going to announce he is entering the race for president tonight during a conversation with elon musk. his wife released this video yesterday. >> do i have the courage? is it worth the sacrifice? >> america has been worth it. every single time. >> steve: ron desantis campaigned with lee zeldin when lee was running for governor of new york but lee zeldin endorsed trump for 2024 >> what does the former new york congressman think of the presidential match up? hein jos us to react. good morning. >> good morning, great to be with you. you have history with both guys. i got two friends, how do i pick one? >> listen, i remember, i feel like the best moment of my life in the united states of america, our country, january or february of 2020 before covid started to spread, o

. >> i think there would be a huge backlash from the house democratic caucus and in the streets, it ismportant we don't take steps back from the strong agenda the president shepherded. >> cheryl: was that a call to the streets? people will take to the streets, i think you are saying they should take to the streets. >> todd: republicans want to go back to the financial situation in december of last year. christmas time, that is what republicans want in response, she wants to take to the streets. >> cheryl: i want to be clear, karine jean-pierre did back off the 14th amendment rhetoric. she did cool that down. progressives can say what theyun want. negotiate. this is negotiation, dollars and centses, it is money, this should not get out of control. cut a deal at the white house. >> ashley: former body guard launched ride share service with armed drivers as an option. >> cheryl: what an interesting idea. black wolf, they joined you last hour, let's listen. >> our goal to make sure we secure each rider. we want to get rid of the mindset of having somebody say, i need a ride and i'm not sur