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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

Biden, McCarthy to meet amid fears U.S. debt default a month away

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

CNN

News

3.2865 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

President Biden and House Speaker McCarthy are preparing for a truly critical meeting on the debt limit amid signs both sides may be digging in. The stakes are high and the time is short with a catastrophic default potentially only a month away. Also, the Pentagon approves the deployment of some 1,500 troops to the southern border with Mexico as the U.S. braces for a new surge of thousands of migrants. The Pentagon press secretary joins to discus the timing and scope of this new military mission. Plus, Senators clash over a proposed code of ethics for the U.S. Supreme Court justices. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Happening now, President Biden and House Speaker McCarthy are preparing. happening now.

0:22.5

President Biden and House Speaker McCarthy are preparing for a truly critical meeting on the debt

0:27.5

limit amid signs that both sides may be digging in.

0:31.4

The stakes are enormous and the time is short with a catastrophic

0:35.2

default potentially only a month away. Also tonight the Pentagon approves the

0:40.3

deployment of some 1500 US troops to the southern border with

0:44.9

Mexico as the U.S. braces for a new surge of thousands of migrants. The

0:50.0

Pentagon Press Secretary joins us live to discuss the timing in the scope of this new military

0:55.4

mission.

0:56.6

And Senators clash over a proposed code of ethics for the U.S. Supreme Court justices at a hearing

1:02.2

prompted by scrutiny of Justice Clarence Thomas.

1:05.6

I'll speak live with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin who's accusing

1:10.1

the High Court of being in his word oblivious to these ethics issues.

1:15.0

Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world.

1:19.0

I'm Wolf Plitzer, you're in the situation room. We begin with two very consequential deadlines for the Biden administration and the country for that matter,

1:35.2

the US facing the dire possibility of defaulting on its debt next month, and a major migrant

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