Only 13 days until possible economic catastrophe and guess what, your elected leaders have

opted to take a pause on trying to prevent it.

The lead starts right now.

A major snag with debt negotiations up against the clock and the government set to run out

of money to pay its bills in less than two weeks now, putting everything from your job

to social security checks to your retirement fund all at risk and yet negotiations right

now they ain't happening.

On the other side of the world, Biden is meeting with major economic power leaders in

Japan and the Ukrainian president, announced a surprise visit of his own there to make

a major ask.

Plus, a new name officially added to the Republican field of candidates for president, making

a case why Donald Trump should not be the GOP nominee.

Welcome to the lead I'm Jake Tapper, we're going to start today with our money lead

and talks to avoid an economic catastrophe in the United States.

If it's something of a snag, Republican negotiators walked out of a meeting on the debt ceiling

with the White House today saying they decided to press pause because talks with White

House Aids were, quote, not productive.

And how Speaker Kevin McCarthy today seemed radically less optimistic on a potential deal

than he did yesterday.

This is where I really felt we were at the location where I could see the path.

The White House is just, but we can't be spending more money next year, we have to spend

less than we spent the year before, it's pretty easy.

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