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The Fox News Rundown

From Washington: Can Speaker McCarthy Strike Debt Limit Deal?

The Fox News Rundown

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Politics, Daily News, News

3.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

On Wednesday, President Biden and House Speaker McCarthy discussed the nation's looming debt ceiling crisis for the first time. The meeting, which lasted over an hour, yielded no agreements on how the government should move forward to raise the country's debt limit. Although the White House expressed that both leaders have a "shared duty" to avoid a default, President Biden has maintained that he will not negotiate with the GOP to resolve the economic issue at hand. FOX News Senior Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram discusses his takeaways from the meeting, what legislation can be passed before the deadline on the default, and the relationship dynamics between the President and Speaker. This week, the Pentagon found and tracked a suspected spy balloon sent by China into United States airspace. On Friday, China's Foreign Ministry made a statement apologizing, calling the device a civilian "airship." Pentagon Spokesman General Patrick Ryder said Friday that the U.S. Military would not specify the location of the balloon, but that it did not pose a threat to anyone on the ground. FOX News National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin explains how the breach of airspace puts diplomacy at risk, what message China is sending, and how it impacts the country's already tense relationship with China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:24.1

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0:26.2

Speaker McCarthy, and President Biden, meet on a potential debt limit deal.

0:30.9

Both Joe Biden and Kevin McCarthy, they have a genial side to them where they like to

0:35.8

be back slappers and talk with everybody.

0:38.8

In China, since a high altitude balloon in the US airspace, the Pentagon says it's a spy

0:44.7

platform.

0:45.7

So, the balloon is maneuverable, clearly it's violated US airspace.

0:51.8

This is The Fox News rundown for Rum Washington.

1:05.0

The President says he and the speaker can set the example.

1:08.6

Let's start treating each other with respect.

1:11.7

That's a Kevin I'm going to do, not a joke, we had a good meeting yesterday.

1:18.9

I think we got to do it across the board.

1:21.2

Don't mean we're going to agree, you fight like hell, but let's treat each other with respect.

1:27.1

President Biden, host at House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the Oval Office this week, for

1:31.3

the first time in a one-on-one session, to start talks on raising the debt limit in reducing

1:37.0

national deficits.

1:38.8

Leaving the White House, McCarthy too described a good meeting with more to come.

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