If it's Monday, President Biden and Speaker McCarthy are about to meet at the White House

as the clock ticks down to a potential government default as early as June 1st,

which Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is now calling a hard deadline.

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Welcome to meet the press now.

I'm Yamish Alcender in for Kristen Welker.

In Washington, where President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy

are gearing up to meet once again at the White House.

Just about 90 minutes from now.

The meeting comes a little more than a week before the U.S. could default on its debt, with potentially catastrophic consequences for the economy.

This will be the first one-on-one meeting between the president and the House Speaker during these talks.

Ahead of the meeting, Speaker McCarthy remained firm that his party won't vote to raise the

debt limit unless Democrats agree to immediately cut spending.

Look, I haven't seen the president today. We'll sit down and we'll talk about that.

But the underlying issue here is the Democrats, since they took the majority, has been

addicted to spending, and that's going to stop. We're going to spend less than we spent last year.

The president who returned from Asia late last night,

cutting his trip short because of these negotiations,

told reporters before leaving Japan that both sides agreed

that a default cannot be on the table.

There's time for Republicans to accept that there is no bipartisan deal to be made solely,

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