Great America Show Mid-Day Update - May 23, 2023
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Summary
Still no deal on the debt ceiling as economic catastrophe may loom. Senator Tim Scott has entered the 2024 presidential race. France goes woke on air travel. Larry Ellison has pledged to donate tens of millions of dollars to Senator Scott s campaign.
Transcript
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I'm Lou Dobbs with the Great America Show news update.
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Still no deal on the debt ceiling as economic catastrophe may loom.
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy saying today the two sides are nowhere near
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This comes just hours after he and President Biden declared the talks to be productive.
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Senator Tim Scott has entered the 2024 presidential race.
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With Tim Scott now in the 2024 presidential race.
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Larry Ellison, the founder of Oracle, pledging to donate tens of millions of dollars
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Ellison has been planning to support Scott's bid ever since he donated $30 million
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The French government announcing a ban on all domestic commercial flights
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that are possible in less than two and a half hours of travel by train.
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The ban takes effect only on commercial travel and, of course,
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doesn't apply to the elites who can afford private jet travel.
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Please join us today on The Great America Show.
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Our guest is former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Monica Crowley.
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And a reminder to join us each and every day on The Great America Show podcast.
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This is the Lou Dobbs Great America Show news update.