C-SPAN highlights upcoming Ceasefire discussions featuring Tom Daschell and Roy Blunt on bipartisanship amidst the Iran war, while previewing Washington Journal guests Tim Murphy, Greg Lukianoff, and John Bolton. The segment underscores critical fiscal milestones: the national debt hit 100% of GDP in March, with annual interest now exceeding $1 trillion, surpassing defense and Medicare spending. These figures signal a historic economic shift where debt servicing costs threaten to eclipse core government functions. [Automatically generated summary]
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National Debt Hits 100 Percent GDP00:00:19
Good morning.
It's Thursday, May 7th.
The national debt hit 100% of GDP, the gross domestic product, at the end of March.
It's the first time since just after World War II, an interest on the federal debt now tops $1 trillion a year.
That's more than the U.S. spends on defense or Medicare.