Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/president-obama-we-are-running-out-of-time-for-a-debt-limit-deal Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story President Obama spoke to reporters at the White House for about 40 minutes Friday about ongoing negotiations to raise the debt limit and urged Republicans to join him in compromising on a debt reduction deal that would also raise the debt limit before August 2.