not default in 11 days when the u.s. government runs out of money and is unable to pay its bills. we have team coverage of all of these new developments. phil mattingly is in japan at the g7 summit. let s begin with melanie in washington, d.c. help us understand where things stand. is the president optimistic? reporter: what i would say is the talks have not blown up completely yet but they are hanging by a thread. after a weekend of rejected offers, installed talks, the negotiators were really looking for a much-needed reset and they may have gotten it in that phone call today between speaker mccarthy and president biden. they talked a little bit about biden s trip but most importantly they agreed to meet one on one tomorrow, while staff will resume negotiations later tonight. here s a little bit more about what mccarthy said. i believe it was a productive phone call. so at the end of the phone call what we agreed to do is we re going to have patrick mchenry get back tog
republicans about what should be in any compromise. the devil is always in the details and the two sides are still pretty far apart on some of those details. we have fox team coverage tonight. chad pergram is on capitol hill to tell us what is going on behind the scenes but we begin with white house correspondent jacqui heinrich live from the north lawn with the biden administration perspective. good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. the white house called a lid before 5:00 p.m. with no deal and earlier today the press shop held its last scheduled briefing before tuesday, meaning, as things stand, the american people are set to spend four of the remaining seven days before the economy could go off a cliff without getting questions answered. and some are coming from within the president s party. and they are making progress. i want to be clear that the negotiations we re having with speaker mccarthy is about the outlines of what the budget will look like, not about defa
there are growing calls for a ceasefire in gaza and international pressure is mounting on israel to reduce civilian casualties. the us secretary of defense, lloyd austin, is in israel where he s expected to meet officials later. we ve been seeing smoke on the gaza skyline again this morning. it comes as the uk, france and germany step up global calls for a ceasefire. britain s former defence secretary, ben wallace, has warned that israel risks losing its legal and moral authority for its war in gaza. in a newspaper article, he described israel s tactics as crude and indiscriminate . the hamas run health authority in gaza says israeli air strikes have killed at least 110 people in a single day in the jabalia refugee camp. we re also following the latest from the un security council which is due to convene later today, to discuss the humanitarian situation in gaza. it s expected to vote on a new draft resolution calling on israel and hamas to allow greater humanitarian access
that is hitting notjust you in your business, but all restaurants right now, and that is a very tough economic climate. mmm. and actually it s been a climate building for years. and perhaps you were knocked back and many others were, more than anything, by the covid pandemic. and ijust wonder, as you reflect now on what that meant to your business and many other restaurant businesses in this country and around the world, just how tough was it? it was incredibly tough. and i will never forget those days where i had to come in here to check the premises, obviously, for insurance reasons, and to make sure everything was all right and to come in to. because you shut down. for the first time in your family history with le gavroche, it shut its doors. you had to, of course. we had to. lockdown was lockdown. but to come in here. ..lights out, the smell of a stale restaurant, the dust everywhere made me weep. did it? and made me cry. i sat down over there on one of the banquettes and