ticking time bomb, only 18 days until u.s. possibly default on its debt. the ripple effects across the global economy. congress leaves town without striking a deal. we re live on capitol hill with the latest. plus, a new dubious distinction for the twice impeached indicted ex president donald trump, he s the only former president of the united states to be held liable in civil court for sexual abuse. how the controversial cnn town hall where heat trump s repeated lies, could it get him more legal travel, that is ahead. and, exposing extremism, texas idaho murders online live revealed neo-nazi and white supremacy ideologies. later, who has infiltrated these far-right hate groups takes us inside these concerning surge of hispanic white nationalists. all of that is coming up. and a good saturday morning to you, i am katie phang. we re gonna start today s show with the hourglass quickly running out for congress to take action on the debt ceiling. lawmakers left capitol hill t
translation: if the territorial integrity of our country is - threatened, then to defend russia and our people, we shall of course use all means at our disposal. i am not bluffing. in the past hour, russia has released 10 prisoners of war captured in ukraine in a deal brokered by saudi arabia. half are britons. also in the programme, new york s attorney general files a civil suit against donald trump and three of his children, accusing them of fraud. donald trump has condemned the lawsuit as a witch hunt . also this hour, the us federal reserve is expected to announce in the next few minutes another hike in interest rates, in a bid to bring down high inflation. we begin with the conflict in ukraine. russia s president, vladimir putin, has announced a partial military mobilisation, making an additional 300,000 personnel available to fight in ukraine from today. he said the call up was necessary to protect russian territory, including occupied areas that moscow is preparing
you it was too much. the pain was too much. what i had been through was too much. i m homeless, i don t have food, it s like, i m done. and in that moment i m sitting in praying in tears, everybody swarming their cars up, they drive the cars await simultaneously. and now i m like okay, i guess i have to get up and go to work today. those moments gave meat like, you re okay, you re gonna be okay. so i would say to anybody, just look for the little things that encourage, you even if you don t see it. little small things that keep you going. that does it for morning joe weekend. we ll be back monday at 6 am eastern, have a great rest of the day. this is the katie phang show, live from miami florida. we ve got lots of news to cover, and a lot of questions to answer, so let s get started.