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good morning. im wolf blitzer in washington, and this is special live coverage of the funeral of former supreme court justice sandra day oconnor, the first woman to serve is on americas highest court. the service over at the washington national cathedral is set to start right at the top of the hour. president biden left delaware for washington, d.c., earlier this morning. he is set to arrive at the funeral any moment now, we are told. and he is going to be delivering a eulogy along w...

spending under control and get our economy back on track. and you have to do both. joining me now is ed price, principal analyst at ergo intelligence. both parties in full campaign mode on this legislation. do you foresee it being passed? ido i do foresee it being passed, i think that is also the conventional wisdom and i have no reason to doubt it. it would be spectacular if the us decided to default on its debt. but there was something about this merry—go—round this time that see...

for people in england, scotland and wales, average energy bills are set to fall by over £400 a year, thats over $500. the energy regulator ofgem has lowered its price cap for the typical household bill to £2,076, though the actual bill will still, of course, depend on how much energy people use. at its peak last year, the price cap reached more than twice that level, but households were shielded from the full impact of energy prices by a government price guarantee of £2,500. lets ge...

there is a roughly one in four chance that the us will hit the so—called x—date, when the us government runs out of money to pay its bills without a deal to raise the debt limit. that is according to the banking giantjp morgan chase. and they say the odds are getting worse. that forecast comes after house speaker kevin mccarthy said on wednesday that he thought progress could be made, but warned the two sides remain far apart. republicans are warning that any deal must cut future f...

former supreme court justice sandra day oconnor honored today in d.c. as an american pioneer, on and off the bench. are there lessons the country can still learn from her remarkable life? speaking of high ranking women, vice president kamala harris with an extraordinary political challenge to be a game changer in next years election. the biden campaigns bold plan to make abortion the pivotal issue for 2024 and putting harris in charge of making it happen. and whats it going to take...

numbers soaring and think the race is over. how about the year 2000. fighting for the nomination texas governor george w. bush. out of nowhere maverick senator john mccain. people were surprised when the bush coronation turned into a cage match. >> if you dont take care of social security, my friend, thats all hat and no cattle. >> thats cute. they are always cutest when they are true. >> its not true. brian: bush would get the nomination and face al gore. it was not a tough battle. br...

served. with us to start off our coverage, nbc news white house correspondent, monica alba, at the washington national cathedral, melissa murray, a former law clerk to sotomayor, and laura jarrett, and presidential historian, michael beshlash. >> reporter: josé, we will hear from the late justices son in addition to her biographer. as you will hear from president biden and chief justice john roberts, its remarkable because both of them really first met her in 1981. john roberts was wo...

because the eurozones largest economy is now officially in recession. germany has had two consecutive quarters of negative growth. the countrys economy contracted by 0.3% between january and march. this follows a contraction of 0.5% in the final three months of 2022. a drop in consumer spending was main cause of germanys disappointing performance in the first quarter, with household consumption falling by 1.2%, as the cost of living crisis continued to cause headaches for millions of p...

numbers soaring and think the race is over. how about the year 2000. fighting for the nomination texas governor george w. bush. out of nowhere maverick senator john mccain. people were surprised when the bush coronation turned into a cage match. >> if you dont take care of social security, my friend, thats all hat and no cattle. >> thats cute. they are always cutest when they are true. >> its not true. brian: bush would get the nomination and face al gore. it was not a tough battle. br...

though there have been varying reports on the number of casualties. the us geological survey says the quake had a magnitude of 5.9. chinese state media is also reporting that some water, electricity and road networks are damaged. a second quake struck neighbouring xinjiang hours later on tuesday. the damage from that 5.5—magnitude strike was not immediately clear. in a statement, chinese president xi jinping said: he has ordered full rescue efforts to gansu, one of the countrys poore...