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stories and we started in the us. congressional leaders are due to meet with president biden for emergency talks on how to deal with the debt ceiling. reports are coming in the treasury secretary janet yellen has been personally calling chief executives to warn them of the dire consequences a default could have on the us and the global economy. so how did washington get here? samira hussain has been investigating. first of all, this debt ceiling crisis is actually a political crisis, i...

opposition party and the daughter of former prime minister thaksin shinawatra. the winning candidate, and their party will have to grapple with a slew of domestic issues — including polarised politics and a slowing economy. for more on this, i spoke to syetarn hansakul of the economist intelligence unit, who told me thailand is slowly recovering from the pandemic. economic situation has improved from last year. it is in the middle of a cyclical rebound because coming out of the pande...

♪♪ good morning. welcome to "morning joe." this morning, a debt ceiling deal seems to be on the right path. house speaker kevin mccarthy had a much more optimistic tone yesterday while answering questions about the negotiations. well have those comments for you. it comes as president biden is busy with world leaders at the g7 summit in japan. the group just announced a new round of sanctions for russia, aimed at closing loopholes moscow has been using since the start of the ukr...

in the house of commons, where were expecting an urgent question to the home office on the implications of the national crime agencys investigation into mrjavad marandi. this comes after the bbc reported that javad marandi, a businessman whose foreign companies were part of a global money—laundering investigation, is a major donor to the conservative party. the question has been tabled by snp mp alison thewliss. asking if the home secretary will respond or make a statement. we will h...

ukraine says its open attacks are taking a toll on russias war machine and a major counteroffensive could begin at any moment. a dire warning as the ceo of an artificial intelligence company testifies on capitol hill. quote, if this technology depose wrong, it can go quite wrong. we know ai is going to change the world, but how, how quickly, how much, no one quite knows. with the u.s. on the brink of defaulting on its debt, lawmakers are digging in at the white house. those talks i...

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>> what are you going to do tomorrow? >> cant top that. >> you can. bring it. >> see you tomorrow. >> cnn "news central" is now. that music. ♪ new reaction this morning after the town hall with former president trump. what democrats and republicans are saying and how this might shift the race for 2024 in surprising directions. key economic data just into cnn showing inflation is cooling. weekly jobless claims have ticked up to the highest levels since october 2021. title 42 end...

could be a major setback for russian forces as they are bracing for an expected ukrainian counteroffensive. cnns chief international security correspondent nick paton walsh is live. nick, of course, the messages from prigozhin are not new. but what is significant to you about this video that he posted overnight? >> reporter: the fact that they are saying they will leave in five days. they have never said that before. they have threatened that they might compromise their position for a ...

the daughter of former prime minister thaksin shinawatra. the winning candidate, and their party will have to grapple with a slew of domestic issues — including polarised politics and a slowing economy. for more on this, i spoke to syetarn hansakul of the economist intelligence unit, who told me thailand is slowly recovering from the pandemic. economic situation has improved from last year. it is in the middle of a cyclical rebound because coming out of the pandemic recession a bit l...

oh, thats right. despite those who say, "go back to your own country," puerto rico is part of the u.s. its not a state. but its inhabitants are 100% american. and this right here is el viejo, san juan, the oldest part of a heavily fortified colonial city established in 1521 by none other than ponce de leon. and the spaniards named it puerto rico, aka rich port, so you can get an idea of what their intentions were for this island. sugar, spices, gold, just a few of the perks the spanish...