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Jeopardy. so the consequences are severe. at the same time, the president has made completely clear for months again that he is perfectly willing to sit down with speaker mccarthy and all the congressional leadership to have a conversation about tax and spending policy, about our budget. hes laid out our budget in early march, in detail, the spending programs hes in favor of, the tax policies hes in favor of. we are more than happy to have a conversation with republicans why we prefer our vision...

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>> i said, i remember, to senator schumer and nancy pelosi, would anyone ever use that to negotiate? they said, absolutely not. thats a sacred element of the country. they cant see that southern connecticut. >> things have changed, but the only reason that were telling you this is what happens in these meetings, they directly affect your pocketbook. thats a fact especially true of the 66 million americans who are relying on social security, the same for veterans or for active duty troops who -- ...

They were shooting at and when that target would be arriving in their area. >> another thing thats interesting, there are two people apparently climbing that dome and i also wanted to potent out theres a large stage and seating here. its in anticipation of may 9th, victory day, a big symbolic day for russia, perhaps a day that ukraine might have wanted to target. >> well, thats possible because as you said, boris, you know, may 9th is a really big holiday from a military perspective in russia. t...

Victory day parade this time around? >> reporter: i think there are several things at play here. number one is theyve got a lot of men and material committed to the front. we know that the may day parades in some towns in the country have been scaled back significantly or even effectively canceled. i think its very significant that russia isnt using its aircraft which normally perform a service slow fly by over moscow over the center of moscow, over the kremlin during those may 9th celebrations....

Russians, the use of nuclear weapons which is incredibly dangerous. you just laid out the fundamental difference between how the western powers view the release of nuclear weapons and the russians. they look at that as another tool in the bag. this is -- the russians, on the other hand, delegate that authority to the theater commander. so that individual if he feels threatened can use the nukes. and it would be an easy leap for that individual to use those nukes if, in fact, it was validated or ...

9th victory day parade in red square, but the weakness and insecurity of the kremlin has been exposed for all to see. wolf, as well as publicly denying any involvement with this drone incident, ukrainian official tell us tonight theyre also privately reiterating that to officials in the united states and other allies as well. meanwhile, in russia, there are calls for vengeance in the media and amongst senior russian officials at what many there view as a humiliating strike at the heart of the ru...

Timing of the alleged attack also adds to the suspicion. just days ahead of the annual military parade in red square on may 9th. air raid sirens rang out here in dnipro and kyiv moments after the com1 announced that alleged assassination attempt, even if it was orchestrated by the kremlin, ukraine can only await that vow of retaliation to come. norah? >> norah: charlie dagata, thank you. federal drug agents in new york city showed off the results of an alarming fentanyl bus today. they say a pol...

Could default on its debt as soon as june 1st. thats a full month earlier than previously estimated. and it could set off economic calamity worldwide. but the two sides are not compromising. republicans are insisting president biden negotiate spending cuts along with the debt limit, while democrats say gop leaders are trying to hold the economy hostage. president biden has just invited congress top four officials to discuss the standoff on may 9th, but the white house says its not budging underm...

Given how intractable the two positions are at this moment in time, at the white house insisting that they are not moving off of, despite the presidents call for the top four leaders today, that there will be no conditions attached to any clean debt ceiling increase. the stare down has the very real potential did not just approach the edge but go right over it. that was the driving force, especially given the fact that secretary janet yellens letter what out leaders today behind the presidents p...