Irwin joining us with. And kay la, i will start you with. At the windy white house there, as it relates to what were hearing from the Treasury Secretary, and from cnbc language, to Plain English here, what it means. Well, its significant because the Treasury Secretary is saying that as of early june, the federal government wont be able to pay its bills anymore. Its allowed by congress to borrow up to 31 trillion and change, but its going to hit that number next thursday. After that point, treasury is going to be looking under couch cushions to try to finds some additional money. It will be pinching pennies. And it says it will stop contributing or investing into some federal workers retirement accounts, to try to conserve some of that cash in order to avoid reaching that debt limit, or not being able to pay for allies and adversaries that hold the u. S. Debt. So certainly the Treasury Secretary is trying to call on congress and say we need a deal in the coming months. I spoke to a seni
irwin joining us with. and kay la, i will start you with. at the windy white house there, as it relates to what we re hearing from the treasury secretary, and from cnbc language, to plain english here, what it means. well, it s significant because the treasury secretary is saying that as of early june, the federal government won t be able to pay its bills anymore. it s allowed by congress to borrow up to $31 trillion and change, but it s going to hit that number next thursday. after that point, treasury is going to be looking under couch cushions to try to finds some additional money. it will be pinching pennies. and it says it will stop contributing or investing into some federal workers retirement accounts, to try to conserve some of that cash in order to avoid reaching that debt limit, or not being able to pay for allies and adversaries that hold the u.s. debt. so certainly the treasury secretary is trying to call on congress and say we need a deal in the coming months.
russia. in 1981, he was sent to prison for robbery and theft. and when released in 1990, he became a hot dog salesman in st petersburg. but by 1997 he was running a top restaurant and winning lucrative catering contracts. those brought connections to the top. prigozhin even served food to world leaders. and to putin himself. and prigozhin s role was becoming about much more than food. in 2014 russia annexed crimea and launched an insurgency in eastern ukraine. prigozhin was involved. of that time, he s said a group of patriots was born , which later acquired the name wagner battalion. and soon the wagner group reached far beyond ukraine. the fbi accused prigozhin of interfering in the 2016 us election. in syria, wagner fighters supported pro government forces. more recently there are multiple reports of wagner s military and commercial activity in africa. with the eu accusing
ultimate in my experience, putin is the ultimate apostle of payback. | ultimate apostle of payback. i know you are not at liberty to disclose intelligence briefings you get on the house intelligence committee but was very sense in us intelligence that prigozhin was indeed not safe and essentially you are waiting for the other shoe to drop? i waiting for the other shoe to dro - ? ~ :, , drop? i think that feeling is laruel drop? i think that feeling is largely probably drop? i think that feeling is largely probably yes. i drop? i think that feeling is largely probably yes. of i largely probably yes. of course, we don t have any evidence to document this at this time. i think over the course of the months and weeks to come, i think we will find this out. i have to say i don t think the story necessarily ends here for that mr prigozhin and mr utkin were the number one and two of wagner but there are many leaders and wagner. many in the middle east and africa. we don t know how they
statement confirming yevgeny prigozhin s name was on the passenger manifest of that plane. that is very fast for that particular agency. it usually takes much longer to respond to incidents like this. but already raise a few eyebrows here because after all, speculation has been swirling for some time now for the exactly about what fate would await yevgeny prigozhin. when yevgeny prigozhin launched his mutiny exactly two months ago, his wagner mercenary is these are major russian city and even marched on my must go. there was hugely written for the kremlin and vladimir putin is not the kind of man to forget that. if you give any progression was killed in the plane crash today which is likely, it will come as no shock whatsoever to most people here. most people will probably be surprised it did not happen