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we begin in the us, where the treasury secretary — janet yellen — has sounded a stark warning over the countrys debt ceiling. this is the amount of money the us government is allowed to borrow to pay for pretty much everything they do. speaking to abc, she says that if lawmakers fail to raise that ceiling the us could be left unable to pay its bills by the beginning ofjune. it is congresss job to do this. if they fail to do it, we will have an economic and financial catastrophe tha...

we will get reaction tonight to that and to the calls for a ceasefire. now is not the time, says labour leader sir keir starmer, who — in spite of the loud protests within his party — is backing israels response. not an easy time though for americasjewish community, with antisemistism on the rise at colleges and universities. with us tonight to discuss the fallout from the war. the former adviser to president obamas state department, joel rubin and the deputy comment editor at the ...

And myself and the other secretaries are working hard to pass this legislation. you know, the president made it clear on friday a couple of things he was concerned about was not enough invested in job creation. not enough investment in the climate. those are issues top priorities to the president and top priorities in moving our country forward. i want to commend the president, he spent lots of hours having conversations and some of the conversations were good conversations with trying to move a...

Protected status. that is going nowhere in the house of representatives where speaker nancy pelosi will bring a package of bills this week in the house that would expand border funding by a billion dollars. it is border security money and not border wall money. that is a key distinction. meanwhile in the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell will bring a package forward that looks a lot like the presidents proposal that would include an extension of the violence against womens act all intended ...

The big story was the torture report. this morning, new evidence measuring how much the revelations contained within that report appear to be resonating with the country. but we want to begin this hour with more on the funding fight. its not really about keeping the government open, which is now tearing washington apart. within the last 36 hours weve learned how powerful elizabeth warren is. her influence in the wake of this only figures to grow. senator warren who sparked a revolt over a wall...

A budget deal, a deal negotiated behind closed doors that slips in a provision that would let derivatives traders on wall street gamble with taxpayer money and get bailed out by the government when their risky bets threaten to blow up our financial system. these are the same banks that nearly broke the economy in 2008 and destroyed millions of jobs. the same banks that got bailed out by taxpayers and are now raking in record profits. this is a democracy, and the american people didnt elect us to...

Nancy pelosi says she wants this provision stripped out of the bill. she wants it in no uncertain terms. elizabeth warren railed against this provision on the senate floor tonight. senator warren passionately urging her house colleagues to vote no on the bill if it holds this provision in it. to not give the republicans the votes they need to pass this thing. not as long as this thing is slipped into it. >> the house is about to vote on a budget deal, a deal negotiated behind closed doors that s...

Roll back a key piece of the dodd/frank financial reform law that was designed to limit damage from risky derivatives trading. the inclusion of that measure in the spending bill prompted an apoplectic senator elizabeth warren to call on her colleagues. >> who does congress work for? does it work for the millionaires, the billionaires, the economies with their lobbyists and lawyers or does it work for all the people? i urge my colleagues in the house, particularly my democratic colleagues whose v...

Because people of all political per situations were disgusted at the idea of future bailouts, and now, no debate, no discussion, republicans in the house of representatives are threatening to shut down the government if they dont get a chance to repeal it. i urge my colleagues in the house, particularly my democratic colleagues whose votes are essential to moving this package forward, to withhold support from it until this risky giveaway is removed from the legislation. >> wow. were back at the ...

And omnibus is a provision to roll back a key piece of the dodd/frank financial reform law that was designed to limit damage from risky derivatives trading. the inclusion of that measure in the spending bill prompted an apoplectic senator elizabeth warren to call on her colleagues. >> who does congress work for? does it work for the millionaires, the billionaires, the economies with their lobbyists and lawyers or does it work for all the people? i urge my colleagues in the house, particularly my...