U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday will address the impact of federal budget cuts and a looming government shutdown on the American people, in what aides described as a major economic speech, with less than three weeks before funding for the government runs out. The main bone of contention among House Republicans is a demand to cut spending for fiscal 2024 to $1.47 trillion about $120 billion less than Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy agreed in May. The White House and Senate leaders - including top Republican Mitch McConnell - have rejected that demand. "Today, the President will explain how these harmful cuts fit into the larger Republican budget plan.and what that plan would mean for the American people," the White House said in a statement.
grow opportunities for our constituents. reporter: reid wants the senate to do the highway trust fund and patriot bill first. the senate can only do one thing in the next month. meanwhile, moments ago, the senate passed a republican budget plan 51-48. that would balance over the next decade and cut $5 trillion in spending and essentially gut obamacare. mike live on the hill thank you. what do you think? do you support the transpacific trade deal? let me know on facebook or on twitter @bretbaier. well you may feel the effects of the bird flu one way or the other. it has devastated midwestern poultry in recent weeks. more than 21 million birds have been euthanized including 3.5 million turkeys in minnesota, the nation s largest producer.
and d.c., is this rick santorum s last stand? can he convince republicans that the race isn t already over? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com let s begin with the breaking news. tornado emergencies right now in the dallas-ft. worth area. look at these pictures that have been coming in. this was the scene in the dallas-ft. worth area just a little while ago as the sky turns dark. we see a massive funnel cloud draw closer and then this monster tornado descends on a truck park, picks up giant trailers as if they were little toys and sends them flying. look at this. flying through the air. that s just one of the twisters on the ground today. let s go straight to our meteorologist chad myers. chad, for viewers who are just tuning in, update them on what has happened over the past hour or so. what has happened as two tornadoes, one going up 35w and one going up 35e. you have to understand, from san antonio to austin there s
just days after launching his campaign, newt gingrich was forced to apologize for slamming a key republican budget plan. gingrich stumbled so badly coming out of the starting gate that many question whether he can even recover. joe johns is here following this uproar for us. what s the latest? wolf, the first few days and weeks are sensitive for campaigns. any candidate would love to get off on the right foot, set the right tone. but in the case of gingrich it has not happened so far. when it rains it pours. newt gingrich s first week in the race has been so bad by any measure when a gay activist known for political pranks sprinkled glitter on the former speaker and his wife, that old adage came to mind. stop the hate. stop anti-gay politics. while the left certainly has its beef with newt gingrich. the onslaught this week came from the right and he had no one