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f the debt limit isnt raised or suspended. thats a new really serious warning from the treasury secretary janet yellen. we did learn house speaker kevin mccarthy agreed to go to the white house and meet with the president next week. hollywood writers now on strike. its the first time they have done so in 15 years. production will be delayed on some of your favorite television shows. for more you on that. also, at least six people are dead after a huge pileup on i-55 on central illi...

From the treasury secretary janet yellen in this new letter to lawmakers. she predicts the government could run out of money to pay bills on june 1st. yellen writes not raising the debt limit would cause harm our global leadership position, raise questions about our ability to defend our national security interests. new this morning, we just learned that house speaker kevin mccarthy has accepted president bidens invitation to meet at the white house on tuesday. both sides still refusing to budge...

Really -- are really playing their cards closely here. the house already passed its own legislation to avert a government shutdown and raise the debt limit, but republicans in the senate have mostly vowed to oppose any legislation that will raise the debt limit. so what we have here is a classic washington problem where both parties are staring at each other until one side blinks. whether that means the democrats will have to split up this government funding bill and the debt ceiling bill and go...

Mcconnell, the senate republican leader is not budging. he usually does not bluff in situations like this, but hes also not the type of person who is interested in watching the united states default. i think this is going to have to get closer to the brnk before either side blinks because democrats are determined not to put this in reconciliation for a number of reasons, firstly they dont want to set a precedent where only one party is responsible for paying the countrys bills and secondly there...

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Security. >> we reject the actions in which a parallel government is trying to be installed in our country. we recognize commander in chief, citizen nicolas maduro. >> john: we are back with our panel, you are the national security expert here. where is this heading? >> this is a tough one, whats important is the number of countries in the western hemisphere that is supporting the opposition as well. i think if you look at the larger picture, this is the first real geopolitical power struggle be...

"new york times" chief diplomatic correspondent, stevensteven irlanger. thanks for being with us. >> thanks, rosemary. >> president trump is giving every indication he will keep the shutdown until he gets his border wall. but the democrats say he is not going to get that wall. if neither side blinks, the government will be shut down for some time. what are the ramifications of a long-term shutdown and who gets the blame? >> well, in the end, the people who get hurt the most are government employ...

Square one. thats where we are this morning with no sign of a breakthrough in sight, alex. >> all right. lets take a listen to outgoing house majority leader kevin mccarthy. heres what he had to say about this. >> we talked to the president. we needed more criminal justice bill signing. he was hopeful we could find common ground. schumer has changed his position for a weeking a. hes trying to make it critical, and i dont believe the american people should have to be put through that. he shut the...

Suggests and it backs up conversations i had yesterday with some senior people in the democratic senate caucus which is that there are probably a lot of members that dont want to shut down the government .that may be willing to do one last short-term sort of patch maybe for five days or something, a clean bill with nothing attached to it to give them one last chance to actually negotiate, sit down and get something done. but, you know, theres a real risk that it could happen. because you have a ...

Protesters and police officers test one another. its like a staring contest, only often times with violence and arrests and chaos if one side blinks. >> a person has turned this entire quiet area. we are being sprayed with mace. we are being sprayed with pepper spray. >> you might not call those the greatest hits, the worst hits, police arresting more than 200 people in one night earlier this week.