Have been several incidents like this. Take a look at this one, this is a small fire in a different Polling Station here. This isjust the first day three days of voting. First lets look at the contenders also on ballot. They havent criticsed putin and they havent got a realistic chance of winning. Nikolay kharitonov of the Communist Party a political veteran. Vladislav davankov of the new people party former businessperson, relative newcomer. Leonid slutsky of the right wing, nationalist liberal democratic party. Remember putins main opposition figure, alexei navalny, died last month in a russian prison. His team have asked supporters to come out and demonstrate at Polling Stations on sunday. Here are the details of the days vote with our russia editor steve rosenberg. Russias democracy is the best in the world, the kremlin says. And at Polling Station 38 in moscow, we found a choice of candidates and plenty of voters. Democracy in action, right . Not quite. Realistically, only one man
Shes urged the west not to recognise what will be putins fifth term as president. Our russia editor, steve rosenberg, is in moscow with more. Russias democracy is the best in the world, the kremlin says. And at Polling Station 38 in moscow, we found a choice of candidates and plenty of voters. Democracy in action, right . Not quite. Realistically, only one man can win this. Vladimir putin the man whos been on russias political stage for the last quarter of a century. Vladimir putin faces no serious challenger. His fiercest rivals are in exile or in prison. Not that this woman, whose son is fighting in ukraine, wants any change at the top. Of course i voted for putin, she says. I trust him. But not everyone who came out today was actually voting. This, one of a string of attacks on Polling Stations across russia. They are unprecedented. After chaotic scenes here. An arsonist is detained. And green ink poured into a ballot box. The authorities called the attackers scum. Some voters were
economists say this one should not hurt the economy. joining me now is cnbc senior analyst, congressional continue, julie tsirkin, and nbc news white house correspondent, al allie raffa. i want to read a few notable things. jason fuhrman, the former deputy director of obama s national council says the fed will be happy. the economy needs cooling off and this takes pressure off interest rates in accomplishing cooling off. a jpmorgan chase analyst says the agreement could function as the equivalent of a quarter point increase in interest rates in terms of helping to restrain inflation, and ben harris, a former deputy treasury secretary says the most important impact is the stability that comes with having a deal. markets can function knowing that we don t have a cataclysmic debt ceiling crisis looming anymore. so, ron, explain that to us. explain what they re talking about. so katy, i m going to take answer number three as the most accurate one. i just think avoiding a debt
responsibility to pay for this mess. senator tim scott has officially launched his 2024 presidential campaign. i m running for president of the united states. the naacp has issued a travel warning for florida, calling the policies of governor ron desantis hostile to minority communities. norah: back-to-back shark attacks in the florida keys. that one was not afraid of us. he wanted me. norah: the inspirational story behind the historic new name of a u.s. army base. it s not named fort hal moore. it s both hal moore and julie. the fairy tale story gets better. a hole-in-one for michael block! dunked it. get there, yes. magic. we get to see him next year. music to my ears, my friend. music to my ears. norah: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us as we start a new week together. we want to begin tonight at the white house with debt limit negotiations taking place with the full faith and credit of the unite