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When it comes to adding to the debt. the deficit is about $29 million right now. i'm as concerned as anybody with the debt but for a matter of fact, this last year we passed the c.a.r.e.s. act because the economy was tanking because of covid. we did a couple of extra ordinary measures to take care of the coronavirus, the pandemic, and spent that money. and now when it comes to paying the bills -- by the way, we did that in a republican house, a republican senate and with a republican president. now when it comes to paying the bills, it's like, no, we're not going to do that. it's great for mes...

Dangerous. >> treasury secretary janet yellen warns of an historic financial crisis if the u.s. defaults on its debt. >> this is playing with fire. it could stop payments to social security recipients. it could stop payments to veterans it could raise interest rates. >> the government can't pay benefits because it's low on cash and can't borrow. republicans say it's up to democrats to address the debt limit. especially since they want to splurge on their partisan $3.5 trillion social spending package. >> they don't want a single republican vote on spending measures but they think we should hav...

This is like the champions league and the world cup rolled into one, i'd imagine, this project. working on this clock will be a once—in—a—lifetime opportunity. to actually have taken it all to pieces, putting it back together again, and then carry on looking after it for a few more years — it's just going to be fantastic. 0ne one of the most striking things you notice is the colour. for many years they were painted black but during they were painted black but during the refurbishment it became clear they were originally this shade of blue which is called prussian blue and that is what ...

Fundamental problem is that even if the funding constraints and the nhs are real, and a fully tax funded system health funding systems are always going to be political decisions. and that means that they will always be at the behest of which of a politician, which of a political party it might be in power at any given time. i would advocate for a very different funding model altogether for a for a very different funding model altogetherfor a health for a very different funding model altogether for a health care service was up one never allows market forces, competition and that would hopefully...

Risen to a record high. nearly 5.5 million people were waiting to start treatment at the end ofjune, according to figures from nhs england. this is the highest number since records began in august 2007. the number of peole having to wait more than 52 weeks to start treatment was over three hundred thousand, at the end ofjune. —— was over 300,000 at the end ofjune. that's an improvement from the previous month but around six times higher than figures a year earlier. a year ago, just over 50,000 people were waiting longer thank a year. the health secretary said the rises were expected and we...