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you're live in the "cnn newsroom." i'm jim acosta in washington. we're at a crucial moment in the high-stakes debt ceiling talks. we're waiting for details on a phone call that just wrapped up in the last hour between president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy. negotiations are down to one final sticking point, safety net for social programs. leaders may have as little as eight days to prevent the u.s. from defaulting on its debt. many experts predict economic disaster if that happens. manu raju is up on capitol hill. manu, i was hoping since you were there in front of the came...

change chang changing day by day. john fetterman and mehmet oz, their first and only debate just got underway. everett sturm pulled out of the race. quoting from his tweet announcing the decision, i am polling 3% which places democracy at risk. it's not clear what pennsylvania voters will make that have notion but it's one more thing for them to consider along with what they see from the two main candidates in race that could decide rcontrol of the senate ad perhaps congress the next two years. it's true that voters nationwide have more factors to weigh than most midterms, not just t...

Imploring washington lawmakers to hammer out a deal and raise the debt ceiling before the u.s. government runs out a cash to pay its bills. >> for crying outloud, do your job and stop putting everybody at risk. >> reporter: he says 60% of his construction's firm's revenue comes from government contracts, and they just started another project. >> what can a default between for your business? >> reporter: we're doing millions of dollars of work over the next 60 days. when will i get paid for that? as long as we don't have an economic downturn. >> workers are anxious for a deal. >> i have four pe...

Boxes. so these things are being -- >> by law now. >> right. it's by law. they are being monitored. there is video surveillance constantly of them and the idea that, i mean, look, an area people are allowed to sit, whatever. but the idea of sort of being, you know, visibly armed, it's, you know, it seems very strange and unnecessary. >> it's strange, you are being nice. >> yeah. >> if i'm walking -- it's like i go to the drugstore and i happened to carry my ar along with me, just doing regular things? no. it's obvious that you are there to make your statement about that we're here to protect t...

Concerts. russian movies are being pulled from film festivals. russian-own restaurants are being vandalized and flooded with negative reviews. for crying outloud here, russian vodka is being poured out into the street. forgive me, but i must state the obvious. boycotting russian culture doesn't help the people of ukraine. yes, this is the worst humanitarian crisis europe has experienced in generations and passions are very high. but let's not turn this into another freedom fries moment. we need to take a step back and separate a country's culture from its political leaders. otherwise, all we'r...