in time will rank and file members of both parties go for it? the impact of defaulting would be felt by everyone. economists save millions of americans could lose their jobs, putting the country into a recession. and there would be untold disruption to the world financial markets. financial markets. when you look at wall financial markets. when you look at wall street - financial markets. when you look at wall street investors are watching the negotiation very closely for the part overnight quite a bit of a mixed bag. we will continue to monitor how asian markets react after that meeting between kevin mccarthy and joe biden wrap up with no agreement insightjust yet. away wrap up with no agreement insight just yet. away from the us into china now, the british chamber of commerce and china s just released a report showing that a majority of its members now feel more confident about doing business there compared to a year ago. earlier i spoke to a year ago. earlier i spoke to the organ
$73 million settlement against a gun manufacturer. the victims now have access to thousands of internal company documents they hope could help other families in the future. we begin in ukraine. the secretary of state tony blinken speaking with foreign minister sergey lavrov. president biden conferencing with the french president emanuel macron and russia s putin holding a meeting with germany s olaf scholz. how the world reads the russian leader s intent is key to whether you view the 24 hours as diplomacy or if it still ends with an invasion. some of the military units will now return to their bases once exercises in the region finish. some, including world financial markets, interpret this as a tone shift moment. but the nato secretary-general says seeing is believing and that, so far, there is no proof of any significant de-escalation. in fact, an american defense official tells cnn other russian units now creeping closer to the