table. i have here the government accountability office document that nation s fiscal health. may 2023. issued a couple weeks ago, this was issued to every leader in congress by the executive branch. the gao is one of the best of the entities our government has, what do they say. why do we care. it says: balance of current revenue, resolve in debt growing faster than the economy, thi this is unsustainable. the government never writes reports like this or speaks like this. it continues: cbo, has stated high and rising federal debt is a fiscal crisis. underlying conditions driving unsustainable fiscal outlook post, social challenges have not addressed. they are trying to say, the economy could collapse. could collapse. they go on: they are saying we re not at war, the ethe econo economics balancedded 3 out of last 4 years. for example, debt held by public, grew during economic expansion of june 2009 to february 2020, it did not grow during the economic expansion from march of
turnout is expected to be huge. the poll is one of the most consequential in the country s modern history, with mr erdogan s islamic party challenged by an opposition set on a more secular course, and promising closer ties to the west. president tayyip erdogan cast his vote in istanbul. and this is his key rival kimil kilicdaroglu. he s the leader of a broad opposition alliance hoping to end mr erdogan s time in power. as polls closed, president erdogan tweeted: the voting process has been completed throughout the country in a way that befits our democracy. now, as always, it is time to firmly protect the ballot boxes. until the results are finalised, we will continue to protect the will of our people. let s talk now to our correspondent, selin girit at the opposition s headquarters in istanbul. hello to you. i suppose we can talk a bit more freely now that polls have closed but this is a tight race is in? it have closed but this is a tight race is in? , , have closed
pictures from gaza city, hours ago the israeli military carried out areas, targeting areas belong to the al shabab group. three members were among at least nine killed. civilians are reportedly among the dead. explosions were reportedly heard throughout gaza city and in a factory on the south, causing panic among residents. in statements, the military wing of islamichhad said resistance to israel would continue. this is a developing story and we will continue a little later in the show. to the us state of texas, where the driver of a car that struck a group of people at a bus stop, killing eight, has been charged with manslaughter. it happned in the city of brownsville, texas, which is right near the mexico border. police have identified the driver as george alvarez, a 34 year old brownsville resident with a lengthy criminal history. investigators have not yet determined if the incident was intentional or accidental. and further north in texas, more details have been released
right now in texas, the manhunt is intensifying for the suspect police say fatally shot five of his neighbors execution style. what we know about the victims including one who was just 9 years old. flood waters are still rising in parts of iowa as residents are using boats to salvage what they can from their underwater homes. we ll take you live to davenport. and on this international workers day, as many as 1 million demonstrators are taking to the streets of france amid president macron s decision to raise the nation s retirement age. we ll take you live to paris. and we begin with breaking news on the state of the u.s. banking system. overnight, federal regulators moved to close down first republic bank and sell its assets to jpmorgan chase. this morning first republic s 84 branches in eight states reopened as branches of jpmorgan chase. this is the third and actually the biggest u.s. bank to fail this year. it s also the second largest bank by assets to fail in u.s.