ceiling. a familiar topic, but the circumstances this time are quite different. on friday, janet yellin announced that the united states will hit its debt limit this coming thursday. the debt limit is the maximum amount, according to law, that the federal government can borrow to pay for its obligations, to pay for things start to spend money on. that includes, all of the really important functions of government, everything from air traffic control to medicare and social security payments, congress decides what that limit is. so, secretary yellen wrote to house speaker kevin mccarthy, warning him that it is, quote, critical that congress act in a timely manner, to increase or suspend the debt limit, and quote. she wanted to explain that, quote, filler to meet the governments obligations would cause irreparable harm to the u.s. economy, the livelihoods of all americans, and global financial stability. all of that is true. to be clear, the united states government to fight fal
so did. mom s our and blurry couples early years in boston. i would imagine it was a sweetness to that time. it wasn t very long after they were married, and after they left boston and settled in montgomery. and then for their, until the end of his life in 1968, it was a very public life. that bomb, now the mortal arms entwined, holding each other up, clinging to the dream. thank you to craig often, for sharing that very important story with us. this important night of remembrance and renewal. and on that important note. i wish you, a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late, i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow the full faith and credit of these comments on the line. i think that s a real threat that both sides have to take seriously. tonight s, while we may be just days away from the first genuine crisis caused by the republican-controlled house. then, i don t know about size may not, bu
what we know about how they were found in what the biden team is doing about it. and a dangerous escalation into the battle over medication and abortion. we will touch down in the state whose attorney general has threatened to prosecute women for taking abortion pills. plus, they would ve been dr. martin luther king junior s 94th birthday. tomorrow, we celebrate his. life later this, hour though, we will talk with his. work velshi starts now. and good morning to you. it is sunday january the 15th. i am ali velshi. we begin with a dire warning for the american economy. a debt ceiling showdown that is set to explode this week in congress, with potentially disastrous consequences. but in order to understand what is at stake, let us start with a history lesson and a historic visit. on, friday president biden hosted the japanese prime minister fumio kishida at the white house. an important visit meant to highlight the close relationship in the alliance between those two nations. a
we were just looking at a life house on the north shore of the detroit. river i am on an island in the middle of the. river that is detroit, believe it or not to my north. that is canada believe it or not to myself. when you are in detroit and you look at canada you re actually looking south to word windsor but i love being here partly because i can swim to my home country. it is saturday october the 22nd. that is the renaissance center, the home to general motors. from electability you re just looking at a detroit it is 9 am in the east, 6 am in the west. i m ali velshi. today 17 days before election day i am here in belle isle to state park in detroit michigan, in this crucial swing state to bring you a very special edition of velshi across america 2022. yesterday i had a fascinating and important conversation with a group of michigan but voters from across the political spectrum as election day approaches. we are going to share more of it with you in the coming hours even
, tonight on all in. mar-a-lago meets the supreme court. this amounts to an absolutely unprecedented effort to interfere with a criminal investigation. tonight, what we re learning about today s important new doj filing and will trump s supreme court cronies help him obstruct a criminal investigation? then, a surprise republican senate seat suddenly in trouble. my colleagues independent challenger joins me live. plus, senator bernie sanders on while he says control of congress will come down to an economic message. and rebecca on the campaign trail recovery of john fetterman and the tv doctor attacking him for his health. after having that stroke, i really understand, you know, much more of the challenges that americans have died in a day out. all in starts now. good evening from washington, d.c. i am mehdi hasan in for chris hayes. whatever you think of the ex president and his brazen lies in his ludicrous lawyers and his alleged crimes, donald trump s strategy is