in four years time. not quite at its destination, but it is getting there. the colosseum, the pantheon, piazza navona?rome is the picture postcard city beloved by those who visit it. but peel back the facade and you find it s plagued by problems. this weekend, romans will decide who should govern as mayoral elections take place across italy. our rome correspondent mark lowen reports now on a city that its increasingly disgruntled residents feel is falling apart. it should be fixed, because it looks like a dirty town. it doesn t look clean at all. for me, it is heartbreaking, to see my city is a bit left behind. the eternal city, caput mundi , rome, bewitches the world and those of us lucky enough live here but,
to avoid a government shutdown ahead of the midnight deadline. the other big deadline that we have on the horizon right now is the debt limit. right. if republicans continue to play games and let the u.s. default on their bills as a political stunt, what would that do to our economy? well, hang on. i think we have to be clear. i don t think the republicans are playing games at alt. i think senator mcconnell is dead serious that he s not going to let his caucus in the senate take this vote. they are not going to vote to support a debt limit rise even though it s traditionally been bipartisan and even though part of the debt that they re paying off because raising the debt limit is not future spending. it s the bills we ve already accrued. 97% of it, right? so that has already been done by republican and democratic administrations. but let s talk about what happens here if, as we approach the 18th of october, which is what secretary yellen it s going to be when she can t find
have. even though it has come into play now, this will not be enforced until the 18th of october. alexandra mackenzie. facebook s global head of safety has defended the social media giant against accusations that its photo sharing app instagram can negatively affect the mental health of young people. antigone davis was appearing before a us senate committee hearing on child protection. it comes two weeks after a leak exposed how instagram s own research had found the platform could have a damaging impact on teenagers body image and self esteem. senators highlighted how facebook had earlier denied it was aware of the research. ms davis argued that instagram affirmatively helped young people on serious issues. our los angeles correspondent david willis has more. she said that this could actually, in some cases, help to give young people more control over their lives and to actually be helpful to them. that wasn t met with much sympathy, i might add,
it s bills we ve already accrued. 97% of it. exactly. that has already been done by republican and democratic administrations. let s talk about what happens here. if as we approach the 18th of october, which is what secretary yellen says it s going to be when she can t find more money to pay the bills, you re fwog to see in that week, ten days prior, you re going to see interest rates inching up. if we get to the 18th, what s going to happen? the treasury secretary, because it is her job to pay the bills, the first thing she s going to pay is interest on all the bonds and notes and bills that we have sold off to pay our debt, right? she s going to protect the credit of the united states. but if she can t borrow more money, she s not going to be able to pay social security, military, med ticare and medica, anybody who gets payments from the government. those are going to start to reduce in proportion to how long it takes the congress, republicans, to figure out they
football matches tomorrow. that will cross reference with the app that these businesses have. even though it has come into play now, this will not be enforced until the 18th of october. : :, :, :, ~ not be enforced until the 18th of october. : :, :, :, ,, :, october. alexandra, thank you for that. alexandra october. alexandra, thank you for that. alexandra mackenzie - october. alexandra, thank you for that. alexandra mackenzie in i that. alexandra mackenzie in glasgow. i mjoined by that. alexandra mackenzie in glasgow. i m joined by leon thompson, scotland executive director of uk hospitality which represents more than 730 companies operating about 85,000 venues. thank you forjoining us. 18th of october, a little bit of a grace period for everyone to get used to the scheme. broadly speaking, do you think it is going to work well or not? we are already seeing challenges with the app, we are expecting it to be challenging for businesses and many businesses are reporting they will stru