one top secret document was among those found at the president s office. the white house leaving many unanswered questions about how and why documents ended up there. is it too late to do damage control now that a special counsel is involved? plus, historic selma, alabama taking a direct hit from a massive tornado. one of more than two dozen that plowed through the southern u.s. smashing buildings launching mobile homes into the air across a 200 mile stretch. at least 700 people were killed including a little boy. we ll take you to selma live. and my live interview with captain sully sullenberger, the man best known for the miracle on the hudson. he ll share his unique insights on what s right and wrong with the airline industry in 2023 and what he thinks needs to be done to fix it. but we start with the white house on defense amid new details and new fallout from the discovery of classified documents at president biden s former office and home in delaware. nbc news learn
irwin joining us with. and kay la, i will start you with. at the windy white house there, as it relates to what we re hearing from the treasury secretary, and from cnbc language, to plain english here, what it means. well, it s significant because the treasury secretary is saying that as of early june, the federal government won t be able to pay its bills anymore. it s allowed by congress to borrow up to $31 trillion and change, but it s going to hit that number next thursday. after that point, treasury is going to be looking under couch cushions to try to finds some additional money. it will be pinching pennies. and it says it will stop contributing or investing into some federal workers retirement accounts, to try to conserve some of that cash in order to avoid reaching that debt limit, or not being able to pay for allies and adversaries that hold the u.s. debt. so certainly the treasury secretary is trying to call on congress and say we need a deal in the coming months.
malveaux. the u.s. says opening korean markets to american automakers and farmers will create 280,000 jobs. more next hour when president obama and lee hold a news conference at the white house and you ll see it live here on cn this. in libya today, the battle for sirte has come down to a few streets. [ gunfire ] sirte is among the last towns to keep fighting for muammar gadhafi, the former libyan ruler. it s his tribal home and fiercely loyal. it will declare them liberated once it declares all of sirte. our dan rivers is there. reporter: like the troops we re with, we try to stay out of the line of fire. sometimes the bullets come out of nowhere. comfortably close, even battle hardened soldiers flinch sometimes. libyan fighters claim they have captured one of gadhafi s sons in sirte. that has not been confirmed. such reports have been wrong in the past. and freed american hikers shane bower and josh fattal will meet with secretary of state hillary clinton this a