anderson, thank you. matt gaetz, he single handedly held up kevin mccarthy s election as speaker, you ll recall. well, tonight, he s threatening to do it again in a new battle on capitol hill. and he s here. i m michael smerconish. live from new york city on the day that president joe biden asks americans for another four years, the nation is at risk of a potential economic disaster. thanks to partisan and interparty politics in washington, the u.s. is scheduled to default on its debt as early as june. something that s never happened before. and if the nation defaults, that means massive job losses, almost assures a recession. federal benefits, like social security are at risk. interest rates, what you pay on your house, your car, your college loan, they all skyrocket. the stock market, it tumbles, drag with it your 401(k)s. i know what you re thinking. michael, come on. we have seen the movie before and we know how it ends. they re going to figure it out. just before t
old. the news continues. cnn newsroom with michael starts now. anderson, thank. you matt gates, he singlehandedly held up kevin mccarthy s election as speaker, you ll recall, well tonight he is threatening to do it again in a new battle on capitol hill. and, he is here. i m michael, live from new york city, on the day the president joe biden asked americans for another four years. the nation is at risk of a potential economic disaster. thanks to partisan and intra party politics in washington, the u.s. is scheduled to default on its debt, as early as june. something that has never happened before. , and if the nation default, that means massive job losses, almost usher as a recession. federal benefits like social security are at risk, interest rates, what do you pay out of your house, your car, your college loan, they all skyrocket. the stock market, it tumbles, dragging with it your 401 case. i know what you re thinking. you re thinking, michael, we ve seen the movie before.
offer them an apology? [inaudible] will alejandro mayorkas coming face to face with the grandmother and child killed by smuggler. an estimated 15 tornadoes ripped through oklahoma overnight killing at least two people and leaving a trail of destruction. some of these storms just exploded in the oklahoma city area. strikes. it s a high fly ball to center. aaron judge all the way back to the wall. that ball caught. caught by john. he robs atone of a home run. ainsley: straight to a fox news alert. look at that annual estimated 15 tornadoes ripping through oklahoma overnight, killing at least two people and leaving a trail of destruction. steve: look at that. a number of other people have been hurt. at least right now 20,000 people are without power. officials issued warnings for 70 counties as the 70 mile-per-hour wind tore the roofs of of buildings and downed power lines. people are waking this up morning with no juice. brian: folks are stranded right now in a pa
they are praising the return of rapper kendrick lamar. we will go through the messages behind his new music later on in the show. first, we begin with an extraordinary step in the house investigation into the january 6th insurrection. five sitting republican members of congress have been subpoenaed by the committee, each of them believed to have relevant information about the attack on the u.s. capitol and the events that led up to it. scott perry was the first lawmaker to ask to be asked to voluntarily testify. they received evidence that he was involved to oust trump s for not pursuing the baseless fraud claims that would spiral into the big lie. the committee soon after reached out to ohio congressman jim jordan. they say that he was in communication with president trump on january 6th and participated in several meetings about overturning the election. the committee says that arizona lawmaker andy biggs, worked with state officials that the election was stolen. he also wa
milestone. putin s war back fires. with fin land moving closer to joining nalto, could russia retaliate as the kremlin cuts off gas to europe. we re following a number of severe weather stories. dangerous storms in parts of the country. raging wildfires damage dozens of million dollar homes out west. and how a two decade drought is eroding one of america s most iconic reservoirs. news on the triple crown, the announcement from the underdog winner of the kentucky derby. and finally tonight, you have to see this video. the good sam tar samaritans who bring a woman suffering a medical emergency behind the wheel to safety. sth is the this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you so much for joining us on this thursday night. we want to begin with a crisis many say shouldn t be happening here in the united states of america. a struggle for parents to get baby formula. we learn today that th