kevin mccarthy just passed the toughest test ever as speaker, trying to keep the republicans in line, and the debt ceiling agreement is no further along, but the next move comes to president buyken. president biden. and now, gender affirming care. and now, he is accused of killing and dismembering his wife, and soon, he will be in court for his arraignment, and we will be covering all of these stories coming in on cnn news cent central. this hour, we start on capitol hill, and kevin mccarthy pulled it off. he passed a bill to raise the debt ceiling by an additional 31 trillion, but in order to do that, he wanted ending student loan forgiveness, and ending the hiring at the irs, and he said that the new bill would trim the bill in the next seven years. there were four republicans adding against the bill, and if you add it up up, it is just enough for the republicans to pass it. with that having been said, this bill has no chance of passing the republican-led senate a
assisted with the screening of more than 480 homes under the voluntary screening program offered to residents. and no detections of vinyl chloride or hydrogen chloride were identified. we understand the residents are concerned as they should be and they have questions, that s all understandable. and you know, we are going to get to the bottom of this. try and figure out an answer to what occurred. sandra: and answers people are not getting at this hour, which makes for a very interesting white house briefing that is set to take place this hour as health concerns grow in east palestine, ohio, despite the administration s best efforts to assure the public everything is just fine. hello, welcome everyone, sandra smith in new york. hi, john. john: john roberts in washington. it may be friday but a lot of news. america reports, today marks two weeks since the norfolk southern train went off the rails in a small town near ohio s border. testing in the air and water shows
the international monetary fund has released it s latest economic outlook, and it s grim reading for the uk. forecasts for growth this year have been revised upwards slightly for most major economies, with even russia growing at a faster pace than the uk according to the imf. the stronger performance for most is down to the reopening of china and more resilient labour markets, household spending and business investment. michelle fleury spoke to their chief economist to national monetary fund is sounding a little less gloomy thanit sounding a little less gloomy than it did a view months ago stopping the global lender points to china s recently opening and strong spending by consumers as the reason for its improved global growth forecast at the imf said in its world economic outlook that the cost of living crisis was continuing to bite in most economies with the fund s chief economist telling me the priority now is on reducing inflation in the months to come. on reducing infla
let s start here in the uk where the new chancellor has been holding crunch talks with the prime minister on sunday to thrash out plans on tax and spending. jeremy hunt says his focus is on growth underpinned by stability. the value of the pound has gone up against the dollar in early trading today in asia. we will look at the market numbers in a moment because the new chancellor has the tough task of restoring economic credibility in the financial markets. our international trade correspondent dharshini david explains some of the tough challenges he faces. as international trading resumed for the first time after the chancellor wrapped up an economic strategy launched just one month ago, but his version, will it reassure other financial markets? let s look at those challenges, because this is the cost of new government borrowing, as dictated by the bond markets, which also impact mortgage rates. that rate remained high on friday then it was prior to september s mini budget.
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