paul: welcome to the journal editorial report, i m paul gigot. the senate going into joe biden is his son hunter made a draconian gnat ick appearance on capitol hill and flouted a subpoena before the before a closed door deposition and defiant republican lawmakers and rizz father. in the depths of my addiction, i was extremely irresponsible with my finances, but to suggest that is grounds for an impeachment inquiry is beyond the absurd. it s shameless. there s no evidence to support the allegations that my father was financially involved in my business because it did not happen. paul: joining the panel this week, wall street columnist pam and senior fellow jason riley. kim, now that hunter has flouted that subpoena, what s next? well, it s pretty clear, paul, that the house, it might give him one more chance to see if he ll come in. they obviously later that same day voted to open a formal impeachment inquiry into the president. you can argue that hunter s defiance of tha
a u-haul truck crashed outside the white house. police say it was no accident. plus late night talks at the capitol, are the two sides any closer to a debt limit deal. and sabotage inside russia, kremlin blames ukraine as a group of russian citizens say they did it. good morning, everyone. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with what police are treating as an attempted attack on the president. a u-haul panel truck crashed into a security barrier in la fayette square. the vehicle then backed up and slammed into the barrier again. the driver arrested right away. he faces charges including threatening to kill or harm the president, vice president or a family member. police have not yet released the man s name and there is no word on a motive. video shows park police taking inventory of the truck, packing up evidence including a flag with a swastika. time is running short this morning for the white house and re
where negogtiators working to avoid a us debt default are back on capitol hill for talks tonight. negotiations have been described as productive, but there s still no deal. earlier, presidentjoe biden and speaker of the house kevin mccarthy led talks on raising the debt ceiling to ensure the us can continue to pay its bills. biden and republican congressional leaders now have just ten days to avoid a default. president biden said: kevin mccarthy spoke outside the white house, and the bbc s nomia iqbal was watching. he said the meeting was productive. he said the tone was good. he appeared in an upbeat mood and he said there was still a way to go before they make a compromise. he did say that he believed the president does want to make a deal. bear in mind, we are fast approaching the deadline, and if a deal is passed, it would take more than a week, or about a week, to get through congress. the speaker appeared confident that would happen. i never wanted to be here. i do not
hello, i m sumi somaskanda. we start in washington tonight, where negotiators have been working to avoid a us debt default. negotiations have been described as productive but there s still no deal. earlier, presidentjoe biden and speaker of the house kevin mccarthy led talks on raising the debt ceiling to ensure the us can continue to pay its bills. biden and republican congressional leaders now have just ten days to avoid a default. president biden said: wwe reiterated once again that default is off the table. and the only way to move forward is in good faith toward a bipartisan agreement. kevin mccarthy spoke outside the white house and the bbc s nomia iqbal was watching. he said the meeting was productive. he said the tone was good. he appeared in an upbeat mood and he said there was still a way to go before they make a compromise. he did say that he believed the president does want to make a deal. bear in mind, we are fast approaching the deadline, and if a deal is
this is bbc news. it s newsday. you re watching bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in gaza where, in a sign of the growing hunger and desperation, crowds of people have scrambled for food from aid trucks entering the besieged strip, through the rafah crossing. for the first time since the war began, israel has also opened one of its crossings into gaza to aid. it s hoped the opening of the kerem shalom crossing will double the amount of food and medicine reaching gazans. until now, aid agencies have only been able to access the territory through the rafah crossing from egypt. israel says the three hostages it mistakenly killed in gaza on friday used leftover food to write signs pleading for help. in a change of tone, the uk and germany havejoined calls for a sustainable ceasefire . the reuters news agency is quoting egyptian security sources as saying israel and hamas are both open to a ceasefire, but still disagree over details. our