ceiling. a familiar topic, but the circumstances this time are quite different. on friday, janet yellin announced that the united states will hit its debt limit this coming thursday. the debt limit is the maximum amount, according to law, that the federal government can borrow to pay for its obligations, to pay for things start to spend money on. that includes, all of the really important functions of government, everything from air traffic control to medicare and social security payments, congress decides what that limit is. so, secretary yellen wrote to house speaker kevin mccarthy, warning him that it is, quote, critical that congress act in a timely manner, to increase or suspend the debt limit, and quote. she wanted to explain that, quote, filler to meet the governments obligations would cause irreparable harm to the u.s. economy, the livelihoods of all americans, and global financial stability. all of that is true. to be clear, the united states government to fight fal
so did. mom s our and blurry couples early years in boston. i would imagine it was a sweetness to that time. it wasn t very long after they were married, and after they left boston and settled in montgomery. and then for their, until the end of his life in 1968, it was a very public life. that bomb, now the mortal arms entwined, holding each other up, clinging to the dream. thank you to craig often, for sharing that very important story with us. this important night of remembrance and renewal. and on that important note. i wish you, a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late, i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow the full faith and credit of these comments on the line. i think that s a real threat that both sides have to take seriously. tonight s, while we may be just days away from the first genuine crisis caused by the republican-controlled house. then, i don t know about size may not, bu
george santos, if that it is indeed his name. you have to remember, kevin mccarthy himself is a compulsive liar, the cement who voted to overturn election results. this is someone who, as the first order business, got it as part of the rules package, the office of congressional, ethics and is lying to you about the biden ministration coming after gas stove insulin and so forth. so no, one unfortunately, and that party can be trusted to be honest. those two things are related, kevin mccarthy slim leading congress, which by the way you had when your congressman, the democrats had the same margin, but his means that he can t afford to lose santos. he s on democratic side, i like the 20 people so george santos been on a night states congressman, to somebody safe right now. i would say, our country can t afford to have people at george santos in office, and if kevin mccarthy wary competent leader of his party, then he would be able to continue mina speak, or even if joe george santo
voted to overturn election results. this is someone who, as the first order business, got it as part of the rules package, the office of congressional, ethics and is lying to you about the biden ministration coming after gas stove insulin and so forth. so no, one unfortunately, and that party can be trusted to be honest. those two things are related, kevin mccarthy slim leading congress, which by the way you had when your congressman, the democrats had the same margin, but his means that he can t afford to lose santos. he s on democratic side, i like the 20 people so george santos been on a night states congressman, to somebody safe right now. i would say, our country can t afford to have people at george santos in office, and if kevin mccarthy wary competent leader of his party, then he would be able to continue mina speak, or even if joe george santos seat were to flip democratic on a special election on his resume.