so how did washington get here and what would happen if the borrowing ceiling is not lifted? my colleague samira hussain has been investigating. first of all, this debt ceiling crisis is actually a political crisis. itjust happens to hinge on a must pass piece of legislation to save the nation from economic catastrophe. so, what exactly is happening here? weeks to go before the federal government is unable to pay its bills. well, the us government spends more money that it brings in. so it needs to borrow money to pay its bills. it can only borrow a certain amount of money. and if it needs to borrow more, congress has to prove that. it used to be a routine thing, but not any more. republicans see this as an opportunity to extract demands, like cuts to affordable housing or other social security spending. but us presidentjoe biden says, no way. you need to pass this legislation with no strings attached. so off to the white house the two warring political parties go to tr
that is your worst nightmar imagining what is happening to your child a note with big demands left by mysterious kidnapper who seemed to know all, se all. they are watching the house and then the victim hersel calls. her mom jumping into work with police, would hand over th ransom herself if i didn t jump the mone properly, that would be the en of her she dropped the cash all right but who picked it up that s where everything went wrong? that s where everything wen wrong. kidnapping case about to go way off script her story did not mak sense. what was really going on? i ve been a cup for 11 year and i blush when i listen to the tape a story with more twists an turns in the florida roads trying to find this missin mom. this case was not going t turn out like a lot of peopl assumed. thanks for joining us i m lester holt. whenever someone is kidnappe it triggers a race against tim as police often joined by th victims family begin a frantic search that s w
michigan state university, naming several others, most of whom remain in critical condition. today, funeral services were held for two of the slain msu students, and in just a minute, i will talk to a michigan congresswoman with her reaction to this tragedy, which was on my mind even as i was marching in florida on wednesday, joining a peoples protest against the state s governor, ron desantis, and his escalating war on black history. it was while i was on the ground in florida that i got word that the shooter who massacred nearly a dozen black shoppers at a buffalo supermarket two years ago had been sentenced to life in prison without parole. later, i learned that all five of the former memphis police officers charged with murder, murdering tyre nichols had pled not guilty. i thought about tyre s mother and her grief, and i also thought about so many grieving mothers in other parts of the world right now. as turkey and syria recover from the massive earthquake that has now k
hello and welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, april 15th emerald walker. victor blackwell. thank you for being with us this morning. we were just watching a bit of eva longoria and what she s eating, and we ve just been talking about food during the break. yes talking about specific pizza. carmela favorite. what s your favorite anchovies or caramelized onions? i m with you on the caramelized onions that s sweet together. not together, not anchovies. no, no, no, no. here s what we re watching. thing for you today. president biden weighing in on the supreme court s decision to temporarily extend access to and abortion drug while it considers the case the next steps in the process and why next wednesday could prove to be a pivotal day in the abortion fight. this is not just about taking home documents. 21 year old airmen charged in connection with the leak of classified documents appeared in front of a federal judge friday. what we re learning about him and the question
now he s already back in that state house for you in memphis, plus a major city left reeling tonight after another mass shooting this time for killed, nine injured after a gunman walked into a bank and opened fire. a friend of one of the victims is my guest. and an outfront exclusive. we take you inside the high stakes. u. s mission to stop north korea from stealing crypto in order to fund its dangerous nuclear program. let s go, outfront. and good evening, everyone. i m bianna golodryga in for erin burnett outfront tonight reinstated tennessee democrat justin jones , who went a dramatic act was expelled from the tennessee house four days ago is back at work. these are new pictures of jones returning to the statehouse floor. and just moments ago he spoke from that floor. yeah, people back to people s houses. to mars back to the people s house here to stay anybody decisions for people. no one does attack on the what happened unchallenged. thank you happened to silence. this fo