m s nbc news. with a clock ticking on the debt limit, republicans are gearing up with a standoff. top democrat or the budget committee joins me, live. twitter, auctioning off auction office furniture as a lima struggles to pay rent. why donald trump is making moves to get back on facebook, as the 11th hour gets underway on, this wednesday nights. good evening, once again, i m stephanie ruhle. the u.s. is set to reach its debt ceiling, meaning, we will hit our current borrowing cap a 31. 4 trillion, and that sets up a major political fight and washington. at this point, we all know this. the united states go into default in june, but it could be an economic roster. republicans will not agreed at an increase without spending cuts. of course, the debt ceiling is not about new spending it is, simply, about paying our bills. it is without warning these, republicans. if we re even thinking about causing a default, or playing these kinds of political games, using the debt ceiling
grown into something larger an more fruitful than we uppe match and. the velshi banned book club wa created in response to the targeting a removal of so many important books from libraries and school curricula across th country. according to p.e.n. america, and nonprofit organization the champions the freedom to rea and write in the united states from july 2021 to june 2022, there were 2532 instances of individual books been banned that s a shocking number what the figure doesn t make clear is the types of book that have been fans. as we begin to compile our own list of banned literature, or feature for you, with author from margaret atwood to a clear pattern emerged. it became apparent that th most frequently targeted boo shared at least one of the sam three topics sexuality or gender, and sexua identity, race, and bodily autonomy including sexual and physica violence we re moving books that deal with these three very real topics sends a clear message t readers that those
now. we are rocking it. they re throwing grenades, shooting people with paint balls but we re in here. be safe, be safe. god bless and godspeed and keep going. get it, jess. do your [ bleep ]. this is what we [ bleep ] lived up for. everything we trained for. we begin tonight on the start of hispanic heritage month, when americans are supposed to celebrate the culture and contributions of americans with ancestors from mexico, the caribbean, and central and south america. it was president lint lyndon johnson who created hispanic heritage week after appealing the most xenophobic anti-immigration law. today, while many americans are honoring those hispanic contributions, last night, florida governor ron desantis had a different idea. proudly taking credit for sending two plane loads of latino migrants to martha s vineyard in massachusetts. roughly 50 venezuelan and colombian migrants, many fleeing venezuela s maduro regime, said they had gun from san francisco, texas, wher
good morning. it is saturday may 14th. according to the latest survey, americans view inflation as the top problem facing the country right now. this is no surprise as the price of everything is rising. there s a lot more going on behind the scenes. i want to get in to it with gas prices. it rose averaging $4.42 a gallon, according to the automobile association. a top $4 per gallon in every state, well above $5 a gallon in california and hawaii. this leads us to the discussion of crude oil prices. the biggest factor that affects how much you pay at the pump. over the past 20 years, it s important to look at it overtime. the price of crude has had peaks and values. you can see the rise starting in 2002, then the fall after the 2008 recession, then another sharp fall in 2014, and then another in 2020, the beginning of the corona pandemic. oil falls when people use less than the world produces. now let s go to socks. i prefer to focus on the s&p 500. it is a better representatio
Now, its time for welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. There are writers of world renown whose reputation rests on one great book. There are others who write more prolifically, but always in the same territory. And then theres my guest today. Margaret atwoods Output Fizzes with energy, diversity and experimentation. Shes best known for her novels, the handmaids tale, the blind assassin, oryx and crake. But shes written poetry, blog fiction and, this year, a Superhero Comic Book, too. She has a worldwide legion of fans. So what keeps her creative juices flowing . Margaret atwood, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Ijust referred to your prolific and diverse output over many years. But youve just done something youve never done before. Youve taken on adapting shakespeare. And youve always said shakespeare is pretty much your favourite author. So how daunting was that . Very, very daunting. First of all you knew that you were going to get a lot of people saying that you shouldnt do it, an