is the crowded gop field playing right into the former president s hands? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get straight to the scramble to avoid a historic default on the u.s. debt. president biden and speaker mccarthy are both working the phones tonight as they try to rally support from skeptical lawmakers. cnn is covering the race to pass the agreement from every angle. the stakes right now for the american people and, indeed, the world economic situation are enormous. our correspondents are over at the white house and up on capitol hill. we re getting new details right now and a key democratic leader, congressman james clyburn, is standing by live. we ll get to him in a few moments. first to cnn white house correspondent jeremy diamond. what is the latest where you are over at the white house. reporter: this entire negotiation process was driven by the understanding this was
unknown soldier as the country marks memorial day. a time to remember those who have fallen in service to the nation. take it or leave it, after leaders strike a deal to raise the debt ceiling. there are lawmakers unhappy on both sides. so do they have the votes. and the wheels are off. terrifying moments at the indy 500 as a tire goes flying toward the crowd. we will show you what it hit. this is cnn news central. they have a deal and now they need to get a the votes. the house is set to vote this week. president biden, kevin mccarthy, they reached the agreement over the weekend. the plan would suspend the debt limit for about a year and a half through january 1, 2025. important with that date, it pushes off this debate until after the election. but the road ahead is still quite unclear and could be quite bumpy. party leaders are now waging full-on campaigns to convince their members to back the legislation. if they cannot, the united states could default on its debt o
in a crush at a school in the yemeni capital sana a, during distribution of charity for ramadan. video footage on social media shows chaotic scenes after the incident, in the bab al yemen area of the city. a warning, some of you might find this distressing. this visit this find this distressing. this visit this find this distressing. this visit this this - find this distressing. this visit this this vision i find this distressing. this - visit this this vision comes visit this this vision comes from a tv station affiliated with the houthi rebel group. as you can see here, this is distressing video, apparently a crush of people, many of whom looked to be in distress. it s the middle of the night right now in yemen. we are working to reach journalists now in yemen. we are working to reachjournalists and now in yemen. we are working to reach journalists and aid organisations on the ground. we ll bring you an update on this story as soon as we get further details.
good morning, 11:00 a.m. eastern, i m jose diaz, picking up another hour of coverage on nbc. president biden traveling in milwaukee this hour. stop one of a battleground blitz, he will also be heading to pennsylvania, where the senate race is critical for control of congress. more on his message in moments. plus, travel headaches this labor day, as millions of americans take to the roads, and air. i woke up to a text message saying my flight was canceled. they were steady. what you need to know on the busiest labor day since before the pandemic. right now, u.s. immigration policy is in the spotlight. nine people, including a pregnant woman, lost their lives in the waters of the rio grande as they tried to cross into the united states. what is happening at our border? we begin this hour with the unofficial kickoff of the final sprint of the 2022 midterm campaign. president biden is now on his way to milwaukee, wisconsin, where he will take part in labor day festivi
With the most intense night of israeli airstrikes to date. We have reports unconfirmed by nbc news at this time of israeli troops crossing into gaza from the north and clashing with hamas fighters. Information is scarce. Right now, gaza is in a near total communications blackout. Gaza is the largest internet provider, as well as multiple gaza Cell Phone Service providers, they are all off line. That is due to both lack of fuel, and infrastructure that has been destroyed. The humanitarian aid group, red crescent, reports that without Cell Phone Service, they are now unable to dispatch their ambulances. The World Health Organization says it has lost contact with its staff, and its Health Facilities in gaza. Just hours ago, nbc news managed to make contact with a member of the nbc crew in gaza, he told nbc, ive managed to get connectivity for a minute with a lot of difficulty and i wanted to let you know that all internet, electricity, and everything has been cut off. The situation we are