and so he got upset and so he said he d take one and he d challenge me to one and he d beat me. maybe he would, maybe he wouldn t. but what i said is, okay, well, if that s the case, then get on a debate stage and let s go. bring it, donald. show me what you got. nikki haley going after donald trump at the very start of her speech in her home state of south carolina. a real shift from previous rallies. we ll have more from the campaign trail and the new polling from the gop front-runner. plus we ll bring you the latest from capitol hill where there are now serious doubts about the possibility of passing a border bill, which includes urgent funding for ukraine. and also ahead, we ll explain the new action by israeli forces inside gaza that could create even more tension with the biden administration. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, january 25th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. and we begin this morning with the race
officials will be holding a press conference later this hour, and we ll of course bring you any detail we learn later this hour. but first most americans have spent at least some of their life living paycheck to paycheck not knowing how or even if they ll be able to pay their bills each month, and now that is not just americans, it is also the country america itself. the entire federal government is one month from being out of cash, and that is not an exaggeration. we re already four months past the debt limit. the treasury has been doing creative accounting to move the money around since then. and now the treasury is the warning the government of the united states could truly, truly be broke by june 1st. if republicans in congress do not raise the debt ceiling in the next 30 days the global economy could collapse. so given the staelks here this should be a relatively straightforward fix, because who would want to use the debt ceiling as a negotiating wedge. hopefully we
to. alex wagner tonight, starting right now. good evening alex. good evening mehdi. that is such an essential conversation that you, and the congresswoman were having. you too are the best people to have it. thank you for putting that on our air. thank you so much, i appreciate it. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. we are following breaking news out of texas, where authorities believe that they have in custody the man accused of killing five of his neighbors with an ar-15 semi automatic rifle. officials will be holding a press conference, later this hour, and of course, we will bring you any details we learn, later this hour. but first, most americans have spent at least some of their life living paycheck to paycheck, not knowing how, or if they will be able to pay their bills each month. and now, it is not just americans, it is also the country, america, itself. the entire federal government is one month from being out of cash. that is not an exaggeration
report, record numbers of teachers are quitting the profession entirely. so teachers need our support now more than ever. they have easily one of the most important jobs in the world. where would we be without our teachers? an educated. so i want to thank you to all the teachers out, they re the great american teacher will take us of the year tonight. and on that note, i wish you all a very good and very safe night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late. i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow we are following breaking news out of texas, where authorities believe they have an custody the man accused of killing five of his neighbors with an ar-15 semiautomatic writer. officials will be holding a press conference later this hour and we will bring you any details we learn later this hour. but first, most americans have spent at least some of their life living paycheck to paycheck, not knowing how or even if they would b