to pay the bills. they will need to reach a deal with the new house republican majority by early june. otherwise, the u.s. will default on debt payments for the first time ever. at the white house yesterday, president kateri discussed a potential meeting between the president and speaker mccarthy. the president is looking forward to meeting with speaker mccarthy. we have been very clear about where we stand when it comes to the debt ceiling. i have been clear, the president has been clear. it should not be used as a political football. we have nbc news correspondent standing by for us. julie, what more can you tell us about this debt ceiling flight? they immediately responded on twitter to that invitation. president biden, i accept your invitation to sit in and discuss the irresponsible government spending. i m told no official meeting date or time has been set. this is for the continued public back and forth between mccarthy in president biden. we will sit down, we w
their annual march here in washington for the first time since roe v. wade was overturned. they re declaring they have fresh resolve, even though some are being slammed by former president trump for being disloyal to him. welcome to our viewers here in thtes and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get right to all of the new moves by the united states and allies responding to ukraine s deals to help against russian aggression. we have the latest on what western nations are doing, and still not doing, at this pivotal moment in the war. reporter: tonight, the u.s. is taking action against russia s wagner mercenary group, a private army which vladamir putin has become increasingly dependant on to carry on operations in ukraine, including the eastern city of bakhmut where the fighting has raged. the u.s. designating wagner as a criminal organization. it will open up additional avenues for us to continue to not only sanction wagner and p
on the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. in that explosive decision, they not only overturned that landmark decision, the court also galvanized liberals and triggered backlash at the polls. and today, they also triggered counter-protesters. while the march began as a response to roe, we don t end as a response to roe being overturned. why? because we re not yet done. i am here. it is to show that we will not let america be bullied out of the right to abortion. everything that happened before roe, that was just the preseason. [ chanting: abortion is essential ] not when roe will be reversed, but when. our work just began. it felt more pressing this year. at this point, we no longer have a constitutionally protected right to abortion. the landmark decision from the supreme court overruling roe has not only sparked pushback from the left, it has also given rise to a growing fear and confusion among conservatives as they struggle to define the future of their move
a political clip for instagram. and a senior un official visiting kabul says progress is being made to ensure that afghan women continue work with aid agencies, despite the taliban ban. you are watching bbc news. now newscast. hello, it is chris, back in the studio in westminster and no longer in edinburgh. here in the studio. we have got this week, we ve had to guess in recent weeks in the first edition of newscast in this, we have three. forthe edition of newscast in this, we have three. for the price of one. we have brigid phillipson, labour, shuttle education, we have grand, the business secretary and we have the deputy leader in the house of competence. and we ll talk about that in the second and an issue that has dominated our lives down the last couple of days which is the coming together of two very naughty and complex and controversial issues and complex and controversial issues and what is the uk constitution and the other one is this planned lot of the other one is