sg your elected leaders have taken a pause to try to prevent economic catastrophe. a major snag with debt negotiations up against the clock and government set to run out of money to pay its bills putting puttingesq everything at risk. and wobiden is meeting with leaders in japan and president zelenskyy has a big ask. and a new name making the case why donald trump should not be the gop nominee. we ll start with the money lead. talks to avoid. an economic catastrophe in the united states. they have hit a snag. gosh they pressed pause because talks were not productive. and kevin mccarthy seemed radically less optimistic on a potential deal than he did yesterday. yesterday i felt that we were at the location where i could see the path, the white house is just look, we can t be spending more money next year. we have to spend less than the year before. pretty easy. the white house is today attempting to project optimism nonetheless saying a deal remains possible despit
family and friends and fans. may his memory be a blessing. in the next hour, the remains of a u.s. marine veteran who was killed in ukraine will be returned here to the united states. 50-year-old grady kirkpass went to ukraine in the earl why i days and he wanted to help ukrainians who were evacuating by the thousands and he also wanted to help train ukrainians soldiers but on april 26th, he went to investigate gunfire and he came under heavy gunfire himself and that is the last day anyone heard from him. according to the veterans group weatherman foundation which helps repatriate americans killed or wounded in ukraine. i want to bring in his sister and the president of the weatherman foundation, megan mobs. thank you for both of you for being here. i m so sorry it is under these circumstances. he retired from the marines about six months before the
they were disenfranchised. these were civilians, women and children, that were not able to protect themselves. and you know, my brother loves and loved this country but he really is a citizen of the world. he would go anywhere and do anything for someone where he felt there was an injustice being done. i he sounds like a remarkable man. megan, your foundation for months to find his remains, that must have been an impossible process, especially taking place in the middle of a brutal war? we were extremely grateful for veterans that came alongside this mission for the ukrainian partners we had on the ground that understand the service and sacrifice of grady and the work that we all did together to bring him home was imperative as a fellow veteran and a scholar, it game something that we pursued every day in order for his family to have this closure.