he said he doesn t read the reviews anymore. you know he ll give a good speech. thanks for joining us this morning. cnn newsroom starts right now. good morning everyone. i m john berman. i m be anna golodryga. happening today, debt ceiling deadline. the country is set to hit its borrowing limit as soon as today. the treasury department says extraordinary measures need to be taken for the next few months at least to stave off disaster that could be coming in june. as republicans refuse to budge on demands and democrats refuse to budge on negotiations, the white house is warning of the dire consequences of a default that could have serious, almost unimaginable implications for the u.s. economy and consumers. our reporters are covering every angle of this developing story. chief business correspondent christine romans is here with us right now. what does this mean? what does today mean? today is the day we hit that number, just above $31 trillion number. there are th
hello, everyone. welcome. alec baldwin says he plans to fight the criminal charges he will soon fate. in october 2021, hutchins was killed by a live round in a prop gun that baldwin was holding, rehearsing for the film rust. today the district attorney in new mexico says baldwin will be charged with two counts of involuntary man slawer. a special prosecutor assisted in that investigation. this is really about justice for halyna hutchins. we have talked to several who say they always check their gun. an actor doesn t get a free pass just because they re an actor. the piece that stood out to me, again, this set was run very loose and fast, and that those bullets were not checked properly before putting them into the gun, and alec baldwin did not check them either with the armorer. the armorer, hannah gutierrez-reed is also charged. assistant director david halls has enter a plea in this case. josh, what did she say. reporter: she said she looked at the totality of the
good evening from new york. welcome back to all in. i m chris hayes. in four days the republican majority will be sworn in, and that includes george santos, the freshman congressman-elect from new york, a man who flipped a democratic seat in a biden plus eight district and has subsequently been caught fabricating much of his resume. from his past claims of jewish heritage to his job history, education, reporters are now scrutinizing everything about santos, understandably. especially his apparent sudden wealth. how he went from earning $55,000 in 2020 to loaning his campaign over $700,000 just two years later. and how he spent that campaign money. new york times reporting today that santos spent an unusually high amount on hotels and trips across the country especially for a candidate relatively new to politics. $30,000 on hotels, $40,000 on air fare, $14,000 on car services. government affairs lobbyists telling the times, quote, usually a congressional candidates tries s
two minutes of the shooting. and she was recognized at a different school where she was recently recognized as a police officer. the footage has parents in uvalde outraged. listen to what she told colleagues. my son is in day care. he s not old enough. no, if my son had been in there, i would not have been outside, i promise you that. there are just no words. shimon prokupecz tried to get answers from her and a school district official. reporter: i have some questions to are you now. i m doing a story about you and your time at dps. i d like to ask you some questions, if possible. sir, do you know this officer who you have recently hired? are you aware that she s under investigation for her actions on the day of the shooting? do you think she s fit to serve here considering her actions are under investigation? mr. miller, you don t want to respond to that? and with me now is kimberly. her daughter, lexi, was one of 19 children killed in the shooting at robb elemen
life as well when he held on to documents contain something of the nation s most sensitive national security secrets and then stonewalled efforts by the government to retrieve those documents. we ll start with the trump organization going on trial. jury selection began in the case brought by the manhattan d.a. against the trump family business alleging a 15-year scheme in which top executives were compensated off the books in order to avoid paying taxes. as the new york times reports the trial marks a reversal of fortune for the ex-president s business. the business that was the basis for the image trump peddled to voters as a businessman and deal maker, even if that image was smoke and mirrors. from the reporting the dawn of donald trump s presidency his family business appeared poised for a windfall. it unveiled new hotel lines, held ribbon cuttings around the world and attracted major tournaments to his golf clubs enough for eric trump who ran the company while his fathe