Municipal election. Those are the headlines this afternoon. Take you for joining us on france 24 pickup live from paris. Democrats and republicans in the United States have continued their battle over the course of the week, and on the United States budget. Time is running out to decide a new debt limit for public spending will stop if politicians fail to agree by thursday, the United States will not have enough money to pay its bills. That could result in a formal downgrading of the countrys rated rating. Bad news for the u. S. And the rest of the world. Just three days left. If democrats and republicans cannot end the political stalemate i thursday, the United States will default on its debt. The head of the International Monetary fund warned sunday of the consequences of the Worlds Largest economy is unable to pay its bills. If there is that degree of disruption, that lack of certainty, that lack of trust in the u. S. Signature, it would mean massive disruption the world over, and w