Irwin joining us with. And kay la, i will start you with. At the windy white house there, as it relates to what were hearing from the Treasury Secretary, and from cnbc language, to Plain English here, what it means. Well, its significant because the Treasury Secretary is saying that as of early june, the federal government wont be able to pay its bills anymore. Its allowed by congress to borrow up to 31 trillion and change, but its going to hit that number next thursday. After that point, treasury is going to be looking under couch cushions to try to finds some additional money. It will be pinching pennies. And it says it will stop contributing or investing into some federal workers retirement accounts, to try to conserve some of that cash in order to avoid reaching that debt limit, or not being able to pay for allies and adversaries that hold the u. S. Debt. So certainly the Treasury Secretary is trying to call on congress and say we need a deal in the coming months. I spoke to a seni
irwin joining us with. and kay la, i will start you with. at the windy white house there, as it relates to what we re hearing from the treasury secretary, and from cnbc language, to plain english here, what it means. well, it s significant because the treasury secretary is saying that as of early june, the federal government won t be able to pay its bills anymore. it s allowed by congress to borrow up to $31 trillion and change, but it s going to hit that number next thursday. after that point, treasury is going to be looking under couch cushions to try to finds some additional money. it will be pinching pennies. and it says it will stop contributing or investing into some federal workers retirement accounts, to try to conserve some of that cash in order to avoid reaching that debt limit, or not being able to pay for allies and adversaries that hold the u.s. debt. so certainly the treasury secretary is trying to call on congress and say we need a deal in the coming months.
new care being offered to veterans in crisis. we ll take you live to the pentagon straight ahead. plus, with republicans now in control of the house, new details on how they plan to tackle the crypto industry. we re going to get into that in just a little bit. but first, dozens of tornadoes tearing through the south, killing at least nine people. morgan chessky is live in alabama. reporter: communities across alabama mourning lives lost as dozens of others beginning the painstaking process of trying to figure out who is left after a heart-breaking twister. more in 60 seconds.
president of the local police union here and he described this as a very fluid situation. he says that no doubt can you look back at it and take lessons from this. but when you have specifically a situation where two armed gunmen are opening fire on officers as they re driving down a crowded roadway, training comes into play. but officers have to deal with that on a case-by-case basis. he did reassure me that this case in particular will be studied in hopes of getting some information going forward. again the recollection from thursday, my apologies for saying it was yesterday. thank you so much, morgan chessky. new development in the fight he over president trump s bank records, is congress any closer to seeing them? thousands of women with metastatic breast cancer,
going to be an issue for days to come. a lot of the people in this neighborhood unable to reach their homes to see how bad the damage is. because this water is refusing to recede. back to you. morgan, hoping for a better day ahead, morgan chessky, thank you. to the nation s capital and developing this morning, democrats ramping up pressure on the house judiciary committee to hold corey lewandoski in contempt of congress. this after the president s former campaign manager refused to answer questions in a contentious hearing as part of the committee s impeachment inquiry. stop the clock again for this obstructive behavior. white house has directed me to not disclose the discussion with the president or his advisers to protect executive branch confidenty. the white house has directed i not disclose the discussions with the president to protect executive branch confidenty. joining me is michigan representative debby dingell.