an economic kacatastrophe? plus, he s known for pushing kremlin propaganda. now the head of wagner is claiming a u.s. citizen, another one, was killed in the battle for bakhmut. is he telling the truth? testimony today calling to regulate artificial intelligence, fears that malicious actors will use this amazing technology to commit fraud on a global scale. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. just hours before he heads overseas, president biden s trip on the world stage has already been cut short. sources telling cnn the white house has cancelled the second leg of the tour to australia, to papa new guinea. let s listen in on speaker kevin mccarthy and the white house right now. the president agreed to appoint a couple people from his administration to sit down and negotiate directly with my team so i found that to be productive personally. but we ve got a lot of work to do in a short amount of time. i wish we had been able to be in this place a hundred days ago. this is
yellen has sent a letter to congress warning the treasury would be unable to satisfy its obligations as early as 1june. presidentjoe biden will meet top lawmakers including republican house of representatives speaker kevin mccarthy at three pm local time on tuesday after that meeting was postponed from last friday. samira hussain has more from the ock. in less than two weeks the ock. in less than two weeks the united states could fail to meet its debt obligations if lawmakers in washington cannot come to some sort of agreement. republicans have continued to demand cuts to social spending before they will agree to raise the borrowing limit. us presidentjoe biden has repeatedly said he would not set conditions lawmakers must raise the debt limit because failure to do so would result in an economic catastrophe. some of the possible outcomes are job losses, those that depend on social security benefits were get paid, and the most dire of outcomes would be the loss of confidence t
the daughter of former prime minister thaksin shinawatra. the winning candidate, and their party will have to grapple with a slew of domestic issues including polarised politics and a slowing economy. for more on this, i spoke to syetarn hansakul of the economist intelligence unit, who told me thailand is slowly recovering from the pandemic. economic situation has improved from last year. it is in the middle of a cyclical rebound because coming out of the pandemic recession a bit later than others, but finally, after the country reopened in late 2022, the tourism sector, which has been a key part of the country s gdp, is recovering slowly. that is helping to improve jobs and income, and we are seeing the rebound unfolding. but having said that, there are plenty of structural issues that are hurting thailand s long term. competitiveness, and that is something the new government will need to look into and correct. given everything that you have described, what is your outlook
nurses in england taking partner strake and the biggest walk outs so far industrial action will last until midnight on monday. the may day celebrations turn to violence as police fired tear gas at demonstrators railing across the french capital. the latest live pictures from paris releasing more than 60 people have been arrested. humanitarian organisations plead with rival military factions in sudan to have the latest is fighter type to make fire to protect citizens in need. latest cease fire. involved in the biggest day strike action so the royal college of nursing once the government to increase its latest pay offer which the strikers say actually amounts to real turn cut in salaries. run don t have that health trusts in england are affected by today s industrial action. at the union has guaranteed action. at the union has guaranteed a minimum level of coverfor intensive care and trauma units. a quarter of the trusts involved have been given extra exemptions from service
Scrambling for support ahead of the big vote. Im Edward Lawrence in for neil cavuto. This is a Special Edition of your world. The first of 2023. More on the tax hikes in just a moment. First to chad pergram where the Leadership Drama is unfolding. Chad . Edward, its been 100 years since theres this much uncertainty as to who would be speaker of the house. Kevin mccarthy can only lose four votes, but theres five members that oppose mccarthy and perhaps more. Kevin doesnt have the votes. Theres more than five people. Youll see that as we go into the election on january 3. There was 36 people that voted against Kevin Mccarthy on the conference vote. Mccarthy made a concession last night to those that oppose him. They demanded that he lower the bar for members to call for a new speakers election in the middle of the congress. He agreed. Some members still have reservations. Rosendale called his olive branch disingenuous. You think the package has moved any votes to yes . Yes. What will you