Meantime up on capitol hill as son hunter biden is sitting for what could be a very long deposition with congressional lawmakers takers, and Scorched Earth in texas. Very dangerous wildfires have now exploded. One of them burning three acres every second hello, im wolf blitzer in washington in euro, the cnn newsroom we, begin this hour with President Biden over at the Walter Reed Medical Center outside washington, dc in bethesda, maryland. Thats where hes currently getting his annual physical exam. This likely will be the last public update on his health before the november president ial election. President biden is 81 years old, the oldest sitting president in us history. His age at the age of his likely opponent, donald trump, who is 77, are becoming campaign issues. See you then, White House Correspondent Arlette Saenz and dr. Jonathan reiner are standing by to join me. Dr. Reiner is a cnn medical analyst and a professor of medicine and surgery at the George Washington university. H
search and rescue operation under way right now. five marines onboard when their super stallion chopper went down while flying from the las vegas area to san diego in severe weather. matt gutman standing by near the scene tonight. also, that dramatic scene unfolding outside philadelphia at this hour. two officers shot, that home they were responding to now up in flames. the gunman opening fire as soon as police arrived. an 11-year-old girl believed to be inside and shot. what we re learning right now. tonight, the border crisis, and senate republicans have now killed the bipartisan bill that contained many of their own demands. $650 million to build and reinforce miles of fencing. more patrols. and a complete shutdown of the border when the number of my grants exceeds 5,000. donald trump pressured republicans not to agree to this bipartisan solution in this presidential election year. and it worked. rachel scott live on the hill. tonight, the new storm threat targeting
under way right now. five marines onboard when their super stallion chopper went down while flying from the las vegas area to san diego in severe weather. matt gutman standing by near the scene tonight. also, that dramatic scene unfolding outside philadelphia at this hour. two officers shot, that home they were responding to now up in flames. the gunman opening fire as soon as police arrived. an 11-year-old girl believed to be inside and shot. what we re learning right now. tonight, the border crisis, and senate republicans have now killed the bipartisan bill that contained many of their own demands. $650 million to build and reinforce miles of fencing. more patrols. and a complete shutdown of the border when the number of migrants exceeds 5,000. donald trump pressured republicans not to agree to this bipartisan solution in this presidential election year. and it worked. rachel scott live on the hill. tonight, the new storm threat targeting the west, amid deadly rains a
stories and we started in the us. congressional leaders are due to meet with president biden for emergency talks on how to deal with the debt ceiling. reports are coming in the treasury secretary janet yellen has been personally calling chief executives to warn them of the dire consequences a default could have on the us and the global economy. so how did washington get here? samira hussain has been investigating. first of all, this debt ceiling crisis is actually a political crisis, itjust happens to hinge on a must pass piece of legislation to save the country from economic catastrophe, so what is happening here? major consequences for the economy. the us could default on the economy. the us could default on the dead in a metabolic. weeks on the dead in a metabolic. weeks to on the dead in a metabolic. weeks to go before the federal government weeks to go before the federal government is weeks to go before the federal government is unable - weeks to go before the fed