united states and around the world. i m christine romans. house republicans say they have done their part to avert a national and global financial crisis by passing a bill to lift the debt ceiling. yeas are 217 and nays 215. the bill is passed. the republicans hope the bill they pass odd wednesday to include the deep federal spending cuts they want. speaker kevin mccarthy addressed mr. biden directly in remarks a short time later. you said at the very beginning we had to show you a plan even though the democrats have shown no plan. not only did we show you a plan we are the only ones to pass a plan, so i think it s up to you now whether the economy goes in any trouble, it s you. because the republicans raised the debt limit and you have not. cnn s phil mattingly reports on the prospect for republicans to get what they want. reporter: for weeks, house republican speaker kevin mccarthy made clear he knew the legislation republicans were trying to get through the hou
Morning with kasie hunt. Next its thursday, may 2, right now on standing this morning, Breaking News Protesters at ucla refusing to leave a standoff on campus as police have moved in donald trump back on the Campaign Trail and two critical states before heading back to new york for his Hush Money Trial Today and Marjorie Taylor greene daring democrats to stop her from forcing a vote to oust speaker mike johnson. 5 00 a. M. Here in washington, this is a live look at the ucla campus where it is 2 00 a. M. The middle of the night, basically good morning to those of you who are here on the east coast. Good evening to those watching out west. Im kasie hunt its great to be with you this morning. We do have Breaking News right now. Police have now entered the makeshift propalestinian encampment at ucla, and theres been a standoff between police and protesters going on all night long after demonstrators were ordered to leave and refused. Police have been surrounding the encampment for hours no
and tuesday. according to the government there, the water will be at the base of the south employee entrance of the quad city times building so that puts it into perspective. you can see the flooding they are contending with. that is my hometown and my dad who is not a meteorologist said they are expecting a footed within the record when that river crests. thank you. florida governor speaking a short time ago in jerusalem as he tests his ambitions overseas. in florida we treat anti-semitism the ray we treat ra racism. if it s nit s not appropriate t attack somebody on the basis of their race it is not. in florida, disney filed a federal lawsuit against desantis accusing the governor of retaliation. minutes after the governor s hand-picked board tried to claw back power. the previous board handed over
but it hasn t crested. perhaps tomorrow. it hasn t reached its peak. tomorrow or actually wednesday early sometime. and is your city getting the resources it needs from the federal government right now? oh, we have. we have. the command center has operated flawlessel the and koops among all agencies has been pretty good. we re pleased with that. the state government has been particularly helpful. if the rain picks up, if that river crests, do you have enough resources to get out and do the remaining rescues for those who might not have evacuated or those who might be in other areas that were not expecting significant water? yes, we do. we do. and, you know, the only issue that comes into play occasional when some just refuse to leave and then require rescue later. it s unfortunate, but some people do that and we can t always force them out. i hate to see them put first
way down towards louisiana as it eventually spills into the gulf of mexico. so the flooding is going to be ongoing. in some cases we won t see river crests well into next week. so st. louis, mississippi river at st. louis will crest today. but again january 5th, well into next week we re starting to see rivers crest as they continue to rise. there is the future radar. not much rainfall in the forecast. here we have showers and thunderstorms along the gulf and florida. really great news here is that st. louis remains dry. all of the mississippi river across the central u.s. will remain dry are to the next five days. and again the river cresting at its third highest on record which is amazing for the month of december. let s look at model forecast in terms of rainfall. the gulf will get some rain. as we head into the next seven days, maybe you know, a very small amount of rain across this