This sunday. Im fredricka whitfield. We begin with growing pressure on the u. S. Congress to avoid a crippling u. S. Government shutdown this week. Time is running out. Lawmakers now have just six days to pass a Spending Bill to fund the government. Federal agencies have already started the formal process of preparing for a shutdown. If that happens, millions of federal workers could have their paychecks withheld until a deal is reached. But with the clock ticking, it is clear House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy doesnt have the votes to pass a stopgap funding bill and House Republicans are engaged in Open Warfare Over who is to blame for the stalemate. The hold outs keep saying to Kevin Mccarthy, dont bring bipartisan bills to the floor. We dont want you to use democrat votes to try to avert a shutdown. But theyre using democrat votes to try to cause a shutdown. These individuals, these republican hold outs are voting with nancy pelosi. We should have separate single subject Spending Bills. K
Well, good evening everyone, im laura coast. A week that began with merrick garland, one of the most powerful democrats in washington, d. C. Now being charged with corruption. Conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right. Essentially using his official position to force someone to give him something of value. Tonight we are taking a deep dive into all of it from the investigation to the indictment and of course the political fallout and here are the Big Questions ive been asking all day after seeing all the reports thats cut through all of it. Here are the real yes, sir, number one, did he do it . Did he do it . Could a senator who left a hung jury in his last trial, led to personal favors really have been so imraizenbrabrazen a a second sometime around . Is corruption at its very finest, could the rules force him to step down there his position as chairman oar from the senate or maybe will the better question is will he actually do that .
Theyll be relying on congress to pass a Spending Bill and aboat Government Shutdown by a midnight deadline next saturday. If congress fails, those workers paychecks will be delayed possibly for weeks. Federal agencies have begun the process of preparing for a shutdown and it looks more and more likely. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy conceded he has to win over a handful of gop handliners, but hes hopeful theyll eventually vote for a Stopgap Spending Measure did avoid shutdown. New jersey senator bob menendez is pushing back against calls to resign, even from fellow democrats. Federal prosecutors say menendez and his wife took hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes including gold bars, cash, Home Mortgage payments, and a luxury vehicle. A Growing Crisis at the mexican border. Federal officials are sending more resources to help with the surge of migrants crossing into the u. S. Lets bring in a panel of political experts to talk about this. Joining us now, former fox news host Geraldo
To our world . With us this morning, the Prime Ministers right hand man, Oliver Dowden. And by the man who wants to be the next Foreign Secretary, labours david lammy. And the chief of the Defence Alliance nato, Jens Stoltenberg, tells us about the growing threats to the west. We live in a more dangerous world, and we have to be prepared for crisis. Morning. Today were reflecting on two important anniversaries six months since the October 7th Hamas attacks on israel, but also 75 years since the founding of the defence partnership, nato. We are living in serious times, but i promise we will have lots of enlightening conversations too, maybe even a bit of wit with our panel this morning ruby wax, lord mark sedwill, who was the National Security advisor and Cabinet Secretary in charge of the Civil Service, and baroness amos, Former Labour Cabinet Minister under tony blair, and master of University College oxford, a very warm welcome to you all and a very warm welcome, of course, to you at
that number has remained higher thanks in part to persistently high housing costs. raising interest rates is meant to combat inflation. higher interest rates make it more expensive to borrow money and that is supposed to tempt down spending which in turn should tame runway prices. president biden praised the data as good news and called on large corporations to pass the savings on to consumers. now it is up to the fed to decide whether they have done enough work to help prices return to normal. that would mean holding interest rates steady and that is what they are expected to do on wednesday. what investors really want to know is when the fed thinks it will be time to cut rates. they will almost certainly have to wait and hope for next year. of course inflation has been a big topic for many economies around the world this year. it is a different picture in china where we just found out last week the economy is slipping further into deflation, that s falling prices. with a de