congressman byron donald. plus, the gut wrenching words of the a witness who watched as a gas station owner in south carolina chased down a 14-year-old and shot him in the back, quote, everyone s getting trigger happy. the shooter says he thought the teenager was shoplifting. he wasn t. now the gas station owner is facing charges, his store is in ruins after being vandalized by protesters and another community is in mourning. we begin with one of those rare days on capitol hill where high political drama and debate collide with the critical job of governing, in this case trying to keep the u.s. economy from going off the cliff, and no one knows exactly how it s going to play out. not only could tonight s vote seal the fate of the debt limit agreement between president biden and speaker mccarthy, it may also be a defining moment for mccarthy himself. he s been engaged in open warfare with far right republicans of the freedom caucus arguing over whether the legislation is a
and of course, computers. and now, the dutch government has announced that it will impose new export restrictions on advanced chips being sold to china. the dutch have some of the most significant companies in the field and china is keen to buy them but the us have been putting pressure on european countries to curb exports of sensitive technology to china on national security grounds. our correspondent anna holligan is in the hague. one of europe s smallest nations has found itself in the middle of a battle between the world s two biggest superpowers. and at the heart of it, microchips, that power everything from our mobile phones, to military hardware. and the us has been applying political pressure on countries to limit exports. the netherlands is home to asml, until recently, a relatively obscure company, but it makes the most advanced machines used in the manufacturing of microchips. in fact, it s europe s most valuable tech company. in a letter to parliament, the countr
we re live on the ground. and president biden s budget, is it dead on arrival. good thursday morning. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. intense bombing is hitting cities across ukraine, russia launching a barrage of at least 81 missiles. this is the biggest attack in weeks. striking residential areas and blacking out power. attacks on kyiv have been reported including on a power plant in the capital. the city s mayor says at least two people were hurt. emergency services are at the scenes of the blast in kyiv. much of the city has been left without electricity. officials say a russian rocket also hitting a residential area in lviv killing five people. ivan watson is live in kyiv for us with more. and it looks like at least seven regions haveaen targeted. get us have to speed. reporter: yes, missiles of different types targeted different cities and regions. i think that we have a man that illustrates kind of just how
Gop leaders Going Forward with another House Spending Vote that is probably going nowhere. Lawmakers scrambling with the government hurdling toward a shutdown this weekend. Good day to our viers here in the United States and a around the world. Im kasie hunt. It is friday, september 29, thank you for getting an early start with us. 5 00 a. M. Here in washington where the weeks ticked down to days and now hours. There are 43 of them left before the u. S. Government shuts down. And leaders youve elected to at the very least keep the government open, keep paying federal workers, you know, the very basics, they are falling down on the job. Now House Republicans are trying to distract by their own infighting by making it a battle over Border Security provisions that are nonstarters it seems in the senate. It is Kevin Mccarthys last ditch effort to get enough House Republicans to support a short term funding bill which he still plans to bring to the floor despite opposition from his gop hard
to say about the possibility of taking the witness stand in his own defense in the classified documents case. and also ahead an update on president biden s covid status following the first lady s infection as he s set to leave today for a major summit overseas. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, september 7th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin with the first major hearing for the fulton county election interference case that ended in a loss for two defendants. sidney powell and kenneth chesebro were denied their requests to split their trials. the pair each requested speedy trials but did not want to be in court together. district attorney fani willis is still pushing to keep all 19 codefendants together, trying them all on the expedited trial date that chesebro was granted. now, fulton county superior court judge scott mcafee did not seemed convinced that could be possible. it just seems a bit unrealistic