we start tonight in washington, where talks to avoid a us debt default have been described as productive, but there s still no deal. presidentjoe biden and speaker of the house kevin mccarthy led negotiations on raising the debt ceiling to ensure the us can continue to pay its bills. biden and republican congressional leaders now have just ten days to avoid a default. president biden said: kevin mccarthy spoke outside the white house, and the bbc s nomia iqbal was watching. he said the meeting was productive. he said the tone was good. he appeared in an upbeat mood and he said there was still a way to go before they make a compromise. he did say that he believed the president does want to make a deal. bear in mind, we are fast approaching the deadline, and if a deal is passed, it would take more than a week, or about a week, to get through congress. the speaker appeared confident that would happen. i never wanted to be here. i do not like the idea that you govern by chaos, yo
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around the white house were temporarily closed and several buildings nearby were evacuated. thankfully no one was hurt. steve: that is crazy image. and you got it just as he was trying to get into the white house campus. ainsley: we were getting images in the middle of the night. weren t sure it was confirmed. saw reports it was confirmed. interesting way to get into the white house to take a huge truck there are barricades everywhere down there. you saw how it was stopped immediately. of course, you never know what s in a big truck like that. just think back to oklahoma city back in the day. pete: for sure. steve: welcome to our show this tuesday. pete is in. brian has the day off. pete: thanks for having me. steve: latest from the race for the white house, the rails for the presidency that is. a republican senator tim scott launched his 2024 presidential campaign yesterday in his hometown of north charleston, south carolina. ainsley: and he says he is the gu
joins the king and queen at the opening day of the chelsea flower show it s seven in the morning in singapore, and 2am in the russian region bel go rod where moscow says it s hunting ukrainian sabateurs who crossed the border and injured eight people. the local governor said one village had been shelled and several people had suffered shrapnel wounds. ukraine has denied having anything to do with the attack and a spokesperson for the ukrainian government has told the bbc it was russian citizens fed up with the russian invasion. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. we can see kevin mccarthy speaking and he is speaking with us presidentjoe biden about the debt ceiling and let s take a listen.- let s take a listen. only twice. let s take a listen. only twice- in let s take a listen. only twice. in 1944 - let s take a listen. only twice. in 1944 and - let s take a listen. only twice. in 1944 and in i let s take a listen. only - twice. in 1944 and in 2000. you are speaki
that no agreement has been reached. both men had met earlier this morning and before the talk said sounded a note of optimism. they have just ten days left to reach a deal to increase the government borrowing limit or trigger a default. from new york. even before president default. from new york. even before president biden - default. from new york. even before president biden with i before president biden with house speaker kevin mccarthy negotiations were once again around the table trying to strike a deal to avoid a default. sources say the white house is now offering to keep spending flat from this year to next. while republicans, they say they want to increase defence spending while cutting everything else by up to 22%. treasury secretary janet yellen confirmed over the weekend that june one is the hard deadline when the government can no longer pay its bills. and the deadline for a deal may actually be sooner in order for it to pass the house and senate in time. there