likely the sign of a leak lengthy sentence of jail for him too. david: pierre thomas leading us off from washington. thank you. we will turn to the debt ceiling showdown pushing the u.s. closer to the brink of default, one week left, house lawmakers breaking for the memorial day weekend with no deal. and so rachel scott today asking that house speaker about americans who count on benefits including veterans whether they should be making alternative plans now. here is rachel tonight. with a catastrophic default just one week away, president biden today reassuring america that top republicans are moving in the right direction. we all agree that there will be no default. it is time for congress to act now. but top republican negotiators making it clear they are not there yet. we have fundamental disagreements we have to resolve. republicans won t raise the debt ceiling unless the president agrees to the spending cuts, if congress does not act, social security payments would
a year, she lost her job. then watched her bank account eaten up by inflation. evicted from her home, her kids stayed with family while she and her partner lived in her car. this has been the worst, most challenging part of my life every day i wonder what s going to happen next am i going to be able to make it i m living paycheck to paycheck reporter: inflation effect on display in corporate results today. walmart says americans are buying more food, but fewer big-ticket items. despite high demand, supply chain kinks are forcing gm to ship fewer vehicles shopify cutting 10% of its workforce. now the federal reserve is poised to raise interest rates yet again tomorrow what s the risk that by raising rates again, the fed could push the economy into recession? there is definitely a risk that these rate hikes could result in a recession. the fed is raising rates more quickly than it has in a long time reporter: this is not just a u.s. problem.
reporters from our affiliate ksdk, out covering the chaos, were rescued by firefighters when fast moving water flooded their news car. how insane was it to become a part of the story you re out there trying to cover? it is just a testament to the things we warn people about, they re real. it can happen to anybody. reporter: the mayhem in missouri marking the latest severe weather event to wallop the u.s. tonight in the pacific northwest and south, 32 million americans remain under heat alerts dallas hitting its 31st 100-degree day of the year the extreme heat scientists say support morning intense rainfall making flash floods like this one in st. louis more frequent. and, maggie, i know this flood largely receded, but more flooding is possible there? reporter: yeah, lester, exactly. another round of showers and storms is scheduled for tomorrow this as scientists note more rain fall fell in st. louis last night than typically falls in july and august
semiautomatic rifle or a semiautomatic pistol. you just saw a demonstration of that. that s right. for a few cents, a semiautomatic weapon became a machine gun essentially. exactly, exactly. i also asked the attorney general about americans concerns over rising crime. they re concerned about their safety, an they want to make sure that law enforcement is up to the task. is rising crime a crisis in this country? look, i think violent crime, as a matter of considerable concern, a country turns to the justice department as it should be. communities have to trust us they have to trust law enforcement. for that reason, we re pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into police departments and into communities in a joint effort to battle violent crime together. some of my conversation with the attorney general today. it was against a backdrop of the january 6th investigation that former president trump returned to washington for the first time since leaving office but his vice
flies in the face of progressives within his own party. according to several senate republicans, front counter to new action by the president s administration. just yesterday the group led by republican senator chuck grassley released a letter condemning propose executive order that they say would limit non- lethal police resources like armored vehicles and flash bang devices. writing this, quote, police officers will face a grim reality of his executive order is enacted and lifesaving equipment is restricted from them. violent crime will continue to skyrocket. the white house responded to the letter, beginning with this. the president longs the overwhelming majority of americans, knows we can and must have a criminal justice system that both protects public safety and upholds our founding ideals of equal treatment under the law. as for executive action on police reform, white house press secretary jen psaki said yesterday the administration of previously held back on it in the hopes o