expected to run out of the oxygen at 7:08 eastern time this morning. that is literally one hour and seven minutes from now. right now officials are unsure if those reported underwater banging noises are a sign of life but they are still treating it as a search and rescue operation. with respect to the noises specifically we don t know what they are to be frank with you. i can tell you it s inconclusive. again, i think the important pieces we re searching in the area where the noise was detected. todd: search expanded over 2.5 miles below the surface with more vessels and equipment joining. in crews are also surveying over 14,000 square miles, twice the size of the state of kentucky cut. we are learning more about the history of ocean gait expeditions report of technical issues on six prior trips. one passenger claiming he was on the suband lost contact two hours forcing early end to the journey. safety report detailed several concerns including whether it met safety standar
centering around free speech and real edge religious liberty and other things. dana: not many days left. bill: stand by. dana: did you see this? former president obama stirring up a battle over race relations in america. obama taking aim at presidential contender tim scott criticizing his approach to race in america. i think there is a long history of african-american or other minority candidates within the republican party who will validate america and say everything is great. and we can all make it. nikki haley has a similar approach. i m not being cynical about tim scott individually. i am maybe suggesting that the rhetoric of can t we all get along. that has to be undergirded with an honest accounting of our past and our present. dana: now senator scott is pushing back saying president obama is the one who failed to bring the country together. trey gowdy the host of sunday sunday night in america. if president obama is going to try to attack tim scott as he sa
republicans, who are demanding attorney general merrick garland appoint special counsel to investigate the biden family s foreign business dealings. allegations of joe biden taking vibes during his time as vice president is at the center. chuck grassley claims a burisma executive paid biden and his son 5 million each, not directly, remember that nebulous web of entities at the center of this. the executive has voicemails to prove it. the foreign national who allegedly bribed joe and hunter allegedly has audio recordings of conservations with them. 17 such recordings. the recordings were kept as sort of insurance policy for the foreign national in case he got in a tight spot. kayleigh: the white house dismissing the allegations. karine jean-pierre was quick to deflect pressing questions at yesterday s briefing. is the white house aware of recordings of the president speaking to burisma. the president spoke about this at thursday press conference and i will quote him sa
preside over the free country. now, a lot has happened. the british burned it down. it was rebuilt and expanded. but through all of that, every president who lived in the white house respected it. they understood its importance and how sacred it was. until now. remember when obama kicked his feet up on the resolute desk? i didn t go crazy. when he wore a tan suit, i didn t go nuts. obama even invited snoop to the white house who lit one up in the bathroom. boom, next thing i do is pull that thing out of my sock. i heard somebody coming. [laughter] put him out real quick and got on back to the party. jesse: now snoop wasn t the first. willie nelson went on the white house roof and smoked with jimmy carter s son in the 1970s. when willie nelson wrote his autobiography he confessed that he smoked pot in the white house one night when he was spending the night with me. and he said that his companion shared the pot with him was one of the servants at the white house. that is
from the war zone including reports of explosions in russian occupied territory. also tonight, a serious setback for talks on raising the federal debt limit and avoiding a catastrophic default. with negotiations now on hold, i ll ask the former treasury secretary larry summers what the president and the congress add leadership should do next as time for reaching a deal is running out. and new insight tonight into senator dianne feinstein s health and mindset after new confirmation of medical complications she faced. i ll speak with her former senate colleague barbara boxer amid growing questions about senator feinstein s ability to serve. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with two of the most pressing matters for president biden as he meets with key allies in japan. the war in ukraine, and the threat of the united states defaulting on its debt. cnn s chief whit