president cut his trip short to handle the pending economic crisis in d.c.. manufactured crisis that is easily avoidable. house republicans, however, refused to raise our debt limit unless the white house case to their spending cut demands which would hit low and moderate income families the hardest. nbc news is kevin mccarthy will meet in person tomorrow at the white house in hopes of moving past this standstill. before biden left japan, he said republicans must be willing to compromise instead of holding the economy hostage. it is time for republicans to accept that there is no bipartisan deal to be made solely, solely on their partisan terms. they have to move as well. all four congressional leaders are meeting default is not an option. of course, and i know you know this, republicans raised the debt ceiling without conditions three times during the pro trump presidency. now they are not acknowledging that. instead they are seeing stuff like this. here s speaker mc
andy, thank you. thanks for joining me. i m paula reed in for fredericka witfield. we begin this hour with the u.s. announcing new actions in response to russia s, quote, barbaric and inhumane war in ukraine. vice president kamala harris and the secretary of state meeting with world leaders at the munich security conference today, formally declaring russia has committed crimes against humanity. nick, what are you hearing on the ground? reporter: there is support here in europe sharing that view that russia is committing these crimes against humanity. i think it was encouraging for the audience here in europe to hear that accountability will be held. there is a sense in europe that they need to build a system and a mechanism here in europe and there s talk about doing it in the hague in the netherlands, a traditional place where leaders can be held to account. they have been historically in the past. i think the vice president s words resonating. this is exactly how sh
steve: live from fox square 51 degrees and as you can see, today is actually draft day, it kicks off in kansas city, missouri at union station and we kickoff on fox square with kids who have shown up for take your child to workday. thanks to clowns for kids for the inflatable football stadium outside on fox square. ainsley: they are darling. steve: adorable and when remember when they were left. ainsley: richard and connor. steve: and jared. clowns for kids.com. ainsley: so exciting, we went to each other s baby showers. brian: grab a football, throw it into an inflatable house. steve: they are mainly here for the pizza, we have historically provided pizza and often when the movie house was affiliated with this ump can, they show the kids whatever kid-theme movie breek i think gutfeld will let all the kids produce his show tonight. ainsley: it would be even funnier. busted, president biden caught using a cheat sheet during his first news conference. there
everything was a blur. all i m thinking is, is shannon really gone? we interviewed her roommates, boyfriends, everybody is a suspect. then a phone rings. right. he says i ve kidnapped her, i have her. and we ran his criminal history. that s when all the bells went off. he pulls in, asked me to get in the car. i feel the cold blade against my neck. he carries me to the basement of his home. it was jaw-dropping! just chilling! they started digging and they found women s clothing. it was just escalating! escalating! there were so many victims, aren t there? there. were there still are. until this guy is no longer in existence. i will carry this fight! hello, and welcome to dateline! shannon melendi dreamed big. at 15, she wanted to become a supreme court justice. in college, she scored a prestigious internship at former president jimmy carter s foundation. then, suddenly she vanished! detectives had a suspect in their sights. but it would take years
she was smitten. she really went all out for him. she couldn t see the red flags. it was a heartbreaking case. i just didn t realize how much endanger she was. one of our friends actually looked him up and was like, this is not the guy that you think he is. he conned women to get what he wanted. he was good at it. he was very good at. if he had been peeking in her dorm room window. i m being blackmailed from for money. lauren kept saying, well, the police will handle it. we got the notification on our phone a second lockdown. he had been lying in wait. i was like, this isn t real. this isn t happening. how do you not recognize that this girl needs your help? what should scare every parent is that this could be going on at any campus across our country. hello and welcome to dateline . college senior lauren mccluskey was known around campus as a star athlete. but few knew that off the field, she was trapped in a abusive relationship. laure