us treasury secretary janet has again sent a letter to congress warning the treasury would be unable to satisfy its obligations as early as 1june. presidentjoe biden will meet top lawmakers including republican house of representatives speaker kevin mccarthy at 3p able a good time on tuesday. of course that meeting was postponed from last friday. samira hussain has more from new york. in less than two weeks the united states could fail to meet its debt obligations. if lawmakers in washington cannot come to some sort of agreement. the republicans have continued to demand cuts to social security before they will agree to raise the borrowing limit. us presidentjoe biden has repeatedly said he would not set conditions that must raise the debt limit his failure to do so would result in an economic catastrophe. some of the possible outcomes of the job losses, those that depend on social security benefits won t get paid, and of course the most dire of outcomes would be the loss of c
yellen has sent a letter to congress warning the treasury would be unable to satisfy its obligations as early as 1june. presidentjoe biden will meet top lawmakers including republican house of representatives speaker kevin mccarthy at three pm local time on tuesday after that meeting was postponed from last friday. samira hussain has more from the ock. in less than two weeks the ock. in less than two weeks the united states could fail to meet its debt obligations if lawmakers in washington cannot come to some sort of agreement. republicans have continued to demand cuts to social spending before they will agree to raise the borrowing limit. us presidentjoe biden has repeatedly said he would not set conditions lawmakers must raise the debt limit because failure to do so would result in an economic catastrophe. some of the possible outcomes are job losses, those that depend on social security benefits were get paid, and the most dire of outcomes would be the loss of confidence t
but says that it is not inevitable. have a look at how the global markets are reacting. and, uncharted territory, how the elections so that colombia and france have rattled the political steps forward. we begin in ukraine where president volodymyr zelenskyy is warning that russia could, once, against step up attacks. as european union leaders consider whether to back ukraine s spirit to join the. block here comes fierce fighting in the eastern city of severodonetsk, critical to russia s push to take control of the water donbas region. we are also seeing more russian strikes for the west. this was the scene in the town near dnipro where officials say at least one person was killed. but, exploded on a missile strike of an oil depot. and, this video from ukrainian officials appeared to show the aftermath of shelling in sunny north of kharkiv. and, yet amid a war that has devastated much of the country, ukraine s president is keeping an eye on the future. one he hopes will in
John and sandra. Good afternoon. Its a wet friday. Im martha maccallum. Thanks for joining us. We have a big lineup for you this hour. We begin here in the northeast where sandra was just saying millions of new york City Residents are being urged to shelter in place at this hour as torrential and lifethreating rain causes huge highway tieups and subways are flooding in new york city. Theres hundreds of flights that have been cancelled or delayed at this point. Katie byrne reporting live from hoboken, new jersey just across the river. High, katie. Hi, martha. A lot of people that were able to make it in to the city or to hoboken for work this morning are now wondering how theyll get home. We have roads submerged in water here in hoboken. If i step out in the street, the water gets deeper. Weve been here all day. The water has not receded much at all. Its one of those days that you cant get around hoboken by car. Ive talked to a lot of commuters. Were by the Train Station here. Some told
Growing Leisure Boat Industry. From small, human powered, two giant super yachts. And its one of the highlights of the Sporting Calendar, as the top teams enter the fa cup, and one of the worlds most successful managers Pep Guardiola gets his first taste of its magic tonight. The sounds of stonehenge and why they could reveal some of the secrets of the historic site. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Will it be the sound of ice scrapers echoing around the south and east today . It is a day of contrast. While some have frosts, temperatures down to 6, for others it is cloudy and wet. The forecast coming up in15 it is cloudy and wet. The forecast coming up in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The us President Elect donald trump is due to meet intelligence chiefs today, to discuss claims that russia tried to interfere in the american president ial election. Hes faced criticism from both republicans and democrats about his approach to the allegations, and less than 24 h