Good to be with you. Im katy tur. Mitch mcconnell is stepping down as leader of the Republican Party in the senate, a position he has held now for 17 years. What is going to change . Mcconnell has been hugely effective as leader. He single handedly blocked President Obama from filling a Supreme Court seat, refuse to go hold a vote on merrick garland. Coming up with a novel and hugely controversial policy that Supreme Court vacancies cant be filled in election years. A policy he immediately said did not apply when President Trump had the chance to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburgs seat just before november 2020. From the Supreme Court to the federal courts across this country, no Single Person has arguably had a bigger impact, confirming 228 judges in the trump years alone. Almost all young, White Conservative men who will be able to serve for the rest of their lives. In spite of that success with trump, mcconnell has also been seen as one of the last guardrails against maga. Holding firm on uk
a deal was cut with the chief. video showing the leader yevgeny prigozhin, his forces agreeing to remove themselves from the blood this i group he founded. as for its leader, he goes to exile in belarus. he s safe, no charges. so much of what we are reporting is difficult to rationalize and confirm. but what does it mean to the ukraine war. financing it has been a disaster from the day russia invaded for russia and a bunch of civilians. they suffered over 200,000 casualties. let s get the latest from kyiv. give us the latest. reporter: it looks like we are back from the brink in neighboring russia. but it looks like there has been a lot of damage done to a lot of different folks. it was the biggest challenge to president vladimir putin. three decades in office. the man who is responsible. the wagner mercenary chief yevgeny prigozhin complaining about the war and military conduct. then pulling this fighters out of the fight and into rostov-on-don . they basically took over th
a deal was cut with the chief. video showing the leader yevgeny prigozhin, his forces agreeing to remove themselves from the blood this i group he founded. as for its leader, he goes to exile in belarus. he s safe, no charges. so much of what we are reporting is difficult to rationalize and confirm. but what does it mean to the ukraine war. financing it has been a disaster from the day russia invaded for russia and a bunch of civilians. they suffered over 200,000 casualties. let s get the latest from kyiv. give us the latest. reporter: it looks like we are back from the brink in neighboring russia. but it looks like there has been a lot of damage done to a lot of different folks. it was the biggest challenge to president vladimir putin. three decades in office. the man who is responsible. the wagner mercenary chief yevgeny prigozhin complaining about the war and military conduct. then pulling this fighters out of the fight and into rostov-on-don . they basically took over th
a deal was cut with the chief. video showing the leader yevgeny prigozhin, his forces agreeing to remove themselves from the blood this i group he founded. as for its leader, he goes to exile in belarus. he s safe, no charges. so much of what we are reporting is difficult to rationalize and confirm. but what does it mean to the ukraine war. financing it has been a disaster from the day russia invaded for russia and a bunch of civilians. they suffered over 200,000 casualties. let s get the latest from kyiv. give us the latest. reporter: it looks like we are back from the brink in neighboring russia. but it looks like there has been a lot of damage done to a lot of different folks. it was the biggest challenge to president vladimir putin. three decades in office. the man who is responsible. the wagner mercenary chief yevgeny prigozhin complaining about the war and military conduct. then pulling this fighters out of the fight and into rostov-on-don . they basically took over th
hello, i m lukwesa burak. president biden has said a deal with republicans to raise the us government debt ceiling is very close and he s optimistic it will be achieved. the two sides have a little more breathing room after the treasury secretary, janet yellen, extended the deadline slightly, saying the government would not run out of money untiljune 5. they re working on an agreement that would ensure no repeat of the stand off before next year s presidential election. as the clock ticked down to the midnight deadline which hasjust passed mr biden hinted a deal might be not be too far away. with regards to the debt limit, things are looking good. i m very optimistic. i hope we ll have some clearer evidence tonight, before the clock strikes 12:00, that we have a deal. but it s very close and i m optimistic. and our north america correspondent nomia iqbal sent us this update. lawmakers have now been given a little more time to find that much needed solution. many of them h