tonight, the budget battle brewing in washington after house republicans use their first week to score political points and not govern. then, the trump orbit hit with a maximum 1.6 billion dollar fine for tax keen days after its cfo sentenced to jail at rikers island. so what now? and for a wild week in congress, including multiple calls for a congressman to resign, to the return of the golden globes, our friday night cap is here on all of it, as the 11th hour gets underway right now. good friday evening. i m stephanie ruhle. new signs tonight the republicans running the house may be setting the stage for the first major showdown in the new congress, one that could have a huge impact on our economy. today treasury secretary janet yellen sounded the alarm telling congress the united states is set to reach its debt them and let next thursday. yellin said she would have to start taking stormy mitch or s to keep paying the nations bills if lawmakers do not raise that limit. she
the trump orbit hit with a maximum 1. 6 billion dollar fine for tax keen days after its cfo sentenced to jail at rikers island. so what now? and for a wild week in congress, including multiple calls for a congressman to resign, to the return of the golden globes, our friday night cap is here on all of it, as the 11th hour gets underway right now. good friday evening. i m stephanie ruhle. new signs tonight the republicans running the house may be setting the stage for the first major showdown in the new congress, one that could have a huge impact on our economy. today treasury secretary janet yellen sounded the alarm telling congress the united states is set to reach its debt them and let next thursday. yellin said she would have to start taking stormy mitch or s to keep paying the nations bills if lawmakers do not raise that limit. she added, if nothing gets done, the united states could go into default by early june. the washington post reporting house republican preparing f
as opposed to policy. it s a bad road show version of the broadway of donald trump in terms of trying to be the little many need trump impersonator. it is, but i don t want to be the guy who, says it could be worse. republicans on long island, amazingly, are all getting together, standing, up and saying, this guy should resign. his fellow republican congressman, the county republican party out there, they all feel like, no, we ve got to get rid of this guy, he is bad for us, or whatever they feel given mccarthy is a marrow majority he s got four. everyone but elise stefanik, the republican who has the most power. besides republicans, what message does this send to the country? if anyone in private business or in school did any of these things, we d be fired or expelled. educators are beside themselves because of this. what do we tell students? if you cheat, if you lie, you will be expelled. you are going to be kicked out of school, you are going to be
saying, this guy should resign. his fellow republican congressman, the county republican party out there, they all feel like, no, we ve got to get rid of this guy, he is bad for us, or whatever they feel given mccarthy is a marrow majority he s got four. everyone but elise stefanik, the republican who has the most power. besides republicans, what message does this send to the country? if anyone in private business or in school did any of these things, we d be fired or expelled. educators are beside themselves because of this. what do we tell students? if you cheat, if you lie, you will be expelled. you are going to be kicked out of school, you are going to be ostracized, and yet, someone who is now in congress, it s cheating, and lying, and refusing to own up to what he has done in the sense of i will leave. he got voted in on a lie. he says, i m not going to let these politicians run me out. it s the constituents, i will listen to them. he is going back. he s
broadcasting. we ll have more straight ahead. we begin with that breaking news. also today fears that al qaeda could try to explode explosives hidden inside the bodies of terrorists. the warning comes on the one-year anniversary of the death of osama bin laden. reports in america and the middle east have been stepped up as we get new intelligence with hints at potential and future al qaeda threats. german agents found a memory chip in his underwear. first it looked like it was a pornographic movie but what they found was actual operations drawn up some of al qaeda s, drawn up by some of al qaeda s most senior operatives, the plans include hijacking a cruise ship, dressing the passengers in orange jumpsuits to mimic guantanamo bay prisoners. this morning we join commissioner ray kelly. nice to see you. when you hear about threats like this, a consistent drip, drip, drip of what s happening in the world and what could impact us here. how does that change how new york law enfo