queer and trans nuns. correspondent jeff paul tracking that story from our west coast news room, hey, jeff. weeks of controversy for the dodgers finally coming to an end tonight, uninvited then reinvited lgbtq+ group of satirical nuns known as the sisters of perpetual indulgence with the team s community hero award. one hour before the game started and as can you probably see by this video that captured the moment, the stands were mostly empty. outside the stadium the message of thousands of protesters that they were sending it was abundantly clear. from fans to catholics, high ranking leadership within the church itself, and people of other faiths, well they are not too happy about the group being honored, grievances don t have to do with the group s charitable work, outrage is aimed at the over the top outfit that many feel mock not only nuns but the religion itself, calling it out right blasphemy, held a mass today to heal the harm caused by the dodgers. i have no id
also tonight the pentagon approveathize deployment of some 1,500 u.s. troops to the southern border with mexico as the u.s. braces for a new surge of thousands of migrants. the pentagon press secretary joins us live to discuss the timing and the scope of this new military mission. and senators clash over a proposed code of ethics for the u.s. supreme court justices at a hearing prompted by scrutiny of justice clarence thomas. i ll speak with chairman dick durbin who s accusing the high court of being in his word oblivious to these ethics issues. 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 with two very consequential deadlines for the biden administration and the country, for that matter. the u.s. facing the dire possibility of defaulting on its debt next month, and a major migrant surge across the southern border is expected next week when a key trump era immigration policy expires. our
it. inflation, it is zapping the strength of a lot of families. that inflation hit 8.6% last month, highest rate since 1981. majority of americans weren t even alive actually. u.s. families paying more for everything. gas, cars, food, housing, just to name a few. plane tickets, everything. and today fed is expected to rise rates three quarters of a point. so that means that people will pay more to get a car loan, houses and even college. that will taste bad, but the hope is that it cools down inflation overall. right now on wall street you re seeing a little bit of optimism here heading into this final fed decision here. in overseas market, mixed performance in asia and europe has opened higher this morning. this is a perfect day to talk to greg mcbride from bankrate.com, he knows something about interest rates, all kinds of different rates. hi, greg, how are you? good morning, christine, great to be with you again. so this rate hlike we re expecting, 75 basis point
and town hall.com spencer brown. all right. listen, this is one of those stories, spencer, you and i would kick around the water cooler and figure this is how you make headlines if you are a freshman congress person i think she is on to something here and there is a bit of momentum. i think there is momentum. the first round came up a little bit short. she did remedy the issues that t tom massey had. , it will be interesting to see how the vote goes, it seems like more than a messaging move. after i read the draft censure resolution, it reads, whereas for years representative schiff abused this trust by alleging he had evidence of collusion that as is clear from reports from special council robert mueller, department of justice horowitz, councilman
debt next month, and a major migrant surge across the southern border is expected next week when a key trump era immigration policy expires. our correspondents are standing by over at the white house, the u.s. capitol, and the pentagon. first to the debt limit showdown, and our chief white house correspondent phil mattingly. phil, tonight the president is sticking to his refusal to negotiate an increase in the debt ceiling. is there any wiggle room? you know, wolf, to the extent anyone in washington thought the white house and president biden were bluffing or perhaps posturing on the position they ve held now for months, that there would be no negotiations over the debt limit, it would be a clean increase or nothing at all. the last 24 hours have certainly hammered home the reality that this is not a messaging move. this is not just a negotiating position. this is the reality, a reality president biden plans to take into that meeting on mccarthy and the other three leaders on capitol