this is cnn breaking news. top of the new hour, thanks for staying with us. i m victor blackwell. and i m alisyn camerota. democrats announcing moments ago they will tie an increase in the debt limit to the government spending bill. this move sets up a looming show down with republicans. for more, let s bring in manu raju and lauren fox on capitol hill. lauren, i want to start with you. walk us through what this decision means and how it will work. essentially democrats are daring republicans to vote against an increase in the debt ceiling. there of course is a looming deadline coming sometime in mid october to raise the country s debt limit for what democrats say is money that they have already borrowed. with republicans, given all of the spending for coronavirus over the last year and a half, now, republicans have been saying over and over again that they are not going to join with democrats to actually increase that debt limit. here democrats are saying if you want
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could europe be facing an energy crisis this winter? it is time to now get it is time to now net down to it is time to now get down to business and we have a question. could europe be facing an energy crisis this winter? that s the fear of some analysts as the price of gas and electricity soars to record highs and supplies are squeezed across the region. energy demand has surged as economies have bounced back from the pandemic. but supplies have come under pressure as governments try to wind down polluting energy sources like coal. natural gas prices are up 170% since the start of the year. and investment giant goldman sachs is among those warning of possible blackouts once the weather turns cold. simon french is chief economist at panmure gordon here in london. good morning to you. this has beenin good morning to you. this has been in the news, rumbling on for a few weeks now but it has come to a head because another problem of outage in the uk. that is right. i think this