payments. and the american people, look, i ll just say it this way. as soon as this week, your savings in your pocketbook could be directly impacted by this republican stunt. reporter: i just want to be very clear. can you guarantee that the u.s. will not reach the debt ceiling, that that will not happen? no, i can t. that s up to mitch mcconnell. reporter: so is it possible that the u.s. will not pay its debt? i can t believe that that will be the end result, because the consequence is so dire. i don t believe that. but can i guarantee it? if i could, i would. but i can t. if that seems like scary stuff, it is, if the u.s. defaults. president biden was also asked about the other brewing crisis on his plate, that s reaching a deal on his infrastructure and social spending plans. look at this. reporter: why were you unable, mr. president, to close the deal with members of your own party on key parts of your legislative agenda last week? i was able to close the de
irresponsibility knows absolutely no bounds. the president accuing republicans of playing russian roulette with the economy with a crisis looming that could end with the loss of millions of jobs, higher interest rates on credit cards and probably some unwelcome news for your 401(k). we re one on one with the senate democrat about the path forward in this show. plus, what is up with facebook and instagram? they are down and out around the world with facebook scrambling to fix whatever is going on. they re also trying to fix a pr problem after those whistleblower claims the company put profit over safety. i m hallie jackson with what s turning out to be an interesting afternoon. lee ann caldwell is on capitol hill and we ll also hear from stephanie ruhle. president biden basically called out him and the senate republicans on this debt ceiling issue. that s right, hallie, and what we hear from senator mitch mcconnell will echo what we heard in a letter earlier today where
telling the truth. and they want to go after me because i have, they think, a big mouth. i don t have a big mouth. you know what i have? i have a mouth that tells the truth. for his next lie, he focused on fearmongering, claiming that after the u.s. troop withdrawal from afghanistan, a bunch of unvetted afghan nationals are just waltzing into the u.s. also not true. now biden is bringing into the united states tens of thousands of unvetted, unscreened afghan nationals who never worked with the americans before, including those with child brides. trump s random lie generator also landed on another favorite topic, russia. that s what s going on with russia. they made up a hoax, and we had to live with it for three years. what kind of a sick, perverted mind does that? and it was the lawyer and hillary clinton and the democrats. they made it up. it was a hoax. and now they re doing it again with the january 6th. and of course no trump rally would be complete without t
mariupol. trey yingst is in kyiv tonight to begin our coverage. good evening, trey. bret, good evening. there are new concerns tonight about the fate of ukrainian soldiers and civilians in the port city of mariupol as people across this country try to get out of harm s way. thousands of ukrainians flee their country each day as the russian invasion continues. many will now be offered refuge by the united states. we have already welcomed tens of thousands of ukrainians to the united states. and today i m announcing a program unite for ukraine. a new program to enable ukrainians seeking refuge to come directly from europe to the united states. president biden announcing a program that will fast track ukrainian asylum claims for those who have a u.s. sponsor. already, more than 10% of the ukrainian population has fled the country according to the united nations. with increased fighting along the eastern front, that number is expected to rise significantly in the coming wee
let s start with the international monetary fund, which has warned russia s invasion of ukraine is likely to send economic shock waves around the world for years to come. the fund believes the conflict and the on going effects of the pandemic are likely to lead to lower growth. the imf has cut its global forecast for this year down almost a whole percentage point, tojust 3.6% for 2022. it s also predicted the russian economy will shrink by 8.5%. and ukraine s economy is expected to contract by more thana third. and the uk will also be hit the imf forecasts the uk economy will grow by 1.2% next year, which is the slowest out of all g7 nations. our economics editor, faisal islam has more from washington. just as the world appeared to be recovering from the aftermath of the covid pandemic, another unprecedented economic shock has hit the war in ukraine. a severe setback to the recovery, says the international monetary fund, slowing growth, and driving up prices. in washing