anderson, thank you. matt gaetz, he single handedly held up kevin mccarthy s election as speaker, you ll recall. well, tonight, he s threatening to do it again in a new battle on capitol hill. and he s here. i m michael smerconish. live from new york city on the day that president joe biden asks americans for another four years, the nation is at risk of a potential economic disaster. thanks to partisan and interparty politics in washington, the u.s. is scheduled to default on its debt as early as june. something that s never happened before. and if the nation defaults, that means massive job losses, almost assures a recession. federal benefits, like social security are at risk. interest rates, what you pay on your house, your car, your college loan, they all skyrocket. the stock market, it tumbles, drag with it your 401(k)s. i know what you re thinking. michael, come on. we have seen the movie before and we know how it ends. they re going to figure it out. just before t
old. the news continues. cnn newsroom with michael starts now. anderson, thank. you matt gates, he singlehandedly held up kevin mccarthy s election as speaker, you ll recall, well tonight he is threatening to do it again in a new battle on capitol hill. and, he is here. i m michael, live from new york city, on the day the president joe biden asked americans for another four years. the nation is at risk of a potential economic disaster. thanks to partisan and intra party politics in washington, the u.s. is scheduled to default on its debt, as early as june. something that has never happened before. , and if the nation default, that means massive job losses, almost usher as a recession. federal benefits like social security are at risk, interest rates, what do you pay out of your house, your car, your college loan, they all skyrocket. the stock market, it tumbles, dragging with it your 401 case. i know what you re thinking. you re thinking, michael, we ve seen the movie before.
A discussion on crime writing with authors scott, Richard North Patterson and greg ills is next from the 2018 Rancho Mirage writers festival in california. Good afternoon. Welcome back. I think its you would all agree im sure what a wonderful, wonderful couple of days this has been a great festival. [applause] to our founder jamie, Just Brilliant job. Brilliant job. [laughter] shy as he is brilliant job. This is a panel called crime does pay. We could spend a few hours amongst ourself it is talking about whether thats true or not. But its catchy. I feel somewhat like i was trying to find the right analogy my husband who really does love me and is a pretty modern guy said well think of it like youre a rookie player with three hall of fame percent that youre interviewing, and i i was up half of the night trying to think of something with a feminist twist. So for those of you who know your literary history, there was a young woman very young woman named mary godwin and she married a very
Writers festival in california. Good afternoon. Welcome back. I think its you would all agree im sure what a wonderful, wonderful couple of days this has been a great festival. [applause] to our founder jamie, Just Brilliant job. Brilliant job. [laughter] shy as he is brilliant job. This is a panel called crime does pay. We could spend a few hours amongst ourself it is talking about whether thats true or not. But its catchy. I feel somewhat like i was trying to find the right analogy my husband who really does love me and is a pretty modern guy said well think of it like youre a rookie player with three hall of fame percent that youre interviewing, and i i was up half of the night trying to think of something with a feminist twist. So for those of you who know your literary history, there was a young woman very young woman named mary godwin and she married a very famous, british poet named percy shelly. On their honeymoon when she was 18, they went to italy where they spent time with l
the 28-year-old who holds a california id car and a yemeni pass card became unruly on flight 161 near chicago last night. police say he went to the front of the boeing 737 and yelling in a foreign language and pounding trying to breakthrough the front door of the cockpit. flight attendants asked passengers for help. a re sired secret service and a cop sprang to their feet. they were able to subdue that passenger,place him on the ground and use some flexible handcuffs to put his hands behind his back. reporter: here is how it sounded when the pilot rhode the sfo tower for help. 761 we need priority handle on arrival and we have a passenger conflict here. he was arrested for interfering with the flight crew but his motives are unknown. he is being investigated for possible terrorist ties. but his family members say he s a math teacher, not a terrorist. i really can t say what he was thinking at the time. but i know he is not a terrorist for sure. some people might s