investigated, they did a realtime narrative of what was happening from their twitter count. 9:51 am, quote we are investigating a suspicious vehicle in front of the supreme court. please stay away from the area. ten minutes later they announced, all the streets have been closed around the area. 10:40 am, more than an hour after seeing the car quote, we are still trying to talk to the driver, please continue to avoid the area. everything is very close together, in this part of washington d.c.. here you can see the police activity this morning. that is the side of the supreme court building, on the right. that s the united states capitol at the end of the street. all of this, is considered part of the larger capitol complex. just before 11:00, according to a new york times congressional report, of the capitol police alerted people, in the capital complex, that they were quote, preparing to disrupt a suspicious vehicle, in front of the u.s. supreme court building. a loud bang ma
piece of american paper currency, and that is quite a superpower, unlike any power than anyone else in the government has. including the president. secretaries of the treasury also have, the unique and huge we import empower, to invoke what the treasury calls, extraordinary measures. that is where the united states of america s tonight. treasury secretary janet yellen is already taking extraordinary measures, to try to delay the day and the hour, which the government of the u.s. will default on its debt. those extraordinary measures, include, suspending investments in certain federal workers pension funds, among other things. the exact day on which we will hit the debt limit, is unknown, because it literally depends, among other things, on exactly how much money, the federal government collects, each day, the daily cash flow, into the united states treasury, which is mostly tax revenue, fluctuates between, 50 billion dollars a day, and over 300 billion dollars a day. so, if j
fronts with president biden saying they are in nonstop talks to stop all-out war in europe saying the u.s. is ready no matter what happens between russia and ukraine. the new comments from the president following a faceoff at the united nations. with russia building up more troops and sending a critical supply to the front lines. the pentagon giving an update right now. also, the senate is back in session. it s for the first time since justice bricier announced his retirement. we re going to be learning more about which two senators will be meeting with president biden tomorrow as our team reports on the list of contend rs for that spot. plus a trump rally this weekend, and what else we heard from the former president ha that is some folks worried. i m hallie jackson in washington with you on this monday afternoon. the team is here with us too. and here are some of the new developments just coming into us this afternoon. you have the white house confirming russia is surgi
cnn news central. shout out to my mom, who s right over there filming me right now. she doesn t want to be on camera, but she s she s good. thanks. so much for joining us the lead with jake tapper starts right now americans may feel broke, but today they are not spending like it leads, starts right now a. summer season kicks off with a bang record travel is millions of americans put aside perceptions about the economy, at least for now. and president joe biden capitalize off this sentiment as the 2024 election creeps closer. and a horror story in haiti, an american couple of serving as missionaries, they re killed by gangs. what we re learning about the attack plus the future of law enforcement drones in danger zones, spotting victims zeroing in on bad guys. but does the technology really work? and is it too much like big brother? welcome to lead i m alex marquardt in for jake tapper. we start today with our money lead despite poll after poll showing, americans are worrie
There are outside groups that will make their voices known. there will be a staff process, which includes all of the vetting of the background and the record and things like the financial history and the resume history of any candidates. all of the checking and vetting that goes on before that would ultimately reach the president s final consideration. so it is a lengthy, complicate ed and work intensive process, but tomorrow what is so important is it will also be a visual kickoff point on the first day of february. the month that the president says he will make his decision. it s a great point. so a lengthy, work-intensive process. then it flips over to the hill. once president biden does make the selection, which in and of itself will be a process this the president and his team will do. tell me what you re hearing this afternoon. i know we have been on recess. the senate has been out of town. they are coming back into town. we saw the floor open this hour. we watched it live for