yeanjanetyellen says governmentn out of cash june 5th. make payments of $130 billion to medicare, social security and veterans programs in early june. but then the government will only have what she termed, quote: an extremely low level of resources. it was another day without a deal. here we are, night after night after night and the pressure is more, the consequences are greater. we recognize that. we know details are thornier. workman dates for people to receive some federal said a flash point. republicans and democrats will not move. white house very difficult on this issue. and i will tell you, it s critical. it continues to be a very candid conversation about how we re going to move forward if we re going to be able to come together and ultimately get a deal. republicans say they are within the window of getting a deal. anxiety on global capitals who look to washington. at the time of significant uncertainty, we do not self-inflicted injury to those economy al
professional repudiation. even charges of racism from the supposed experts so now what? white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. the department of energy overseas national labs and now reportedly concludes a lab leak in china most likely caused the pandemic albeit that conclusion with low confidence. but, this theory became a political lightning rod after former president donald trump embraced it and top scientists shot it down. now, team biden is holding back of talk about lessons learned and also, responding to china s denials. china has repeatedly blocked the world health organization s covid origins probe and now is swiftly rebuking the reported findings from the u.s. department of energy. china s foreign minister saying in part a laboratory origin of the pandemic was considered to be extremely unlikely is a science-based authoritative conclusion reached certain parties should s
becomes one of fear and devastating violence and tragedy. the latest in the never-ending epidemic of gun violence in america, the 33rd mass shooting to happen so far this year, at least 11 people were killed at a lunar new year celebration at a billion room in monterey park, california. it is a predominantly asian american suburb of los angeles. the deceased are all in their 50s, 60s, and 70s. officials say that the shooter, 72-year-old asian male, attempted a second attack at another ballroom nearby. that attack was stopped by two patrons. here s how one of them describes what happened. i lunged at him with both my hands, grabbed the weapon, and we had a struggle. we struggled into the lobby, trying to get this gun away from each other. he was hitting me across the face, bashing the back of my head. i was trying to use my elbows to separate the gun away from him, create some distance. finally, at one point, i was able to pull the gun away from him, shove him aside, create
newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington, and we begin this hour with a developing situation in russia near the ukrainian border. the russian defense ministry says 11 people are dead and another 15 are injured after two men or two gunmen, i should say, opened fire on russian military recruits during a training session. russia says the two men were from former soviet states that russian state news agency is reporting the incident occurred during a shooting training session with volunteers preparing for a special operation when the unit was attacked with small arms fire. details are still coming in to cnn at this hour. we ll update you as we get more of that information as it s coming in, but we ll bring that to you just as soon as that story develops. in the meantime, the shooting happened as the violence inside ukraine is once against escalating violently. in just the past week, russia launched hundreds of missile strikes, including yesterday and today in zaporizhzhia. they
the suspect allegedly writing, if you work with the fbi, you, quote, deserve to die. terry moran standing by. also, the major headline tonight involving rudy giuliani. abc news has now learned giuliani has been informed that he s considered a target of the criminal investigation in georgia, the investigation into alleged efforts to overturn the results of the election there. cecilia vega, and what we ve learned. tonight, iran responding after the attack on author salman rushdie in new york state. stabbed multiple times, rushdie on a ventilator for a time. he might lose an eye. we have news on his condition, and what iran is now saying about any suspicion they were involved. tonight, one year since the chaotic and deadly withdrawal in afghanistan. what our team has now witnessed there. the taliban celebrating in the streets, many with american-made weapons. the babies malnourished. the women and girls who bravely tried to demonstrate for their rights and the gunfire that