is the crowded gop field playing right into the former president s hands? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get straight to the scramble to avoid a historic default on the u.s. debt. president biden and speaker mccarthy are both working the phones tonight as they try to rally support from skeptical lawmakers. cnn is covering the race to pass the agreement from every angle. the stakes right now for the american people and, indeed, the world economic situation are enormous. our correspondents are over at the white house and up on capitol hill. we re getting new details right now and a key democratic leader, congressman james clyburn, is standing by live. we ll get to him in a few moments. first to cnn white house correspondent jeremy diamond. what is the latest where you are over at the white house. reporter: this entire negotiation process was driven by the understanding this was
all that on tap for you. all new at 2:00. first this fox news alert. john: president biden back on u.s. soil after the g7 in japan, debt negotiations are at a standstill. the president cutting his trip short to deal with this crisis at home, and seemingly downplaying china s threat to national security before he departed asia. and then this silly balloon that was carrying two freight cars worth of spying equipment was flying over the united states and it got shot down, and everything changed. sandra: saying he gave beijing a win on the world stage. gillian turner is live on the north lawn at the white house for us. gillian, what are the president s advisors saying about all of this? well, his national security advisor, jake sullivan, took to the airwaves over the weekend to hit back against this criticism from folks who say that biden s decision to cut his international trip short really gave china a quick easy win on the world stage by making the u.s. somehow seem
mississippi picking up the pieces after devastating storms over the weekend left over two dozen people dead and prince harry, elton john, and others take their fight against the british tabloids to a london courtroom. this is what we re watching at this hour. and thank you for being here. i m amarillo walker in for kate baldwin. we begin in israel, which is paralyzed right now by protests over benjamin netanyahu s plan to overhaul the country s judicial system. take a look at this video right now of protesters blocking a highway in television. police tried to disperse them by blasting them with water cannons. and while israelis take to the streets in protest, a historic general strike is also bringing the country. to a standstill all flights at israel s main airport were grounded for several hours , but they have now resumed now this is all happening just hours after netanyahu fired his own defense minister who had called for a pause in the government s judicial reform effort
for his visit to saudi arabia this week, how he s pushing back plus will the trip result in lower gas prices here? search for survivors, after a russian missile hits an apartment building in ukraine. at least 15 dead the emergency on the runway in atlanta, a plane s landing gear on fire shocking video of a mother clinging to the hood of her suv, as a carjacker drives away with her children inside. how she got her kids back and will this be the summer of savings why so many major retailers are now slashing prices. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with kate snow good evening. this is normally the high season at yosemite national park in california, one of the most visited parks in the country, but tonight flames have shut down parts of the park with a fire that s burned since thursday, threatening the majestic giant sequoias, some that have stood for thousands of years take a look at new video today of what firefighters are doing to try to protect the most famo
we should point out nbc news has not yet verified that reporting half what we do have this afternoon is new reaction from a spokesperson for mark meadows. joining me now, luke broad january broadwater, matt miller, and joyce vance. luke, who exactly could be picking up these legal fees for at least it seems a dozen witnesses testifying before the january 6th committee? well, there are two funds that are funding witnesses lawyers. one is the save america pac which is run directly connected to donald trump. the other is the cpac first amendment fund which its director says consults with donald trump and donald trump s allies directly to decide which witnesses it will cover. so these are they offer both free legal advice to the witnesses and then also will pay for their attorneys fees if needed. this came to a head this week when cassidy hutchinson said she had to switch attorneys because she felt only with a new attorney could she be more forthright and testify publicly a