the emphasis is now on the education of members about a default. that s why bankers like jamie dimon of j.p. morgan chase and jane fraser of citi group met with chuck schumer along with other senators today. mr. dimon, did default come up? what was your message to the leader? what would it do to the banking system? actual default would be a disaster. it s been said over and over, you re just repeating it. are you optimistic about a deal? let them worry about that. this is where wall street meets main street. the lead negotiator spoke today at the capitol. a sticking point, workman dates for people to receive some benefits. i asked the speakfer he agreed this needed to be a bipartisan process. he said yes. again, this i believe is a promising step in the right direction. nobody will get everything that they want in these discussions. i hope nobody, nobody draws red lines in the sand. but there s now optimism that the sides can reach a deal even with the president
there was ever any high-speed chase that lasted two hours. you can drive through all five boroughs of new york in two hours. i think we need to see more about what happens here, some video or something. i find it unlikely that this occurred for two hours. nypd made no arrests. that s the most bizarre part of the story. i have seen a lot of the video and the photographer made his way on to tmz and other sites. looks like some were driving on the sidewalk here, some of these paparazzi. sounded like one had a british accent. could have been british paparazzi. that doesn t minimize the fact that that was a scary moment. i m wondering as well what it means. i mean, obviously this was their first big night on the town in new york in quite some time. so it s going to make folks think certainly of the prince s mother. prince diana and what happened
posted in the last hour on tmz is the singer s manager michael green confirmed that meat loaf died thursday night. sources with knowledge tell tmz he was supposed to attend a business dinner earlier this week for a show he is working on based on i would do anything for love. but the dinner was canceled because he became seriously ill with covid. sources tell us, tmz, that condition quickly became critical. that according, ainsley, to tmz. meat loaf died of covid they say. ainsley: wow, wow. that s the first time hearing of that. because i woke up this morning with the news that the manager had said the family just wants to keep this private. cause of death is not being released. goodness. well, thank you for that, steve. he was born in dallas and i was thinking about it this morning, how did he get that nickname. i read about it his dad, when he was born. he was such a big baby.