Remember thatjust like most americans who have credit records when they want to borrow money and find out how much debt they can take on, the Us Government also gets a credit rating. When it gets downgraded like this, the potential long term effect as it could push up the cost for the Us Government of borrowing money, and in turn that might long run push up taxes, it could mean less spending by the government and could mean fewer government and could mean fewer government programmes in the future. We are not there yet, but that is the underlying fear. If you look at what they are trying to address here in this downgrade, or one of the concerns they cite, it is a problem that exists both in the past but also in the future, and that is rising Us Government debt. At the moment Us Government debt stands at in excess of 30 trillion and it is expected to exceed the total size of the us economy at some point. With that in mind, with this problem in sight, and with the political disunity we ha
political one, that it s compelled by the extraordinary unusual legal circumstances which come with donald trump s candidacy following an insurrection. former u.s. attorney joyce vance weighing in on the decision by maine s secretary of state to remove donald trump from the 2024 republican presidential primary ballot. we re going to go through that decision and what could come next. plus the latest from gaza as israeli forces strike refugee camps where it s believed hamas terrorists are hiding. it comes as the biden administration is putting more pressure on israel to protect civilians. also ahead republican presidential candidate nikki haley trying to clarify her response to the question about the cause of the civil war. we re going to show you what she said. hey, everybody. good morning to you and welcome to way too early on this friday, december 29th. i m yasmin vuceivian in for jonathan lemire. maine is now the second state to remove former president trump off the
like desantis, haley, pence, scott, for this fund-raiser. the bulk of the g.o.p. field will be here. before they come to the iowa fairgrounds, some campaigning to do across the country. you are going to see a lot of us in south carolina. florida governor ron desantis hits his third early voting state of the week, south carolina after campaigning in iowa and new hampshire. don t let anyone tell you they can do this in 24 hours or six months or anything like that. this is going to be trench warfare. ron desantis is responding to former president donald trump was arguing could break the country in six months. desantis says that the republican president would need to go consecutive terms to rein in government. trump wrapped his two day iowa trip with a town hall in des moines and responded to reports that federal prosecutors have the reporting of the present acknowledging that he had a classified document about about iran war plans. everything i did was right. the
crash near the white house. a u-haul van smashes into a security barrier near the president s home. disturbing items inside the truck include a flag with a swastika on it. the 19-year-old driver charged with threatening to kill or harm the president, vice president or family member. surveillance video capturing harrowing moments and what came next as first responders trying to help a boy say they were met with gunfire forcing everyone to take cover. the latest on how all of this unfolded. and prince harry losing a legal battle over his personal security in the uk. just days after being pursued by paparazzi in manhattan with his wife, meghan markle. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. a 19-year-old man accused of intentionally ramming a truck into security barriers outside the white house is expected to appear in court this afternoon. cnn has learned new details about his arrest last night. authoriti
solidarity with other industries. while this incident came about spontaneously, they did find that organizers from amazon and starbucks unions showed up to help them and vice versa. sneets. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredericka witfield. president biden will be meeting with president zelenskyy at the g7 summit in japan. ukraine already scored a key victory after the u.s. has signalled it will now permit allies to send f-16 fighter jets to the war-torn nation. other g7 leaders issued a statement of support, saying, quote, we reaffirm our unwavering support for ukraine for as long as it takes. high on the agenda, western leaders are also weighing in on how to confront china s increasing military power. phil mattingly is in hiroshima, japan. what can we expect from this highly anticipated meeting between biden and zelenskyy? reporter: you know, the symbolism is obvious. we ve seen it not just here in hiroshima, but also over the course of the last ten days with pr