gary o'donoghue: there are a bunch of issues.crats want a raise in this $32 trillion debt ceiling without any conditions on the republicans won a bunch of conditions, so for example with the republicans want extra work requirements on some of those public assistance programs and things like food stamps and things like medicaid something that joe biden said is a bit of a redline for him and they want to pull back some of the cid spending they say has gone unspent and use that and also potential budget caps on some spending comes that there is a lot to discuss yet but both sides know that the stakes are high in time is running out. anchor: yeah, only a few weeks to go here. one person who would not be in the rumba could have an impact is former president donald trump. we heard him say during that televised town hall that republican should let the nation default if biden will not agree to spending cuts. our republicans listening to that message? gary o'donoghue: i think some we'll and there are some hard-core people in the house in

joining me in the studio is the bbc's gary o'donoghue who has been following the story going on for a years now. what more is in this particular settlement that we are hearing about on tuesday? >> the details of the settlement have been public for years. the issue has been whether or not the final settlement would allow the family to walk away without future liabilities. that is what the legal arguments have been. they have added extra money to the money they are prepared to pay up to $6 billion that will go to states, municipalities. about 750 million will go to individuals. they could get anything between three and a half thousand dollars may be up to 40 or $50,000. that money is now looking like it is going to be released. it has to have the go-ahead from a bankruptcy court before it will happen but it looks like the parties all agree and it will bring to end a lengthy saga. >> could we see other legal challenges, this is been such a long process? >> the family which owns the private firm, the could be criminally prosecuted. there is not to seem to be a sign of that but this is a s

gary o'donoghue is outside the courthouse in pittsburgh. are outside of the court right now. >> yes, it has been a difficult day, the first day of evidence in this trial. we hear how robert bowers was filled with hate against jewish people, how he saw them as the children of satan, and creatures, not people, and how he had been online for months trying to whip up antisemitic hatred. on this day, he had gone to the tree of life synagogues and attacked three separate congregations, killing 11 people, wounding several more. among them police officers being apprehended. in the days running up to the trial, i spent days and time with members of the jewish community here to find out what the last four and half years has been like for them. this is the squirrel hill labor hood -- neighborhood. one of the oldest jewish communities in the country. four a half years ago, one of its synagogues became the scene of a hate filled attack on jewish worshipers just for being jewish. 11 people died, seven injured when a man allegedly yelling antisemitic slog