yellin was on a three nation tour of africa as the biden administration seeks to revitalize the u.s.'economic relations on the continent. jenny takes a closer look. >> the united states is all in on africa. u.s. tasury secretary janet yellen's message to the continent on her 10 day trip to promote deeper economic ties with african nations. on the second leg of her visit, she urged zambia's creditors to restructure the nation's debts after it became the first african country in the endemic era to default on its stance. the country owes $17.3 billion in payments to creditors, including china. in senegal, yellin voiced her concerns about chinese investment in the continent. >> many african countries are plagued by unsustainable debt and that is undeniably a problem. much of it is related to chinese investments in africa. >> for years beijing has been pouring money into african infrastructure projects, becoming its largest trading partner. janet yellen strip comes after last month's african leaders summit where the biden administration invest 55 billion u.s. dollars in economic, health an

yellin says they don't think they will run out of cash until early june and usualing congress to about very soon. she said, quote, failure to meet the government's obligations caused harm to the u.s. economy, all americans and global financial stability. so this all sets the stage for what could be a pretty epic fight over the debt ceiling. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> with us now republican represent i have brad win strop of ohio. thank you for being here. you will hit the debt limit much sooner than predicted. will you vote to raise it? >> i'm going to expect that we'll see what we have seen in the past where we go to extraordinary measures. but at the end of the day we end up paying the bills but i don't think it's uncalled for for us to sit and say just as a family may do and we increase the debt and borrowing more money. got to make a plan because it doesn't have a good end. hopefully reasonable conversations that can take place across the aisle and we come to something that will work for everybody but at the end of the day i think you have been around this long enough. it is n

secretary janet yellin says if the debt limit is not raised, the consequences could be felt by all americansur debt. if that happened, our borrowing costs would increase, a failure to make payments that are due, whether it's to bond holders or to social security recipients, or to our military, would undoubtedly cause a recession in the u.s. economy. >> democrats and republicans on capitol hill need to come to an agreement to raise the debt limit, but right now neither side seems open to negotiations. >>> the soaring cost of eggs at the grocery store is prompting americans to start raising chickens in their own back yards, an investment some families say is saving them money in the long run. as cnn's gabe cohen reports, some experts are quite skeptical about such savings and caution would-be hen owners not to count their chickens before they hatch. >> reporter: every morning, cassidy o'donnell fetches a feast from her pennsylvania yard. >> dropped that one. >> reporter: fresh eggs from eight chickens, an idea she hatched last spring as food prices surged. >> we had seen that the price of eggs

maybe the media should ask secretary yellin, did you ever let maxine waters have access to suspiciousctivity reports? she's also filed legislation because she has a similar frustration p with these report. who are you thinking who does need to come at this point? i'll go ahead and i widen it jut beyond hunter invited in. >> think that's a good question. i think anyone that was in business with the biden's on these accounts that were partners in these llcs they need to tell everybody exactly with the business was project two or 3 million-dollar wires from this company that is the feeling of the chinese communist party. what exactly, what service we are providing? there wasn't any real estate. they were not manufacturing anything, what were they doing? what business were they in? what was jim biden doing to make $45000 a month? he sent a lawyer. hunter is a lawyer, was he doing legal work? i don't know. toxic hunter biden? >> i don't know. first hearings will beid next wk there's a lot of misconceptions about the laptop. we are going to talk about that laptop. why did the fbi according

yellin told congressional leaders these maneuvers should keep the government open until june. but if congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling by then the u.s. won't be able to pay for things like military salaries, social security benefits and food safety inspections. economists warn a default could also lead to a global financial crisis. that's a worst-case scenario. but it is certainly why would we want to take that risk? george washington university professor joseph court has said both sides are playing got to believe at some point that. >> you know, the white house is also going to come up with some options until then court has said he's closely watching house republicans, particularly more moderate lawmakers. a lot can happen in 6 months in washington. i'm jessi tenure. >> coming up, a new study says that scooters and e-bikes are dirtier than what researchers recommend people do is they germ free. >> and early retirement probably sounds appealing to folks. but why a new study says it could actua >> their health tonight, you know, retiring early sounds good, but it might be

treasury secretary janet yellin late last week warned the u.s. would have to get creative with its bookkeeping to pay the bills starting thursday, unless congress raised the debt ceiling. that deadline is much sooner than we were expecting, and a reminder the debt ceiling deals with money congress already spent. to debate whether we should raise the debt ceiling is like debating with visa over whether you should pay your credit card bill. you know, marcus, you don't have to pay your credit card bill, but visa is going to make it miserable for you if you don't. >> and you don't want that. thanks, scott. >>> happening today, america is honoring the reverend dr. martin luther king jr. and i want you to check this out. san francisco's great cathedral church lit up to commemorate dr. king. the sermon he delivered that day will play all day in the cathedral. church leaders will help lead the march south of market street. here are some other bay area e convenience honoring dr. king. the african american museum holding a film festival showing five movies

the country is struggling with a debt issue that yellin was very quick to blame on china. well, let's hand it over to africa correspondent. his catabolic types is no secret that washington has beijing in his cross head. and here in africa, china is pervasive. while the west was busy looking inward since the financial crash of 2008, china was accruing wealth and technological know how and making friends around the world. but while in the zambian capital, us treasury secretary janet the ellen, played to our audience, claiming china is behind the african countries. that problem kind of rich pointing a finger, china, though forgetting the 3 appointing beck. and then we will continue to press for official bilateral and private sector creditors to meaningfully participate in debt relief for zambia, especially china. even if the u. s. one day solves is debt problem. it is not qualified to make groundless accusations against or press for other countries out of selfish interest because it can not at all alleviate yours tremendous responsibility for the reason of the world that issu

we are very directed and deliberate about having professor eric yellin spoke, historians to bring to light, tell the story and explain what do we mean by racism. what does this mean? one of the things we found is a lot of people didn't -- they were surprised. they said, i didn't learn that, why didn't i know that? and some, ways it's the same stories we hear from people who would attend the speaker series on suffrage. to say, gosh, i didn't know that. i had a fairly decent education, why didn't i know that about suffrage? or about wilson and race or about his administration. we've taken these things to light. i agree, with the exhibitions, i love the idea of having the plack explain what we used to see and what we say today. the wilson house will be a museum celebrating 60 years and the coming year, and we're looking to put their an exhibition on how we have changed as an exhibition space and as a museum over 60 years. and tell that story, which i think is actually fascinating. to say how did we portray ourselves a 1963, 1965. and how do we do that today. but a very, very concrete st

because janet yellin has warned house republicans this week that we are up against that ceiling.t went on i further? for everybody who didn't enjoy the voting that went on to l further? for everybody who didn't l enjoy the voting that went on to get kevin marter at mccarthy as a speaker of the house that is nothing compared to what is coming with the debt ceiling. republicans are starting not to raise the debt ceiling and if that happens it will not only tank the us economy but every economy around the world. inflation will rise interest rate will rise, bonds will be shattered. go across the board, the world economy will come to a screeching halt because there are some republicans in the house now who not only want to treat the united states economy like a a la carte menu. we can pay for this but we will pay for some federal employees. we want to pay for people who lend your pain, we want pay for social security but that's it. everyone around the world will get a quick lesson as to why the debt ceiling here in the us is important to them.— the debt ceiling here in the us is impor

giuliani is furiously scrambling to figure out how to help the president.d says all of the people yellinsuggestions. trump not knowing what to do. until one moment when rudyemarkl giuliani pipes up and says, "just say you won." >> giuliani once said a pretty remarkable thing. remarkable thing. he said, "you could throw a fake."ex politics, you can embellish, exaggerate, maybe just, you know, throw something out there that you don't haveine any real basis to believe isad true.frankl and that's what he didy,.ection >> we were getting ready to wi n this election.- make n frankly, we did win this election.o thos we did win this electione . exis donald trump himself is delusional. rudolph giuliani helped to contribute to those delusions of grandeur that exist within el election being stolen from hime. >> i think that he felt like the 1989 election was stolen from . him, that the voting system wasv riggedid. tamp to see us, to urge m- e to conte th'r ee with what they regarded asth evidence of voter tampering,t v voter fraud. >> we see an early premonition of what we're gonna see yearsale late

we just had janet yellin treasury secretary say that the u.s. could default in june if something isn't done. are you in favor of raising the debt ceiling and is there a deal to be made with democrats here? >> this is the travesty, 1.7 trillion omni was-- they knew going in that they were going to have 0 raise the debt ceiling and they didn't include that in the omni and now we're forced to deal with it now under separate context. the problem is we haven't done anything fundamentally to change the trajectory in spending in washington we need a balanced spending or limit. somehow to curb spending when we're dealing with discretionary spending and come up with things like sequestration or graham-rudman-hollings, they don't work and changing the trajectory of our debt. that's going to have to change. so if we don't do that, if we're not addressing the fundamental changes and the way we spend taxpayers' money i don't know how we proceed in a way that doesn't create problems for us with regard to our debt ceiling. bill: time for one more question and

maybe the media should ask secretary yellin didid you ever let maxine waters have access to the suspiciousreports. >> i know she's also vital to legislation because she had the similar frustration that you do that she's failed legislation because she has a similar frustration and just going back, who are you thinking about who does need to come in front of the committee at this point and beyond biden. >> i think it is a good question. anyone that was in business with the biden's that were on these accounts that were partners in these llcs i think they need to tell everyone exactly what the business was. you have two or 3 million-dollar wires from this company affiliated with chinese communist party. what exactly, what service were you providing because it wasn't real estate. there wasn't any, you know they were not manufacturing anything. what were they doing, what business were they in, jim biden, what was he doing to make $45,000 a month consulting? he's not a lawyer. hunter is. was he doing legal work? i don't know.. >> but you don'tfr think at this point that hunter biden is going to b

yellin said she would have to start taking stormy mitch or's to keep paying the nations bills if lawmakers do not raise that limit. she added, if nothing gets done, the united states could go into default by early june. the washington post reporting house republican preparing for an emergency plan for breaching the limit, and the post also reports the proposal would direct tragedy to prioritize certain payments if the u. s. hits the ceiling. the plan is under discussion in the private. today the white house said this about negotiating over the debt limit. >> we will not be doing any negotiation over the debt ceiling. there is been a bipartisan cooperation when it comes to lifting the debt ceiling, and that is how it should be. this is not political gamesmanship and this should be done without conditions. >> meanwhile the house judiciary committee is now investigating classified documents that were found in biden's former office and his home. today, chairman jim jordan demanded information from the justice department, the fbi, and the white house. biden has hired former obama white house co

yellin told congressional leaders these maneuvers should keep the government open until june. >> butf congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling by then the u.s. won't be able to pay for things like military salaries, social security benefits and food safety inspections. economists warn a default could also lead to a global financial crisis. that's the worst case scenario. but it is certainly why would we want to take that risk? george washington university professor joseph court has said both sides are playing got to believe at some point that. >> you know, the white house is also going to come up with some options until then court has said he's closely watching house republicans, particularly more moderate lawmakers. a lot can happen in 6 months in washington. i'm jessi tenure. >> coming up this hour on kron 4 news. we're honoring black history in the magazine that showcase the most important pieces of it. we're looking back at the boundary breaking jet magazine. plus, the rain may be over, but winter is still in full fact. we've got some tips on how you can get your vitamin d despite

on friday, janet yellin announced that the united states will hit its debt limit this coming thursday. the debt limit is the maximum amount, according to law, that the federal government can borrow to pay for its obligations, to pay for things start to spend money on. that includes, all of the really important functions of government, everything from air traffic control to medicare and social security payments, congress decides what that limit is. so, secretary yellen wrote to house speaker kevin mccarthy, warning him that it is, quote, critical that congress act in a timely manner, to increase or suspend the debt limit, and quote. she wanted to explain that, quote, filler to meet the governments obligations would cause irreparable harm to the u.s. economy, the livelihoods of all americans, and global financial stability. all of that is true. to be clear, the united states government to fight falls on its loans, that would not be a small thing. it's not like pena credit card bill a few days late. the entire world wide modern financial system is built on the idea that the united states

in a letter to congressional leadership, yellin more inch, that period of time that extraordinary measures may last it's subject to considerable uncertainty. including the challenges of forecasting the payments and receipts of the u.s. government munson to the future. respectfully urge congress to act promptly to protect the full faith and credit of the united states. that is the treasury secretary basically begging congress to give further tools to pay our bills. so let me just give you all a refresher out, they're the debt limit is not about new spending. the debt limit dictates how much the government can borrow to pay its bills that are already do. the united states has never intentionally failed to pay its debts before but house republicans say they are threatening to drive america over that cliff unless they get the drastic spending cuts they are demanding. never mind that the national debt increased by 7.5 trillion dollars under former president trump and that they, republicans raised that ceiling with no hesitation three times while trump was president. this is not just boring but

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