America’s Collision Course With The Debt Ceiling
As the nation counts down to default, Diane talks to longtime Congress watcher Norm Ornstein about the debt limit negotiations, what's at stake and whether he sees a way forward.
A panel of journalists from foreign news organizations joins Diane to talk about some of the news stories in the headlines around the globe, and about how the news from the USA is playing elsewhere in the world.
Guests
- Martin Kettle The Guardian of London
- Ayako Doi Japan Digest
- Hisham Melhem Washington bureau chief for Al-Arabiya TV, and Washington correspondent for "An-Nahar"
- Andrei Sitov Washington bureau chief for Itar-Tass.
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