Why does the threat of a government shutdown always come down to the last minute for Congress?

The lead starts right now.

Only one day left to reach a deal, the Senate hits a snag over federal government spending

while over in the House, what could be retaliation for rebellious Republicans planning to vote

against making Kevin McCarthy's speaker.

And he was beaten by rioters on January 6 while defending the Capitol and democracy

now, the very first interview with the U.S. Capitol police sergeant who is leaving his

job.

We'll talk to him about the incident back at work that led him to resign.

Plus, deadly tornadoes in the south, snow and ice in the north, the massive storm system

on a destructive path.

Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper.

We're going to start with some breaking news in our money lead, a stock sell-off as investors

react to the Federal Reserve's forecast to team inflation over the next year, the Dow

closing down more than 750 points today.

Let's get right to CNN's Madigue and Matt, what is behind this?

Well, Jake, it's been a bad 24 hours for the soft landing camp.

I mean, markets are essentially betting against the idea that the Fed can tame inflation

without causing a recession.

Yesterday, Fed officials made clear that they're not done slamming the brakes on this economy.

inflation might be cooling, but not enough to get them to stop raising interest rates.

And then today, there's new evidence that there are some real cracks showing in this economy.

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