you re live in cnn newsroom from washington. two major floor ris in texas. impeachment vote is underway for the texas attorney general. ken paxton is accused of bribery and abuse of power. they say the impeachment is illegal and is being pushed for by corrupt politicians as he calls them. up on capitol hill, kevin mccarthy said progress is being made. in the last hour or so, several members of mccarthy s whip team have been summoned to the speaker s suite. republican leaders are trying to finalize a deal to raise the debt ceiling and stave off what could be an economic disaster. let s begin our coverage of the debt talks. priscilla alvarez is up on the hill. manu raju, what are you learning about the negotiations? are they headed in the right direction? it is unclear. we do know they are close to reaching an agreement. they have been close for some time. there are a number of sticking points. they are having a difficult time resolving including spending to provisions to e
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the race is on to avoid a default disaster. minutes from now the first key vote on the debt ceiling bill is set to take place on the house floor. already it s facing pushback from both sides of the aisle. we ll be speaking to one of those lawmakers ahead. officials in iowa trying to decide whether they can keep searching for five people who remain unaccounted for at the site of a partially collapsed apartment building there. rescuers are entering a no-win situation as we learn that what remains in the building is unstable and could come crashing down at any moment. plus the gloves are off. during his first official campaign event, ron desantis taking on donald trump. ahead, see why he thinks the former president s attacks are going to backfire. we are following these developing stories, all coming in right here to cnn news central. right now the house is in session ahead of a key vote to avoid default on the nation s debts. president biden and house speaker kevin mccart
here, marking a hard fought victory. translation: i ve been voting for him since - i was 18, yetter tells us. my generation backs erdogan. we won the election fairly, thank god. recep tayyip erdogan. outside his presidential palace here, marking a hard fought victory. translation: i ve been voting for him since i love you a lot. in istanbul, he did it his way. with a sing along for supporters of his ruling ak party and an attack on familiar targets. is the opposition pro lgbt? he asks. could any lgbt infiltrate our party? no, they chorus. over at the opposition s headquarters, it was like a funeral. almost half the voters were with them, not the president. the election has crystallised the divisions here, and the opposition is warning of trouble ahead. it s already visible here in currency exchange rates. the turkish lira fell again to a record low on news of the president s victory. experts say he has mismanaged the economy, resulting in rampant inflation. some of the young
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