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♪ ♪ agreement in principle. president biden and speaker mccarthy reach a deal to raise the debt limit. >> we still have a lot of work to do. >> but with lawmakers on both sides skeptical, do they have the votes to actually pass it? ill speak exclusively with house progressive leader congresswoman jamila jayapal and dusty johnson next. and room to grow? more republican presidential hopefuls jump in. >> im running to lead our great american comeback. >> im the candidate the far lef...

it is saturday, may 27th, im amara walker. >> im victor blackwell. good to have you. youre in the cnn newsroom. we begin with debt ceiling negotiations getting down to the wire, as the white house and gop lawmakers are racing against the clock to try to prevent a first-ever u.s. default. >> congress now has fewer than nine days to pass a deal after treasury secretary janet yellen warned yesterday that the country could hit the debt ceiling by june 5th. sources say negotiators are hopin...

conference at the capitol. >> i just got off the phone with the president, i talk to him twice today, and after weeks of negotiations, we have come to an agreement in principle. we still have a lot of work to do, but i believe this is an agreement and principle that is worthy of the american people. >> i expect to finish the writing of the bill, checking with the white house and speaking to the president again tomorrow afternoon, and then posting the text of it tomorrow, and then votin...

everyone. thank you for joining me. im fredricka whitfield. a deal to avoid a debt default is about to be revealed. president biden and speaker mccarthy are finalizing an agreement to raise the debt limit. president biden saying this earlier today. >> im about to go in and call mccarthy now at 3:00, make sure all the ts are crossed and the is are dotted. i think were in good shape. >> house leaders expect the bill to be voted on as soon as wednesday. speaker mccarthy is confident the d...

they vote on it. that vote is tentatively scheduled for wednesday. and breaking, just now, two gop sources tell nbc news that conservatives are balking at the agreement. conservative members of congress in both the house and senate, along with conservative outside groups are plotting ways to gum a passage of the bill or add amendments to make it more appealing to hard-liners. a source familiar with the talks said. i want to bring in jen psaki, former white house press secretary, and h...

simply the best. the lead starts right now. ♪ whats love got to do got to do with it ♪ remembering an entertainment legend. tina turner dead at the age of 83. plus, ron desantis bucking the trend. less than two hours to go before the florida republican using twitter and elon musk to launch his campaign for president. coming up, how donald trump, the front-runner, is responding to desantis unconventional approach. and -- >> were not going to default. were going to solve this pro...

new concerns about the health of pope francis. a fever forcing him to cancel events. new insight from the reporter who interviewed him face-t-to-face jusust yesterday. the u.s. coast guard joining an urgent search in the bahamas for an american teen, who went overboard while celebrating his high school graduation. the critical shortage of more than a dozen cancer drugs patients being turned away from their chemo treatments whats behind all of this and celine dions major announcem...

and breaking news about hunter and the irs and with less than two years ago until the 2024 election, democrats are playing the race card. they are trying to vilify the state of florida. all eyes are on the biden white house where joe is still refusing to come to terms on a debt ceiling that is eminent. according to democrats, the sky is falling. it is all kevin mccarthys fault when it is anything but kevin mccarthys fault. why do democrats care so deeply about this when mccarthy was be...

the late, great tina turner. time for a look at the weather. heres darren bett. as you know, i cant stand the rain, and there hasnt been much of that this week and there wont be much as we head into the bank holiday weekend. today most of us are seeing some sunshine once again. there are some sunshine once again. there are some areas of cloud that are floating around, developing and trapped under this high pressure and thatis trapped under this high pressure and that is keeping it fine...

inning spending, consequential reforms that will rein in government overreach. there are no new taxes, no new government programs. ♪ jason: here is what we mow is in the deal: it suspends the debt ceiling until after 2024 election, no increase in non-defense spending for the next fiscal year, and it caps it at 1% the following fiscal year. it also increases defense spending and money for veterans. were also learning it claws back some unspent covid-19 pandemic funds and cuts nearly $...