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ceiling bill. the vote was 63 to 36. it comes some 24 hours after the house passed the same bill. it raises the nations debt limit -- while also imposing new caps on spending. and now goes to the presidents desk for his signature, with four days to go before the monday default deadline. lets get straight to nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitale, who has been standing by for hours and hours. all, right ali vitale. it happened. how did this whole thing go down tonight? >> yeah, ...

>> katie: im katy pavlich along with tyrone, joey jones, kennedy. >> katie: and hes out of office. well, not yet. president biden using the kid stairs and stepping foot down in warm st. croix for the long holiday weekend. joe was hoping for a little rest and relaxation nearly 2,000 miles away from all the problems he is facing in washington which now includes an impeachment inquiry. his son hunters two indictments and the doom spiral at the border. the big guy is already on island time...

down tonight? >> yeah, it was less with a bang and more with a whimper, stephanie ruhle. weeks and weeks of high stakes negotiations here in washington covering each and every turn of them, as speaker mccarthy and his top allies huddled with top white house officials over the course of several weeks to hammer out this deal. and now the senate finishing it up in the dead of night, sending it now to the presidents desk, and avoiding default, with the days to go until that ex date deadlin...

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 $...

new democracy party are ahead of the main rival, the leftist syriza party. its unlikely either party will earn a majority. saudi arabia is set to make history — as the country sends its first ever female astronaut to the international space station. now on bbc news, talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. lets go and take a look at whats on the show. eyeing up africa — as the west competes with china, who will en...

now, i will say, this is a great day to be a mouse. this is a wonderful day to be an infected mouse. this is not going to be on the market for humans any time soon. you have to make sure it is safe. >> okay. but this morning well celebrate for -- >> for mice everywhere. >> elizabeth, thank you. "cnn this morning" continues right now. >> good morning, everyone. top of the hour. not trying to scare you there. tell what you that was in a moment. >> in case youre traveling for the holida...

there they are. this former senior us trade official who now helps build bridges between private companies and opportunities across africa. also, the african unions trade commissioner, who tells me what his continent really wants from the rest of the world as it looks to advance its own prosperity. also on the show, keeping safe online — the war in ukraine means companies are more worried than ever about cyber attacks, so im going to be speaking to the big boss of one of the worlds l...

the executions have been condemned internationally. those are the headlines. now on bbc news: talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. lets go and take a look at whats on the show. eyeing up africa as the west competes with china, who will end up having the most influence on that fast growing continent? as the g7 uses its summit injapan to draw the worlds poorest countries closer, well recent visits to africa by its l...

good evening. are we acting with enough urgency to tackle the climate crisis? the un confirmed today what weve known for some time — there is no credible pathway to maintaining the average temperature rise to 1.5 celsius. in fact, it is now 66% likely we will be there within five years. we will talk about that, and what we must do. good news today for renters here in england — a new renters charter that if passed could outlaw no—fault evictions. so what will that do to the market...

humanitarian crisis, this chaos, this crime, it is a total abdication of presidential responsibility. biden did just not fair prepare the chaos he is predicting more of it. it is unacceptable, inexcusable. and frankly, the seat if the exact same pattern of behavior with afghanistan, the debt ceiling and now this is far as i am concerned it is impeachable. its going to be chaotic says biden. he might as well save himself the effort of standing up on that cold january day two years ago d...