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lawmakers have now finally agreed to a tentative debt ceiling deal. there is still a long way to go including selling members of their parties on the plan. can they get the support they need to prevent default? >> an unprecedented move. impeaching a state attorney general after an investigation into corruption and obstruction of justice. the latest on the historic action. a hollywood hideaway. the sultans, could it supercharge the future of electric vehicles? >> yes. and the little m...

nothing. we ae over hav thirty one trillion dollars in debt and that massiv$3e tally continues to grow even afters bi this bill . stillll, small government economists, people like steve moore support the bill calling it a step in the rightir direction. republican congressmen, on the other hand , chip roy is referring to it as at sandwich. the washington times, meanwhile, they describe it as a win for the gop, all whiles representing nancy mace, is trashing the deal for normalizing reco...

everyone. poppy is off today. im erica hill. thanks for being with me this morning. lets get started with five things to know for this memorial day, may 29th, 2023. joe biden and kevin mccarthy made a debt ceiling deal. now they have to sell it. can they get the votes before default on june 5 th? >> russia shot down a record number of missiles ahead of the long awaited counter offensive. >> search and rescue operations under way right now after an apartment collapse in iowa. seven peop...

carcasses. correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight. good evening, peter. >> reporter: on this memorial day, president biden is expressing confidence that there wont be a debt default while also trying to express condolences to the families of fallen american service members. >> president biden: to those who gave our lives so our nation might live. >> reporter: hours after a solemn wreathlaying, president biden defended a debt deal that awaits congressional approval. >> presiden...

$31 trillion in debt. and that massive tally continues to grow even after this bill. still, small government, congress, like steve moore, support the bill, calling it a step in the right direction. republican congressman on the other hand, chip roy, is referring to it as a turn sandwich. the washington times describes it as a win for the gop. trashing the deal for normalizing record spending with the president who cant find his parents. now some republican lawmakers, they are infuriate...

debt ceiling deal is reached. there are many moving parts. we have details on to phone calls happening as both sides iron out the details. congressman, richie torres, from new york, joins me for moments when we break down what we know. good day from msnbc world headquarters in new york, welcome to alex witt reports. im in for alex today. we begin with breaking news. a lock happening on capitol hill this hour. white house officials and house republicans are preparing for a call any minu...

get every noon everybody im yasmin vossoughian. president biden arriving at the white house moments ago he has a busy afternoon ahead of him a call with house speaker kevin mccarthy scheduled on the debt deal and briefing calls with house and senate democrats it is coming as congressman on both of the highway for that actual bill coming from that tentative agreement to raise the debt ceiling in avoided default. >> we did a conference call, our confidence was over 95%. we overwhelmingly...

>> well see. >> neil: its pretty clear not everyone is on the same page. youre looking live on the house floor where theyre voting on a rule to essentially bring this debt ceiling bill to the floor there. as chad pergram likes to remind us, you dont have a rule, you dont have a debate on the bill and you dont have a chance to raise the debt ceiling and cut the spending that has been the source of this nerve building that weve been seeing. that is expected to pass and lead the way to li...

them 72 hours to read it before a vote. >> the bill would cap spending and avoiding a default. the deal is drawing criticism from the left and right. the president and the speaker are framing it as a win/win. >> president biden: it takes a threat of cast as trophy to fall off the table and the agreement also represents a compromise which means no one got everything they want. thats the responsibility of governing. >> you got work requirements that people out of poverty into jobs. you h...

make sense of this with our viewers. >> thanks mehdi. >> here we go. tonight, on a two hour edition of the mehdi hassan show, breaking details of the debt limit deal. we will hear from democratic congressman greg azar, who just got briefed by the white house on -- intubated with two experts. then special counsel jack smith manhattan the alvin bragg put out new potentially damning evidence against, who else, donald day trump in their respective cases. and setting the record straight on ...