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says a tentative agreement is in place to raise the nations debt ceiling averting a potential default on the united states financial obligations. >> its just been amazing to watch and see the president come out on a sunday night like this, wolf. well have complete coverage on every single angle of this story, whats in the deal, lou it finally came about and how all the various players in this debate are reacting tonight. several asian markets already opened, others will be opening so...

traders are reacting to news of a deal. we need to get to jessica yellen whos at the white house now. the president came out a short time ago and said it appears a deal is in the works. not the perfect deal but one that will keep america from going into default. >> thats right, don. i have more information about how it came together. i came from a briefing with senior white house officials who say it happened between 8:10 and 8:20 when the vice president and the president, i should say...

ill ask about red hot democrats. stay here and hear how it plays out. im wolf blitzer here in "the situation room." weve been expecting the house to vote on raising the debt limit. but it has not happened yet. the debt deadline is looming larger than ever. the deal would raise the debt limit $900 billion in the short term and green light spending cuts of roughly the same amount over ten years. offset dollar for dollar by more spending cuts. theres a lot of huge ifs involved in making...

>> we have complete coverage on every angle of the story. whats in the deal, how it came about and how all the various players in this debate are reacting. we are keeping an eye on where traders are reacting to news of a deal. we need to get to jessica yellen our chief white house concerned correspondent the president came out a short time ago and said it appears a deal is in the works. not the perfect deal but one that will keep america from going into default. >> thats right, don. i ...

Bill to raise the countrys debt ceiling. but raise it with a whole bunch of asterisks. as youll recall, this was a vote that was supposed to happen last night, but just minutes before it was set to come to the floor, john boehner found himself with an all-out mutiny in his own party, so today as we sit just four days away from cataclysmic default, today was a day spent by representatives in washington, not negotiating to see if a deal could be reached to avert catastrophe, but rather watching an...

having it? >> its not that simple. they have to come up with some compromise, some sort of plan that can pass the senate and go back to the house of representatives and pass there something that the president could sign that would allow the united states to raise the debt ceiling and avert some sort of financial disaster come tuesday. its not simple at all, so they need to work together. the mainstream, main leadership, democrats and republicans, they need to find a way to come up with...

for the first time in the history of our country unless there is a compromise or they accept my bill, were headed for economic disaster. its time for republicans to step forward. theres been some movement today. as i indicated on the floor, i was having a meeting in my office this afternoon with some splun and that fell through. as they were walking into a conference, three republican senators said they were interested in my bill, interested in compromise. they need to step forward. ...

legislation. the proposal i put forward is a compromise. we changed it even more today. we would have changed it even more, but as i indicated on the floor, we had no one to negotiate with. the republican leader said he wouldnt negotiate with me. i dont know whose that is. not mine. >> your pizzas ready. >> it really is a worst possible time to be conducting a filibuster. they are forcing to us wait until tomorrow morning at -- lets see. today is still friday. until sunday morning at ...

after piece of red meat to the right-wing lion that seems to dominate his caucus. >> were not going to divulge. were going to solve this problem, one way or another. >> countdown to crisis. your financial future hanging in the balance. this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening, an extraordinary day on capitol hill today. the house passes the boehner bill and the senate properly slaps it down. senate majority leader harry reid held a news conference speaking on tonights vote. >> sena...