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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...

That continues. joining me now is the white house correspondent monica alma, monica, good morning to. you what is the latest from the white house. we have heard much more from kevin mccarthy and house republicans than we have in the white house, which is issued a fairly limited statement. >> exactly, ali. president biden was at camp david all day yesterday. he departed this morning to go to delaware, where he is now currently attending his grand daughters graduation from a high school there. and...

Yesterday, and people said there was relief that it was june 5th, but it is really giving the math you just laid out, upon us. monika, thank you very much for coming back. we will come back to you at the white house, i am joined now by the republican congressman don bacon of nebraska, he serves as a majority for the house problem solvers caucus, he is also a member of the republican main street congress. congressman, good to see, you thank you for joining. us i noticed that you got into a text e...

14th of 1996. then i want to talk to you on the other side, lets listen. >> all right. >> oh, wait, i dont have it, i dont have. it sir, i save. you let me read to you what you said on meet the press. >> what was it about, ali? >> you said it is about negotiations around the budget. then you said we are miles and miles away on a basic, just on a basic issue like welfare reform. we cant even reach agreement on whether able-bodied people within the ages of 18 and 50 who get food stamps ought to be...

Framework, a truly intensive phase begins now, and a real challenge to consolidate support in a sharply divided congress. so it is not just republicans and speaker mccarthy, we dont know how many republicans he can afford to lose to get this to pass in the house, because, of course, it is going to the democratic votes. and so, to that, and the white house is going to have their own virtual briefing with all house democrats at five p.m. today to try to kind of consolidate and keep that coalition ...

Chooses other processes to, really in good faith, negotiate. because it is valid. you and i will disagree on whether we should have spending cuts, versus tax increases, but that is, as you say, the business of government. that is how it supposed to go. should we just be done with this debt ceiling nonsense, for once, and for all? but >> i would say our focus on spending should be during the appropriations process, the disagreement should have some reforms to use the 12 appropriations bills, so w...