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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...

newsroom. im jim acosta in washington. we are following two developments in two major stories. a short time ago in texas, the state house of representatives voted to impeach attorney general ken paxton. he is accused of bribery and abuse of public trust. the conservative republican calls the proceedings a politically motivated sham. meanwhile in washington, were waiting for details on a phone call wrapping up, or may have already wrapped up, between president biden and house speaker ke...

officially voting to impeach state attorney general, ken paxton. under state law, hes now temporarily suspended from his duties as he now awaits a senate trial. some of the counts included bribery, obstruction of justice, dereliction of duty, and fitness for office, abuse of public trust. this follows years of legal and ethical struggles -- and most controversial a.g.. texans called the -- most of the top texas republicans have been now mont the tub lick. -- with us now, nbc news corre...

you, from nbc news here in miami, welcome everyone to alex reid reports. we begin with breaking news, this just in an update from capitol hill, where negotiators from the white house and house republicans are working through the holiday weekend, inching closer to an agreement to raise the debt ceiling. it comes as after a news of some new breathing room, as the treasury secretary now says the deadline for default is june 5th. moments ago, house speaker kevin mccarthy, giving an update....

♪ weve been waiting for you. glad to have you along. good morning. im victor blackwell. glad to see you this morning. >> and im amara walker. happy to spind the holiday with you. more than 42 million people expected to head out this memorial day weekend. were going to tell you what to expect if youre going to the airport or driving to your destination. plus lawmakers racing to reach a deal. now treasury secretary janet yellen has more. and a plot to kill the queen? 40 years ago...

>> >> good evening rachel, we have michigan state senator mallory mcmorrow joining us tonight. shes one of the big stars who was merged outside of washington in the democratic party, and we are going to be talking about the garden of evil, later in this program, which is the name of the garden owned by harmless billionaire harlan crow, clarence thomass best friend. im gonna have an awful lot to say about what harlan crow says is the one thing he has never done in the garden of evil. >>...

before the u.s. defaults. not everyone is confident a deal can be reached, with at least one top republican negotiator warning a deal could come together as soon as today or fall apart entirely. what is the mood on capitol hill right now? >> reporter: good afternoon. the mood is more optimistic than weve heard in days. negotiators here this morning are saying they think theyre closing in on a deal and really its all about having an agreement on the agreement and hashing out the remaini...

weekend. theres still time for some notes before you get the time to grill. lets take a look at some of the weeks top stories. ron desantis has officially entered the 2024 right house race, as we said the live stream events on twitter got off to a rocky start. crashing several times. with the announcement delayed by more than 20 minutes due to a series of technical glitches. >> sorry about that, weve got so many people here that i think we are affecting the service. >> lets say, so yea...

happening right now, sentencing is under way for oathkeepers founder stewart rhodes for his part in the capitol riots, and we will find out the time he is going to get for seditious conspiracy. >> and ron desantis has a huge gap to close against donald trump and we hear about the plan he has to try to close it. and a man is able to walk for the first time in decades, and we have the latest of what is helping him to do it. this is noouz. this is cnn "news central." negotiators are w...

danger to the country given what the country saw on january 6th and the ongoing threat to democracy. >> thank you. that does it for us. this edition of "andrea mitchell reports". and now "chris jansing reports." >> hello. im chris jansing in new york city. tallahassee, we have a problem. ron desantis glitchy campaign launch sparked gleeful attacks on his opponents. will it also fuel new questions about donors? about whether the governor is ready for a political fight? and how does his ...