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More than 50 opposing Democratic lawmakers changed their vote to a yes last minute to help get the bill through.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy released the full text of the agreement to raise the debt ceiling. NBC News' Julia Jester breaks down the six key sections of the deal.

In the room for these negotiations. it was a white house and house republican operation. nevertheless, if mccarthy manages to pass this bill through the house on wednesday, it goes to the senate with five days to spare before that june 5th ex day, alicia, that is about a number of days it can take to pass the bill through the senate. this could get very, very close to the deadline, unless there is unanimous consent, theres some republicans, most notably, senator mike lee, as well senator rand pa...

Be a raw deal. having said that, it is clear to me the president did the best he could to negotiate mccarthy and the hostage takers. the republicans originally demanded the short term extension the debt limit, the president secured a two-year extension, taking it beyond the 2024 presidential election. >> now with the likelihood of speaker mccarthy getting all 218 members of his conference on board, there will need to be democratic support for this bill. we will look to see coalitions coming toge...

They got a two-year deal here that takes us off the table until after the 2024 election, a two-year -- deal, everything reset to 2025. all these targets republicans are talking about, for spending, or nonbinding. that, of course, they protect the presidents inflation reduction act, his student loan provisions, climate change when measures, a lot of demagogic and say, okay, compared to what we thought, a week or two ago, this is not a better deal. >> were gonna help her from some of those democra...

Also was around work requirements. >> yes. >> lifted from age 49 to age 54. well see where it goes, thank you, julia jester, on capitol hill. well stay in touch. staying in washington d.c., lets go to the white house, to nbcs allie raffa. shes there, ali, what is the latest information. you can share from the white house and whats going on this very moment? >> well, we heard from president biden on camera for the first time since this tentative deal was reached during his phone call with speaker...

Presidents, this afternoon, with the national archives torque kind of walk through what exactly this means and what it might look like, and so far, we havent heard from all of them, but we have heard from some of them that they intend to walk through this. >> thank you vauch for that. appreciate it. a federal judge in dc today is expected to hand down one of the longest prison sentences related to the january 6th riot so far. julian khater, facing up to seven and a half years in prison for spr...

Day. meanwhile, the case is continuing before the judge and stressing that the mechlgz ruled sicknick died of natural causes and downplaying the impact of the assault and they argued that khater did not intentionally come to dc to attack the capitol or its officers but he lost control of his emotions, in a climate of hysteria, fueled by misinformation about the election, and the defense had asked for time served, which is about two years, and supervised release, with mental health treatment. as ...

 

Raf sanchez is in london for us and a very loud pub, i believe, and nbcs julia jester is at a watch party in washington, d.c. raf, as i can see, because ive been sneaking peeks during commercial breaks, possession has been pretty equal during these two teams. it is 0-0. what is it like over there? >> it is pretty electric. with a couple of minutes to go until half time. the official estimate for the british pub association is 30 million pints of beer dropping across the u.k. and i can tell you, ...