the battle for votes and mccarthy s first big test all happening right now on capitol hill. lawmakers meeting over this debt deal with some hard line republicans and the speaker isn t just fighting for support on his agreement. he could be fighting to keep his job. and moscow is rocked. drone attacks hitting residential buildings in the residential capital, at the same time kyiv is facing a bombardment overnight. we ll have the latest from the front lines. and this could turn your stomach a little bit. a new report from the cdc is highlighting how restaurant workers who handle food while they were sick themselves are actually one of the leading drivers of food borne illness outbreaks. we are following these developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. in just minutes, a deal to raise the debt ceiling and avert a catastrophic u.s. default will finally be in front of lawmakers. a cankey house committee is tak up the bill but all afternoon
the speaker s gavel for the concessions he made. moments ago, mccarthy sounded unfazed. i m not sure what in the bill people are concerned about. cnn s lauren fox has been tracking all of this from capitol hill. lauren, is this grandstanding or do they actually have the votes here to threaten mccarthy? well, conservatives are clearly angered by some of the provisions that ended up in this bill and some of the provisions that did not end up in this bill, arguing that it is a far watered down version of the house debt ceiling bill that was passed just a few weeks ago that they believed speaker mccarthy should have stuck to in these talks with president joe biden. so while there are a number of members of the house freedom caucus who are threatening to vote against this bill, the expectation, if it can get to the house floor, and that remains an if, is that they will have strong numbers on the republican side. in just a few minutes, the house rules committee is expected to
the american people wouldn t be interested in the trivial and sort of cosmetic fakey little concessions to republicans that are in there that really don t amount to a hill of beans. they d understand that massive increase in debt that every man, woman and child of the united states will have to bear for generations. it just can t be done that way. i asked you if you would make good on your threat. we heard you in that clip with manu calling the speaker a liar. you were saying that this will be the divining vote of your colleagues careers. why wait and see? why would you not make good on that threat to can mccarthy if you really do mean that? you know, it s always interesting. you want to focus on the question of mccarthy s speakership. what s more important is what happens to the american people. that s why i m focused on the legislation. that s what s important now. at some point in time the forfeiture of republican unity,
residential capital, at the same time kyiv is facing a bombardment overnight. we ll have the latest from the front lines. and this could turn your stomach a little bit. a new report from the cdc is highlighting how restaurant workers who handle food while they were sick themselves are actually one of the leading drivers of food borne illness outbreaks. we are following these developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. in just minutes, a deal to raise the debt ceiling and avert a catastrophic u.s. default will finally be in front of lawmakers. a cankey house committee is tak up the bill but all afternoon we ve been hearing from angry republican hard liners threatening to strip mccarthy of