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♪ youre live in the cnn newsroom. im jim acosta in washington. we begin with president biden playing salesman in chief. the white house has been briefing house and senate democrats on the tentative deal to raise the nations debt ceiling. a source says that a midafternoon phone call between president biden and house spe speaker kevin mccarthy has not happened yet. the call was to finalize the remaining details. experts say a default would be disastrous for the u.s. and global econom...

We should note to our viewers, we are going to have some comments from president biden coming up we believe at around 6:25. that is expected in the next 10 or 15 minutes. we expect to see president biden commenting on the debt ceiling deal. were going to bring you those comments as they come in. stay with us for that. in the meantime, are the votes there to get president biden and speaker kevin mccarthys tentative debt ceiling deal over the finish line. ill also talk with debbie wasserman la sch...