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we begin tonight with breaking news straight from capitol hill. we are getting word that the white house and house republicans are getting closer to a deal to raise the debt ceiling. one week before the u.s. runs out of money. what do we know right now about where the deal stands between kevin mccarthy, house republicans and the white house? >> i think we should caveat by saying nothing has been agreed upon yet. nothing has been finalized. they are moving closer to a deal. we have seen...

>> abby, i think we should caveat by saying nothing that we have -- nothing has been finalized. they are moving closer to a deal. we have seen some progress over the last few 12 hours, particularly on the spending issue. that is as something that has been really bedeviling the talks. but they started at least floating the idea of a potential compromise that both sides could try to claim as a win. one of the things they are discussing is raising the debt ceiling for two years, which wou...

legal system is off the rails when it comes to donald trump. >> do you have a response to president trump being found liable for sexual abuse? >> thats the reaction or lack thereof from a few republican lawmakers after a new york jury found donald trump liable for sexually abusing the writer e. jean carroll. well have legal analysis on the case and what it could mean for the former presidents 2024 campaign just ahead. plus, well go through yesterdays high stakes debt ceiling meeting ...

house. the limit is suppose expected to be breached the first of next month. jacqui heinrich starts us off tonight live from the north lawn. >> big headline here, no movement toward a deal happening today at least but we did learn that the big four congressional leaders will huddle with the president again on friday. the republicans emerged from this meeting feeling frustrated saying biden stalled on having this meeting in the first place and then brought to it no ideas or proposals ev...

Also, on top of what she discussed, we dont know what the spending caps are going to be. a big sticking point has been will it be 2022 levels or back prior to covid? >> i think actually the bigger question for me, besides the top line number, is what actually is eligible for cuts. we have heard a lot of reporting, including just now, about whats been carved out, what is protected. defense, veterans programs, entitlement programs, whatever things democrats want to hold up as the things they have ...