close. the potential agreement that you just outlined is within our reach. we will avoid default, avoid raising taxes, and begin to get the federal government s house in order. we re cautiously optimistic. there are a number of issues yet to be resolved. each of them must be be resolved before we have a final agreement and as we know, one problem could stop the whole agreement from going forward. tonight, both liberal democrats and the conservative republicans say they have real problems with what they re hearing about a possible deal, but the white house insists there is no agreement, not yet. team fox coverage. henry at the white house and mike emanuel. it s designed to cut over the next ten years, debt selling increase roughly 2.4 trillion dollars to get to 2013, a key point for
imagine. wake up, mr. speaker. republicans hitting back saying democrats have failed to offer any viable solutions of their own. speaker boehner has been doing the hard work of governing, working day and night to put together a bill that can actually pass the house of representatives and end the crisis now. how about a plan from democrats in washington that can pass both chambers prevent the crisis and protect americans from a worseening economy? president obama urging compromise as he promised to work through the weekend to try to reach a solution. we have team fox coverage. wendell is at the white house with more from the president. and gerri from the fox business network on what could happen next week. but, first, doug live on capitol hill. doug, when can we expect a vote on speaker boehner s bill in the house? reporter: we can expect that vote about 6:30 or 7:00 tonight in the house of representatives minus the fireworks of last night there is little doubt it will pass this
harris: i m harris faulkner in tonight for shepard smith. this is the fox report. it s the bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news. a live look now at the senate floor. the new battleground in the standoff over raising the nation s debt ceiling. senate democrats vowing to kill the bill that just passed an hour ago in the house house. also pushing ahead with their own bill. all of this with just four days to go. back to our live team fox coverage now. ed henry at the white house for us. mike emanuel on capitol hill. ed, i want to start with you because the white house has just released a statement on the passing of the debt ceiling increase in the house. what does it say? that s right, harris. it basically says what we have known for some time which they thought this was a pointless exercise because even though it s gotten through the house, it s very unlikely to get through the senate. the key is moving forward what the president wants. the press secretary says here basica
harris: i m harris faulkner in tonight for shepard smith. this is the fox report. it s the bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news. a live look now at the senate floor. the new battleground in the standoff over raising the nation s debt ceiling. senate democrats vowing to kill the bill that just passed an hour ago in the house house. also pushing ahead with their own bill. all of this with just four days to go. back to our live team fox coverage now. ed henry at the white house for us. mike emanuel on capitol hill. ed, i want to start with you because the white house has just released a statement on the passing of the debt ceiling increase in the house. what does it say? that s right, harris. it basically says what we have known for some time which they thought this was a pointless exercise because even though it s gotten through the house, it s very unlikely to get through the senate. the key is moving forward what the president wants. the press secretary says here basica
the world from the republican budget. we are trying to save life on this planet as we know it today. team fox coverage. henry, white house, new details about a possible plan c. shibani joshi on what this means to americans first. mike emanuel on capitol hill. what do we know about vote delay? we hear some republicans are heading to the chapel to pray for wisdom. that s right, shep. the south carolina delegates has gone to the chapel. tim scott a republican from south carolina says he has received divine wisdom he is still a. no but he is praying for our company wisdom. country desperately needs it meanwhile you mentioned the whipping operation if you will. key leadership folks, speaker boehner, majority leader eric cantor pulling in no republicans, undecided americans and do the last minute arm twisting to get to the 216 votes necessary to pass the boehner debt plan out of the house,