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welcome to our viewers in the you united states and around the world. there are signs of movement in the negotiations to raise the debt ceiling. two sources tell cnn that white house and republican negotiators are moving closer to a deal. >> we've been talking to the white house all day. we're going back and forth. it is not easy. we want to make sure this is an agreement worthy of the american people and it takes a while to make it happen. >> jasmine wright is live for us this friday morning in washington. so do we know what the outstanding issues are the democrats and republicans a...

Is a question of willpower. because progress... is a matter of character. lawmakers put aside their differences and they came together to help clean the vietnam veterans memorial. >> jake tapper shows us why honoring america's veterans is a non-partisan endeavor. >> etched into these enormous pieces of black granite, which emerged from the national mall like a wound, are the names of 58,318 servicemen and service women who lost their lives fighting in one of america's longest wars. the vietnam war. in a town so often divided,

Women who gave their lives in vietnam. cnn's jake tapper has their story. >> reporter: etched into these enormous pieces of black granite which emerge from the national mall like a wound are the names of 58,318 servicemen and servicewomen who lost their lives fighting in one of america's longest wars, the vietnam war. in a town so often divided, members of congress from both parties were united and came together to wash this wall by hand ahead of memorial day. republican congressman mike waltz from florida is a green beret who did combat tours in afghanistan, the middle east and africa. he org...

For example, the vietnam veterans wall. my dad fought in vietnam. he had an experience with agent orange that affected his life and still affects it today. mike, there are 58,318 names on that wall alone and when you stand and look at that wall, you can't help but think of the lost potential, the lost futures. i feel that when i look at it. i think about my dad, and obviously, if he were on that wall, there's no me, my kids aren't around. there's such a depth to a lot of families in this country for what memorial day means. >> you know, willie, first of all, the wall is overwhelming, just by i...

Mike, there are 58,318 names on that wall alone and when you stand and look at that wall you can't help but think about the lost of potential and the lost futures. i feel that when i look at it. i think about my dad and if he were on that wall, there is no me or my kids aren't around. so there is such a depth to a lot of families in this country for what memorial day means. >> you know, willie, first of all, the wall is overwhelming just by itself. overwhelming to look at all of the names and to be there and see people finger tracing the names of loved ones lost or friendships ended in vietnam...