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is the crowded gop field playing right into the former president's hands? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." let's get straight to the scramble to avoid a historic default on the u.s. debt. president biden and speaker mccarthy are both working the phones tonight as they try to rally support from skeptical lawmakers. cnn is covering the race to pass the agreement from every angle. the stakes right now for the american people and, indeed, the world economic situation are enormous. our corresponden...

>> reporter: there is heartburn from some members of the senate including lindsey graham arguing that he's very concerned about the defense number that was agreed to. he said in a tweet earlier today how far have we come as a party on defense? the biden defense number is the new republican defense budget. there is no need to further cripple our national security in the name of raising the debt ceiling and the reason we are keeping a close eye on every single member of the senate is because in order to move this bill rapidly through that chamber, you need some agreement. you need some unanimous...