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that is what we are hearing from the white house about debt ceiling negotiations at this hour. house speaker kevin mccarthy sounding more confident now that a deal can and will be reached before the new june 5th deadly. chair of the congressional black caucus, congressman steven horsford is with us to discuss what is at stake. and let's talk about governor ron desantis roll out on twitter, y'all. the florida republican officially announced he's running for president. but there was no crowd, no introduction of the candidate. i mean, it's almost the exact opposite of what you want to d...

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♪ you're live in the cnn newsroom. i'm 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 nation's 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 economies and that threat is still looming ominously at this hour. on capitol hill, lawmakers sound lik...

everyone. thank you for joining me. i'm fredricka whitfield. a deal to avoid a debt default is about to be revealed. president biden and speaker mccarthy are finalizing an agreement to raise the debt limit. president biden saying this earlier today. >> i'm about to go in and call mccarthy now at 3:00, make sure all the ts are crossed and the is are dotted. i think we're in good shape. >> house leaders expect the bill to be voted on as soon as wednesday. speaker mccarthy is confident the deal will pass. >> february 1st i sat down with the president. i said let's work together to be ab...

♪ you're live in the cnn newsroom. i'm jim acosta in washington. we begin with the most important sales pitch in washington this week selling the deal to avoid a catastrophic debt default. the call that was scheduled for two hours ago has not happened yet. a default could be disastrous to the u.s. and that threat still looms ominously. up on capitol hill there are lawmakers from both parties grumbling. passage is not guaranteed at this point. let's go to priscilla alvarez. what is there to make of this biden/mccarthy phone call. do we think that's going to happen any time now? an...