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appreciate your company. coming up on "cnn newsroom," an agreement in principle on the debt ceiling. washington has a plan to avoid a catastrophic default, but details still need to be ironned out, then it has to get through congress. also ukraine's top general issues a pointed message for his soldiers, russia, and the world. and we do begin in washington a late night agreement to try to prevent a looming debt crisis. the white house and republicans have reached a deal in principle to raise the debt ceiling and cap government spending. it is meant to avert the first u.s. defaul...

i'm laila harrak. republicans already raising concerns over the agreement in principle on the debt ceiling as both president biden and house speaker mccarthy race to seal the deal with their allies in congress. the gop turns on one of its own in texas in an unprecedented move to impeach the state's attorney general. details and how that official is reacting. and we're live for you in istanbul as voting there gets under way for turkey's presidential runoff election. we begin in washington where congress is drafting new legislation on the u.s. debt limit hours after officials reach...

voted to impeach attorney general ken paxton. he's accused of bribery and abuse of public trust. they said the impeachment was illegal and being called what he called corrupt politicians. we'll have more in just a moment. in the meantime, in washington, it is deal or no deal. two sources tell cnn president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are expected to speak this hour. it comes at a critical moment in the debt ceiling talks and a source says it is now down to one final sticking point. work requirements for social safety net programs. they may have as little as eight days to p...

carcasses. correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight. good evening, peter. >> reporter: on this memorial day, president biden is expressing confidence that there won't be a debt default while also trying to express condolences to the families of fallen american service members. >> president biden: to those who gave our lives so our nation might live. >> reporter: hours after a solemn wreathlaying, president biden defended a debt deal that awaits congressional approval. >> president biden: i'm confident with the conversation. i feel really good about it. >> reporter: the headlin...

politicsnation. tonight lead, not there yet. >> right now, the economic free world is holding its breath. as washington appears to have a way out of this impasse over our debt ceiling. president biden and republican house speaker, kevin mccarthy, announcing last night that a tentative deal has been reached, that would allow both sides to claim a victory. with short term domestic spending curtailed in line with house republican demands, and economic crisis averted to the delight of democrats in the rest of the sensible world. but that looming june 5th deadline to raise the ceiling has...