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earlier today, president biden told reporters, he is confident a deal will reach his desk. and no more sticking points to iron out. msnbc news has also learned part of the deals -- raising the debt limit for two years, avoiding another debt showdown before the 2024 election. the deal also clause back some unspent pandemic funding, we'll talk about what that means. and shaves off some irs funding. it also expands work requirements for certain adults on food stamps. speaker mccarthy also spoke to senate republicans this afternoon about his deal at the white house, two sources tell msnb...

History we shared together when you were obviously the chairman. you said james baker was one of the best strategists. i think you learned under him, right? >> i consider him a mentor. james baker was more than a strategist. he was a great leader of political operatives and leader of people who were doing policy. there aren't many people who can do both. baker could. maker all had the strength. he would let you come in and give you an idea and tell you, we can't do that. if you get another idea, read them to me. i want to hear it. just because we can't do this one doesn't mean you're wrong. he...

Every day, doing policy by tweets is really a shake-up for us, because there's no justification presented. there's no state department analysis. there's no nothing. and now there's a reluctance to respond to questions submitted by democrats, even the democratic ranking member, for example, if i were to write a letter as ranking member of judiciary to the white house, and ask some questions, not controversial, they don't necessarily have to answer me. >> yes. >> that's never existed before, regardless of party. >> senator dianne feinstein, thank you so much for joining us. >> you're welcome. ...

Every day, doing policy by tweets is really a shake-up for us, because there's no justification presented. there's no state department analysis. there's no nothing. and now there's a reluctance to respond to questions submitted by democrats, even the democratic ranking member, for example, if i were to write a letter as ranking member of judiciary to the white house, and ask some questions, not controversial, they don't necessarily have to answer me. >> yes. >> that's never existed before, regardless of party. >> senator dianne feinstein, thank you so much for joining us. >> you're welcome. ...

Into the conversation, which has been hijacked by donald trump, who was also in iowa today. >> there is style and subject here, jason. we talked about style here. subject, does america, beyond that room, it seemed to work there, want to have a fervent gun rights activist, after chattanooga, after lafayette, after charleston? is this the right tone for this topic? >> of course it's not. but it's a great tone for someone who wants to make hay in the primaries. there's cuts of him on youtube yelling at people. that's not going to going well as the campaign continues. right now, these guys are in ...