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, everyone i'm yasmin vossoughian on a very busy saturday afternoon. it's down to the wire as negotiators say they are very close to a deal on the debt ceiling, as talks continue right now. >> i feel closer to agreement now than i did last time before i couldn't see progress. but this is not easy. but that since [inaudible] >> i am cautiously optimistic a deal will be negotiated and the default will be averted, and congress will be called back into session next week. but there's nothing to celebrate here. this is purely a self inflicted wounds. >> we're also keeping an eye on the rar...

to pay the bills. they will need to reach a deal with the new house republican majority by early june. otherwise, the u.s. will default on debt payments for the first time ever. at the white house yesterday, president kateri discussed a potential meeting between the president and speaker mccarthy. >> the president is looking forward to meeting with speaker mccarthy. we have been very clear about where we stand when it comes to the debt ceiling. i have been clear, the president has been clear. it should not be used as a political football. >> we have nbc news correspondent standing by...

the world. i'm whitney wild. the death toll from that huge winter storm keeps rising. it is now up to 62 deaths across 11 states. of those by far the greatest share were in erie county, new york, where at least 37 people died. >> a horrible storm with too many deaths. we know without the work of these first responders and others, more people would have died. >> first responders are still checking on callers they couldn't reach in buffalo which was buried under nearly 52 inches of snow. overnight buffalo lifted a driving ban. cnn's miguel marquez has more on the digout. >> reporter: b...

top of the hour on cnn newsroom. just moments ago, federal charges were filed against the man accused of beating paul pelosi with a hammer inside his home. the federal charges reflect that pelosi was targeted for being the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi. >> federal prosecutors reveal more details on what happened to the 82-year-old. the justice department said that the attacker hit paul pelosi had in the head with a ham eastern plot the plotted out what he would do nancy pelosi if she lied to him. let's get the latest from whitney wild. >> the justice department is saying that...

that al-qaeda has not returned to afghanistan after the u.s. withdrawal. the late saturday statement comes two weeks after president biden announced that drone strike in kabul, killing kind as leader. it marks one year since the u.s. began as chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan, allowing tampa taliban to regain control. new reaction today on the fbi search of donald trump's mar-a-lago resource. members of congress asking for a damage assessment from the intelligence community on those documents seethed. >> these documents not only contain our nation's top secret, but because the coun...