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you are live in the "cnn newsroom." i'm jim acosta in washington. in washington, the clock is ticking and the push is on. president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are racing to sell a tentative debt ceiling agreement to their respective parties. minutes ago, the president confirmed that he spoke with mccarthy by phone. they finalized the last of the details and said the deal now moves to the full congress for its approval. if they reject it or can't iron out their differences before june 5th, the u.s. could default on its debt, a scenario many experts say would be disastrous....

any deal will needs to be approved by a divided congress, with a vote expected on wednesday. mccarthy spoke in the past hour. ijust got out i just got out of over the president. i spoke to him twice today. after weeks of negotiations we have come to an agreement in principle. we still have a lot of work to do. but i believe this is an agreement in principle that is worthy of the american people. it has historic reductions in spending, consequential reforms that will lift people out of poverty into the workforce, rain in government overreach. there are no new taxes, no new government ...

the gloves are truly off tonight in the republican race for president. john king in for anderson tonight. thank you for your time. even if you're just paying a little attention to the republican race, it is hard to notice ron desantis and the former president openly throwing haymakers. never mind the old 11'd commandment. donald trump, of course, has never bought into that, and now it seems his fellow floridian doesn't either. over the last 48 hours, governor desantis has gone straight after the gop front-runner, most recently today on this conservative talk show. >> he's been attack...

>> we still have a lot of work to do. >> but with lawmakers on both sides skeptical, do they have the votes to actually pass it? i'll speak exclusively with house progressive leader, congresswoman pramila jayapal and gop congressman, dusty johnson, next. and room to grow? more republican presidential hopefuls jump in. >> i'm running to lead our great american comeback. >> i'm the candidate, the far left fears the most. >> with the former president dominating the polls, can they cut into his lead. republican governor chris sununu joins me exclusively. plus, fallen heroes. this mem...

finished. pardon-palooza. rhonda santa fouls to pardon some january 6th insurrectionists, including trump himself. what is he thinking? i'm michael steele in for ayman mohyeldin. let's get started. >> to breaking developments tonight to begin the hour. in a history making vote, the texas house just voted to impeach state attorney general, ken paxton. a republican. temporarily removing him from office over actions of misconduct that included bribery and abuse of office. the vote to adopt the 20 articles of impeachment was overwhelming. 100 and 21 to 23. attention now shifts to the tex...