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Supposed to brief reporters in about seven minutes from now. what can you tell us from your end of things? manu, it sounds as though and i'm just basing this on my white house reporting days some of what priscilla laid out is a bit of the talking points on the democratic side maybe allay some of the fears and concerns of the house democratic caucus too much might have been given away in this negotiating process, and i suspect kevin mccarthy will have similar things to say from the republican viewpoint to sort of settle things down in his conference. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: yeah...

Budge in this negotiating process as you very well laid out, who do you think is gonna have to swallow the hardest? >> we i actually think, michael, there will be a number of folks who have to hold their nose and vote for this deal, frankly. and i think including folks in the democratic caucus if you can expect not just some members of the progressive -- the commercial progressive caucus, but also members in the republican conference, or the freedom congress, i heard your conversation with -- earlier. but this, look, president biden should be commanding, he got a deal in principle. now it's on...

>> kurt, what are your thoughts? >> this is a great deal for the president. let's remember something here. republicans began this negotiating process in 2022 cuts in all spending. in this deal, spending is going to remain flat for the next two years. this is a win for democrats, it's a win for the president. but the programs we were concerned about, those that were being cut, they're being protected. this is so far ahead of where we were back in 2011, which pretty much instituted ten years of budget caps. we are not going to have that problem this time. we're not gonna even have to deal with t...

>> and joining us this morning with more is garrett haake. also with us, cnbc's dominic chu. garrett, mccarthy seems optimistic about a deal. what are you hearing from the democratic side? >> no, that's exactly right, jose. on the fitch part of this specifically, democrats are frustrated. they see this as republicans playing games with the u.s. economy that could have real consequences with that warning being exactly that, a warning of the sort of -- how deep this could go if a deal isn't reached. now on the question of how they feel about what the white house is doing, right now democrats are...

Matter who was in the room texted me it was, a quote, candid conversation. there's still a long way to go, but they are talking again. i think when you talk to officials who have been around this process, anderson, and briefed on this process they acknowledge breakdowns in high stakes negotiations like this aren't a rarity and aren't necessarily a bad thing as long as they come together and lay the groundwork for real progress. the real issue beyond the vote counting, beyond the ability to get this across the finish line is the calender. they don't have time to go through a traditional rhythm ...