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conference at the capitol. >> i just got off the phone with the president, i talk to him twice today, and 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 and principle that is worthy of the american people. >> i expect to finish the writing of the bill, checking with the white house and speaking to the president again tomorrow afternoon, and then posting the text of it tomorrow, and then voting on it on wednesday. thank you for your time, and i think this is very worthy of the american publi...

everyone. thank you for joining me. i'm fredricka whitfield. a deal to avoid a debt default is about to be revealed. president biden and speaker mccarthy are finalizing an agreement to raise the debt limit. president biden saying this earlier today. >> i'm about to go in and call mccarthy now at 3:00, make sure all the ts are crossed and the is are dotted. i think we're in good shape. >> house leaders expect the bill to be voted on as soon as wednesday. speaker mccarthy is confident the deal will pass. >> february 1st i sat down with the president. i said let's work together to be ab...

they vote on it. that vote is tentatively scheduled for wednesday. and breaking, just now, two gop sources tell nbc news that conservatives are balking at the agreement. conservative members of congress in both the house and senate, along with conservative outside groups are plotting ways to gum a passage of the bill or add amendments to make it more appealing to hard-liners. a source familiar with the talks said. i want to bring in jen psaki, former white house press secretary, and host of inside with jen psaki, here on msnbc. she joins us by phone now. jim, what an evening. >> hi ...

at any moment now, president biden is going to speak on the phone and finalize the bill. the president had this to say about the negotiations. >> reporter: mr. president, are you positive this deal will get to your desk? >> yes, it will. i'm about to call mccarthy at 3:00, make sure all the ts are crossed and the is are dotted. >> reporter: what are the sticking points? >> none. >> should all democrats vote for this bill? >> still anyone's guess if the house has enough votes to get this bill to the president's desk. but speaker mccarthy says he's confident the deal will pass. >> back...

the debt ceiling deal. then white house officials will be briefing democratic members of congress, as we continue to await the actual text of the bill. the sales job will be crucial as biden and mccarthy both have to convince their members that each side is not happy about it. >> i do expect the there will be democratic support. once we have the ability to actually be fully briefed by the white house. right now, the democrats are very upset. there is nothing in the bill for them, there is not one thing in the bill for democrats. >> from what i can say, republicans didn't get any of t...