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♪ disaster averted? >> after weeks of negotiations, we have come to an agreement in principle. >> the president and the speaker make a deal to raise the debt ceiling. but the hardest part may lie ahead. convincing think parties to vote for it. plus, game on. >> he's been attacking me by moving left, so this is a different guy than 2016. >> ron desantis jumps into the 2024 race and levels his toughest attacks yet on donald trump. but will it be enough? >> rob desanctimonious and his poll numbers are dropping like a rock. >> and target in the cross-hairs. the retail giant is the ...

deal reached with kevin mccarthy to raise the nation's debt limit. here is what the president had to say. >> i'm about to go in and call mccarthy now, make sure all the ts are cross and the is are dotted. >> a few on capitol hill have expressed some skepticism that the bill will have enough support to pass. today, speaker mccarthy told reporters that he is confident there will be enough votes to get through his chamber. >> to take you back to where we started, back to february 1. sat down with the president. i said, let's work together to raise the debt ceiling but curb the amount of...

We know from minority leader jeffreys, jeffries, he doesn't know the support they will get. >> what do we know about what's in the deal? >> reporter: it does raise the debt ceiling for the next two years. it caps federal spending this year and next. no cuts to military or veterans. that not politically popular on either side. there are tougher work requirements for food stamps. what we are seeing is those on the left push back against this. i was texting with a chief of staff of a prominent progressive member this morning. they are outraged by this, angered and thought this really would be thi...

About that. >> it is really unfortunate that the president opened the door to this and while at the end of the day you know, perhaps this will, because of the exceptions, perhaps it will be okay. i can't commit to that. i really don't know. and our caucus -- and it is not just the progressives. across the spectrum, including problem solvers, by the way, people feel that this is bad policy. >> still a lot of anxiety there about this. >> absolutely. and if you are the white house this morning, you should still be nervous about your left flank. i think that sometimes the prevailing sentiment from...

Progress of negotiations here on capitol hill and there ought to be a clear message. >> what went wrong last night? >> failure to deliver. >> laura: all wrong. still miss reading the electorate. bernie sanders was not elected president. biden was. there was a failure to deliver but terry mcauliffe turned out a record number of democrat voters. but the problem was republicans came out in bigger numbers and not for spending trillions on new entitlements or amnesty for illegals and into our energy independence. none of that. this was one of my favorite exchanges of the day with a liberal progress...