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appreciate your company. coming up on cnn newsroom, an agreement in principle on the debt ceiling. washington has a plan to avoid a catastrophic default, but details still need to be ironned out, then it has to get through congress. also ukraine s top general issues a pointed message for his soldiers, russia, and the world. and we do begin in washington a late night agreement to try to prevent a looming debt crisis. the white house and republicans have reached a deal in principle to raise the debt ceiling and cap government spending. it is meant to avert the first u.s. default in history, which could have disastrous consequences worldwide. here s how u.s. house speaker kevin mccarthy characterized the breakthrough. after weeks of negotiate az 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. it has historic reductions in spending and lift people out of poverty into the work force, rei ....
i m laila harrak. republicans already raising concerns over the agreement in principle on the debt ceiling as both president biden and house speaker mccarthy race to seal the deal with their allies in congress. the gop turns on one of its own in texas in an unprecedented move to impeach the state s attorney general. details and how that official is reacting. and we re live for you in istanbul as voting there gets under way for turkey s presidential runoff election. we begin in washington where congress is drafting new legislation on the u.s. debt limit hours after officials reached a deal to try to avoid a disastrous default. the white house and republicans say they agreed in principle to raise the u.s. debt ceiling and cap government spending. house speaker kevin mccarthy says law maeshls are now expected to vote on that agreement this wednesday. before it can move forward, he must convince hardliners that it s worth it. here s how he characterized the deal. afte ....
you re live in cnn newsroom from washington. two major floor ris in texas. impeachment vote is underway for the texas attorney general. ken paxton is accused of bribery and abuse of power. they say the impeachment is illegal and is being pushed for by corrupt politicians as he calls them. up on capitol hill, kevin mccarthy said progress is being made. in the last hour or so, several members of mccarthy s whip team have been summoned to the speaker s suite. republican leaders are trying to finalize a deal to raise the debt ceiling and stave off what could be an economic disaster. let s begin our coverage of the debt talks. priscilla alvarez is up on the hill. manu raju, what are you learning about the negotiations? are they headed in the right direction? it is unclear. we do know they are close to reaching an agreement. they have been close for some time. there are a number of sticking points. they are having a difficult time resolving including spending to provision ....
it is saturday, may 27th, i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. good to have you. you re in the cnn newsroom. we begin with debt ceiling negotiations getting down to the wire, as the white house and gop lawmakers are racing against the clock to try to prevent a first-ever u.s. default. congress now has fewer than nine days to pass a deal after treasury secretary janet yellen warned yesterday that the country could hit the debt ceiling by june 5th. sources say negotiators are hoping to announce an agreement as soon as today. but major sticking points remain. on everything from spending caps to work requirements. earlier, i spoke with congresswoman debbie ding whole called for an ent to the back and forth. we cannot be cutting a deal for conservatives, far right conservatives, that are never going to vote for this bill. we need to do something so that we stop this drama, this kabookie dance of going down to the wire on our debt ceiling. cnn is live on the hill ....
saying he feels closer to a deal today than he has before, but not everyone in his party is as optimistic. one top republican negotiator warning the deal is still teetering on the brink and could fall apart entirely. meanwhile, the national deficit continues to soar to new heights and treasury secretary janet yellen says there are only eight days remaining to pay america s bills. is everyone on board? reporter: we ll see about that. he came in to the capitol this morning and told reporters he s feeling optimistic and thinks progress has been made and really they re focused on a few remaining sticking points for this deal. i am told the goal is to have a deal announced by the end of today. we ll see if they can get there. we have new reporting about what the outstanding issues are. one of them is a provision to impose new work requirements on some social safety net programs. i m told they made some progress on that in negotiations last night. we re going to see today ....