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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...

it will reduce the tailpipe emissions that poison our air. kevin: and helps prevent the wildfires that create toxic smoke. that's why calfire firefighters, the american lung association, and the coalition for clean air support prop 30. naomi: i'm voting yes on 30. the top stories tonight, control of the senate cowell come down to georgia. the two men battling for a crucial senate seat pulled no punches during their debate. plus, from the white house to the courthouse. why former president trump must answer questions under oath just days from now. and as the city of new york deals wit...

miles per hour, gusting up around 60 miles per hour. with this storm, you have tropical storm watches in effect for jamaica and hurricane watches for cayman islands. that's because looking at the frarsz we anticipate that this storm will become a category 1 storm maybe even as high as a category 2 storm as it's crossing over the cayman islands. it is then expected to intensify further as it makes its way up towards cuba and crosses into the eastern portion of the gulf of mexico. at that point, perhaps, it could get into that major hurricane strength. here's the thing, though. a lot o...

won't come until tomorrow. these conditions making the already dangerous fight against two raging wildfires in northern california all the more peril yous. more than 10,000 acres scorched and still growing. governor gavin newsom is declaring a state of emergency. hundreds evacuated as flames race closer to homes and structures. our chris winn and cnn meteorologist tom sare here to walk us through it all. you have in santa monica, and that's where we in the west go to cool down. how hot is it there now? >> hey, sara, temperatures are approaching 100 degrees. simply put, people here ar...

called? why did this interaction raise concern? >> well don witness tampering is serious. it's a crime, as miss cheney stated during the hearing we pass along this information to the doj to look into it further. we take very seriously the safety of any witnesses anyone who comes forward to the committee. likewise, their privacy in this case. any speculation about who this person might have been and a lot of people trying to tie it together. the committee will just say. we want to protect this witness. we also want to hold people accountable who have potentially broken a law. >> chair...