how does memphis move forward? and the pressure cooker on american teens as college admissions season kicks into high gear. the only thing that could matter to parents and families right now. as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. and it is on, the president and house speaker going one-on-one to talk raising the debt ceiling. before the u.s. default on its debt for the first time ever, which, of course, if it did would mean economic disaster. president biden wants to raise the limit without any conditions while speaker mccarthy and house republicans say there will be no increase without spending cuts. the speaker spent more than an hour with the president at the white house. this afternoon mccarthy said this about that meeting. we both laid out some of our vision of where we want to get to, and i believe after laying it all out, i can see where we can find common ground. there is nothing there of me walking awa
come back monday, try again. but at the very last second, there seemed to be a deal reached between gates and mccarthy. and a 15th round again. finally, kevin mccarthy was elected to be the next speaker of the house. let me close with this. i may not know all of you, some of you are new. but i hope one thing is clear after this week. i never give up. joining me now from capital of the hills nbc news capitol correspondent julie circuits. let s talk a little bit about the deal that was made to get mccarthy over the finish line, and what you re hearing about in next epsilon with congress. a lot of concessions were made. some of the moderates are really unhappy about that. because mccarthy was willing to go pretty far in order to secure the speakership gavel. one that he has been trying to get since 2015. so some of the concessions he made to some of those hard-line conservatives, including matt gates, lauren boebert, and others, have to do with the budget, have to do with
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capitol hill this today after getting a job he appeared to have literally had to beg representative matt gates for lead into last night. details ahead on the promises mccarthy had to make that when the speakers got. and, latest reaction to the ugly process that even included a dramatic confrontation between gate and mccarthy supporter. this as members wonder, what this chaotic start means for the future of the house. do all of these peoples emotions go up and down? at the end of the night, matt got everybody there. president trump helped a lot, but i also think it is them and wanting to make this conference united and work together. i think what you will see, by having this now, is we worked out how to work together. all right, we will follow all of this and we will be following other news, as well. a shocking story. a six year old boy shoots a teacher at school, and police say it was no accident. as the buffalo bills were prepared to return to the field for the first tim
but at what price? speaker mccarthy in the republican caucus begins a glimpse at the chaos that we can perfect over the next two years. we are talking the democratic congresswoman joyce and sarah jacobs. also democratic congresswoman about the drama that unfolded on the hill and what means of our democracy. plus, president biden he has always been committed to bipartisanship but he is going to have to work around the house of representatives that is essentially held hostage by extremists. some, we ve been supported in the tunnel ship. we will get into all of that with the political panel. and this historic showdown, it culminated on the second anniversary of january six. we are talking to the former chief of the united states capitol police about his frustrations with lawmakers and new details he wants you to know about the attack on the capitol. i am simone sanders townsend, and i have something to say. a house divided itself cannot stand. the american people saw that mant