ceiling bill. the vote was 63 to 36. it comes some 24 hours after the house passed the same bill. it raises the nation s debt limit while also imposing new caps on spending. and now goes to the presidents desk for his signature, with four days to go before the monday default deadline. let s get straight to nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitale, who has been standing by for hours and hours. all, right ali vitale. it happened. how did this whole thing go down tonight? yeah, it was less with a bang and more with a whimper, stephanie ruhle. weeks and weeks of high stakes negotiations here in washington covering each and every turn of them, as speaker mccarthy and his top allies huddled with top white house officials over the course of several weeks to hammer out this deal. and now the senate finishing it up in the dead of night, sending it now to the presidents desk, and avoiding default, with the days to go until that ex date deadline on monday. that s good news. an
down tonight? yeah, it was less with a bang and more with a whimper, stephanie ruhle. weeks and weeks of high stakes negotiations here in washington covering each and every turn of them, as speaker mccarthy and his top allies huddled with top white house officials over the course of several weeks to hammer out this deal. and now the senate finishing it up in the dead of night, sending it now to the presidents desk, and avoiding default, with the days to go until that ex date deadline on monday. that s good news. and frankly, i have to tell you, that we have seen a lot of these late nights in the senate, having votes that are done within nine or ten or even 11 minutes is real fast by senate standards. so it does give you a sense that even though they did 11 of these amendment votes they were looking to do them as quickly as possible, just trying to get this off their plate here in the senate, and move it on. i also think it was fascinating to watch just how this vote ultimat
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This is due to every news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes brutality on the streets of zimbabwe in peace these opposition supporters who peacefully protest it despite a battle will we see more scenes like this in the coming days the m. D. C. Has vowed to continue the demonstrations. And comic relief for the ones whove lived through our offices in the Central African republic are using theatre to make people aware of the newport deaths can save up to prosecute war crimes committed in the country were talking to a prosecutor from the court. Hello im christine will welcome to day devaney is africa its good to have you along its been a tense day in Zimbabwe Police clashed with antigovernment protesters in the capital harare this morning opposition supporters took to the streets despite
a police ban on the protest which was upheld by his High Court Police fired tear gas and used Water Cannons to disperse the demonstration is around 80 people were arrested and several beaten by police