you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we re keeping a close eye on two developing stories this hour. in texas, the state s attorney general is facing an impeachment vote. ken paxton is accused of bribery and abuse of power. the conservative republican says it is illegal and being pushed by corrupt politicians. in washington, meantime, house speaker kevin mccarthy says progress is being made in talks to avoid the nation s first-ever debt default. a short time ago a source familiar with the intense discussions says it is now down to one final sticking point between the white house and republican leaders. the issue at issue at this hour is work requirements for social safety net programs. let s begin our coverage of the debt talks. manu raju is up on capitol hill for us. manu, just being told it s down to one issue is cold comfort. that could be the one thing that drags this thing out. what are you learning about the state of the negotiations at this
all right, this is the big news tonight. cnn projects that vocal trump critic liz cheney has lost wyoming s gop primary. we ll go straight to cnn s jeff zeleny he s, in wyoming for us. also king at the magic wall. let s go to john first. john, liz cheney losing her primary tonight. what are the numbers? showing their showing, don, look at the numbers right here, not quite 2 to 1. but harriet hageman, the trump backed challenger to liz cheney is winning, and winning convincingly. many votes ahead, about 57% of polls reporting. you see 62 to 33, or 62 to 34 if you want to round that up for liz cheney. and you can see on the map here, mostly filling in with harriet hageman s color, the salmon color, which is what we give to trump endorsed candidates. i want to make one key point, don, education is increasingly the big dividing point in american politics. and the two counties where liz cheney is leading, albany county, it is the highest percentage of college graduates in the st
hours. what s the latest? democrats are now on pace to pass this bill, probably within the hour. this after a marathon voting session that started at 11:30 p.m. eastern time last night, has gone all through the night into the afternoon, and after some last-minute drama, within their own caucus, democrats have resolved those issues, and now are pushing ahead to final passage. that drama caused by concerns initially raised by kyrsten sinema of arizona. the 15% corporate minimum tax. she was concerned it could impact some smaller companies. it s supposed to hit companies that have a billion dollars or more in income. but she had concerns about companies that were subsidiaries of those that were owned by private equity firms. she wanted to exempt those subsidiaries. she agreed to a republican amendment that targeted this, that narrowed this corporate minimum tax, exempted those subsidiaries. but democrats were revolting over this because of the way that republican amendment wou
following his first trip to the middle east. we ll go through what if anything was accomplished in his controversial visit with the saudi crown prince. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, july 18th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we begin with the latest fallout from the massacre that killed 19 children and two teachers in uvalde, texas. a damning investigative report released over the weekend said that nearly 400 law enforcement officials responded to the mass shooting but that quote egregiously poor decision making let the shooting continue for more than an hour. that report written by an investigative committee from the texas house of representatives is the first to criticize state and federal law enforcement for their role in the response. it makes the fullest account of what happened during the very worst school shootings in u.s. history. uvalde mayor don mclaughlin said the acting police chief during the shooting was placed on
the dramatic bodycam. the hero who saved five people trapped inside a burning home. and a game of catch on the ultimate field of dreams inspiring america. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone president biden in a late-night press conference from saudi arabia defending his visit to a country he once labeled a pariah state. the president arriving in jeddah where he came face to face and fist to fist in a heavily scrutinized greeting with crown prince muhammad bin salman mr. biden telling reporters he raised the murder of washington post journalist jamal khashoggi at the top of their meeting the president saying he pushed back on the crown prince s claim of innocence the president walking a political and diplomatic tightrope hoping to hold saudis rulers to account for human rights abuses while securing more saudi oil to further bring down gas prices here at home peter alexander is there and was able to question the president. reporter