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 provisions to e
done it and that, again, these 20 plus-year-old negotiators and people that have his ear in the white house that have no memory of anything that s happened prior to last year. but one quick question, one final question, if the speaker calls you and says, i know how you feel about the debt and spending and all of those other things, congressman, i need your vote, are you going to tell your speaker no? i did the last time and i you know, i was one of four that did. i sat in his office and i told him no multiple times. we went through the scenarios. i told him up front. i ve been telling him this for weeks and it s nothing new. all right. congressman tim burchett down in knoxville, tennessee, not up on capitol hill. that tells us a vote is not going to happen today. we ll see what happens in the days ahead. congressman, thanks very much. we appreciate it. thank you, jim. we miss you in knoxville, brother.