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 able to raise the debt ceiling but curb the amount of spending, to let mark be able to work again, cut red tape, get some work requirements to help people get back into work.
voltaren. the joy of movement. senate majority leader chuck schumer has a meeting with senate democrats scheduled for thursday to discuss gun safety legislation, after eight people were murdered by a nazi with an ar-15 at a mall in texas this weekend, president biden told congress send me a bill banning assault weapons and high capacity magazines, and enacting universal background checks, requiring safe storage, ending immunity for gun manufacturers, i will sign it immediately. we need nothing less to keep our streets safe. and tomorrow, president biden will meet with the senate leaders chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell, along with the house leaders, speaker kevin mccarthy, and hakeem jeffries, to discuss raising the debt ceiling. 43 republican senators now enough to block debt ceiling
weekend, president biden told congress send me a bill banning assault weapons and high capacity magazines, and enacting universal background checks, requiring safe storage, ending immunity for gun manufacturers, i will sign it immediately. we need nothing less to keep our streets safe. and tomorrow, president biden will meet with the senate leaders chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell, along with the house leaders, speaker kevin mccarthy, and hakeem jeffries, to discuss raising the debt ceiling. 43 republican senators now enough to block debt ceiling legislation in the senate have cosigned a letter, saying the senate republican conference is united behind the house republican conference in support of spending cuts and structural budget reform as a starting point for negotiations on the debt ceiling. we will not be voting in the future on any bill that raises the debt ceiling without substantive spending and budget reforms. and joining us now is
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