debt ceiling deal is reached. there are many moving parts. we have details on to phone calls happening as both sides iron out the details. congressman, richie torres, from new york, joins me for moments when we break down what we know. good day from msnbc world headquarters in new york, welcome to alex witt reports. i m in for alex today. we begin with breaking news. a lock happening on capitol hill this hour. white house officials and house republicans are preparing for a call any minute now. their calls between president biden and speaker kevin mccarthy. house republicans are than expected to release the full text of the debt ceiling agreement negotiated by both sides. at five p m today, democrats will get a briefing on the agreement from white house officials. here is some of what both sides say is in the deal. it raises the debt ceiling until 2025. it cuts 1.5 trillion and spending. it increases defense spending. as new work requirements for some government programs, and
get every noon everybody i m yasmin vossoughian. president biden arriving at the white house moments ago he has a busy afternoon ahead of him a call with house speaker kevin mccarthy scheduled on the debt deal and briefing calls with house and senate democrats it is coming as congressman on both of the highway for that actual bill coming from that tentative agreement to raise the debt ceiling in avoided default. we did a conference call, our confidence was over 95%. we overwhelmingly clearly excited. did i get with what i want? no today get all of what they want? no. i am very pleased. we are at a good place. now comes the race against time for the president and house speaker mccarthy to sell it to enough for their party members to get it passed ahead of a june default. no two people have more on the line in all of this. president biden just returning to the white house. nbc news white house correspondent allie raffa is there for us. president biden stopped for a moment
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plus a look ahead at what is expected to be one of the key political storylines of 2023. trump versus desantis. more on that ahead. we are going to start with some breaking news. kevin mccarthy set to hold a call with a gop conference in about an hour s time. he s facing some tough numbers in his fight for the house speaker. abc s ali roth joins me now from capitol hill. ali, what more can you tell us about your scoop. just about an hour from now, this big gop meeting. yeah, lindsay, my colleague haley talbot and i getting the scoop about an hour ago that really explains what kevin mccarthy is doing in these last two days before that make-or-break moment, the speaker s election on tuesday. sources are telling us that in less than an hour at 4 pm he s going to hold this call with members of the house gop caucus, really trying to solidify every last gop vote, every ounce of support he can be for that critical vote on tuesday. the last thing he wants to happen is for, is to no
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