voted to impeach attorney general ken paxton. he s accused of bribery and abuse of public trust. they said the impeachment was illegal and being called what he called corrupt politicians. we ll have more in just a moment. in the meantime, in washington, it is deal or no deal. two sources tell cnn president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are expected to speak this hour. it comes at a critical moment in the debt ceiling talks and a source says it is now down to one final sticking point. work requirements for social safety net programs. they may have as little as eight days to prevent the u.s. from defaulting on its debts. many experts predict economic disaster if that happens. let s begin at the white house and capitol. manu, they would not be getting on the phone just to go over what they re going to have at their memorial day barbecue. this means that maybe we re getting close. reporter: yes, indeed it does. i just spoke with patrick mchenry, one of the key negotiat
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
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powerful position right now. you talked about the democrats. let s talk about the republicans. let s play a bit of what then president trump said on the national debt almost five years ago. the economy, we can go a lot higher and, you know, people don t talk, we have 21 trillion in debt. when this really kicks in we ll start paying off that debt like it s water. we will start paying that debt down. you know, congressman, former president trump, then president trump promised to pay down the debt. he never did it. in fact, under president trump it climbed from about $20 trillion to about 28 trillion, now stands at about 31 trillion. doesn t your party and former president trump have a credibility problem when it comes to this issue of the national debt? we re all at blame, jim. you know, i voted against under trump and i voted against the budgets, actually, under him. i have a record a track record of that, you know?
you might have a few hold out but that s all you ll see. and hakeem jeffries, he s the one in a spot right now. the democrats are really pushing, their side is more irs agents. that s how we ll spend it. more irs agents, more regulation. and more spending. so i think kevin mccarthy is in a very powerful position right now. you talked about the democrats. let s talk about the republicans. let s play a bit of what then president trump said on the national debt almost five years ago. the economy, we can go a lot higher. and people don t talk. we have $21 trillion in debt. when this really kicks in, we ll start paying off that debt like it s water. we will start paying that debt down. you know, congressman, president trump promised the pay down the debt. he never did it. in fact, under president trump it climbed from about $20