conference at the capitol. i just got off the phone with the president, i talk to him twice today, and after weeks of negotiations, we have come to an agreement in principle. we still have a lot of work to do, but i believe this is an agreement and principle that is worthy of the american people. i expect to finish the writing of the bill, checking with the white house and speaking to the president again tomorrow afternoon, and then posting the text of it tomorrow, and then voting on it on wednesday. thank you for your time, and i think this is very worthy of the american public. we do not have the full scope of the agreement, as the speaker, noted the bill is still being written as we speak, with the intention of completing it by later today. now, from what nbc news has gathered so far, the deal will to raise the debt limit until 2020, five it will keep it roughly flat while giving a slight boost of funding to defense, and if we are providing a new controversial work r
the special counsel s case against donald trump. i will ask former general neil. meanwhile, fox cuts ties to tucker carlson. but don t give the murdochs profiles acreage war just yet, i will take you through all the things that they didn t firecracker for and what that reveals about the future of the network. and later, a trip to the british embassy a cup of tea with her thoughts on the war in ukraine, being a woman in a male dominated field, and yes, the upcoming coronation of king charles. so we saw a pretty jarring split screen this week from the two leading candidates for president in 2024. and that split screen served as a reminder of what is at stake in this election. on one side, president joe biden formally took the plunge, officially launching his reelection campaign in a video released on tuesday. in it, the president reiterated his commitment to protecting personal freedoms from voting rights to abortion rights, to civil rights, big issues in this campaign. he
president, i was referring to president biden, yes. he released memos last night, letting congress work again, basically would trigger rhetorical spending at 1990 fiscal levels. could you discuss how to prevent future government shutdowns? well, i think the frustration america has is when they look at congress not doing their job. we have watched this place breakdown, where members show up to or it, or that very basics of appropriations weren t passing. you watched what happened before we took power, they had this omnibus come at the last moments, christmas, thousands of pages, nobody could read it, you needed 72 hours, and just jamming through funded government that way. we want to make sure that congress works again for the american public. so when we became the majority, we wanted to do everything in our power to have this process change. and then again that the
were very involved in as the chief of staff. it is a big part of his legacy and yours as the chief of staff. it is essentially frozen right now because feinstein has been out with shingles and the republicans have refused to agree to a swap. you ve expressed confidence that the republicans on the other way will do that. when i heard that i was thinking, i wish i was he in his office i get asked what he meant by that. are you referring to, do you think they will have to support qualify nominees? or do you think there will be a process change that allows for these nominees to come forward. well, i think getting these judges confirmed is an important part of his overall agenda. strong support from leaders, from this person. most of the nominees have been confirmed by bipartisan basis. what you have right now is nominations from all of the community who actually would get a majority of votes, including some republican votes if they could get to the senate floor. and when we had a 50/50 s
the chief of staff. it is essentially frozen right now because senator feinstein has been out with shingles and the republicans have refused to agree to a swap. you ve expressed confidence that the republicans on the committee will eventually agree. when i heard that i was thinking i wish i was in ron s office and i ask him what he meant by that. are you referring to, do you think they will be having to support qualified nominees or to think there will be a process change that allows for these nominees to move forward? i think one of the two will have to happen. the presidents agenda in getting these judges confirmed is an important part of his overall agenda. most of those nominees have been confirmed on a bipartisan basis. what you have right now is nominees bottled up in the committee who actually would get a majority of votes including some republican votes if they could get to the senate floor. when we had a 50/50 senate we were able to get them out of committee with a dischar