today when democrats had to bail out republicans on a procedural vote that republicans claim they could pass on their very own. prior to that vote politico reported when asked if the gop would needd democratic help to pass this procedural measure, majority whip tom emmer said republicans are the ones running this place, and republicans will pass thean bills, and that s wh we are doing. but in the end republicans did not have the votes to pass that measure on their own. they needed 52 democrats to bail them out. now, both sides have faced opposition to voting to this deal. conservatives say it does not go nearly fars enough. progressives have argued the bill s impact on the poor and working class is too severe. but the character of that opposition is remarkably different. take for instance marjorie taylor greene, the fringe conservative for this now landed herself a place as one of speaker mccarthy s top allies. told she told reporters she was leaning towards voting for this b
today three people are still missing and we re expecting an update any minute from officials. we re following these major developing stories and more all coming in right here to cnn news central. a big vote on capitol hill as soon as tonight. these two republican u.s. senators, florida s rick scott and utah s mitt romney, just told cnn s manu raju, the goal is to get a final vote on that debt ceiling bill tonight. it would go to the president s desk to be signed into law just ahead of that monday deadline or the government would otherwise run out of money to pay its bills. manu raju is on capitol hill covering this from the beginning. is that where the momentum, to get that done tonight so senators can go home for the weekend and don t want to interrupt their weekend plans? yeah, the smells of jet fumes in the air in the senate tonight as a push to get this done is intense. in fact john thune, number two republican who s deep in these negotiations to try to ensure that al
find a little grace. katie beck, nbc news, tampa. safe travels little grace kelly. and on that very beautiful note, i wish you all a very good night. thinking about chris murphy and that spiritual renaissance we all needed. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. d of tomorrow right, now we are watching the house of representatives, or any moment the bill to avoid catastrophic default is about to face the vote on the house floor. the dynamic here, what you will see unfold tonight, the dynamic, that dynamic, was set earlier today when democrats had to bail out republicans on a procedural vote that republicans claim they could pass on their very own. prior to that, vote political reported when asked if the gop would need democratic help to pass this procedural measure, majority whip tom emmer said republicans are the ones who are running this, place and republicans will pass the bills and t
punxsutawney, pennsylvania. get your arms around that. they re waiting to see. i love it. will the groundhog see his shadow? fantastic. band is on stage. everyone is ready to go. we have to do the show live from there sometime. oh, my god, i d love to do that. can we do the show live from punxsutawney? groundhog day for me is one of those things, i can never remember whether the groundhog sees its shadow, it s good or it s bad. it just doesn t stay with me. maybe because i don t care. i don t know. i don t know. but that would be fun. yeah. gobbler s knob. exactly. that s where we all want to go. we have a lot to get to this morning. i really want to hear that. including president joe biden s meeting at the white house with speaker kevin mccarthy. both sides were upbeat about their conversation. it appears we re not any closer to a deal on the debt ceiling, but we will follow the developments there. gave him a box of white house m&ms, and mccarthy le
in the end it s veeck yags or oversight to harass the biden administration like hunter biden s laptop, for example. there s no equivalence. we were attacked. it s not the same thing as republicans are about to do. california democratic congressman adam shift calls out the republicans for false equivalency of investigations. it comes as the biden team is optimistic about the incendiary pernss serving the committee. the united states government hit i its debt limit as congress failed to act. we ll go through the treasury s extraordinary measures to make sure the country can pay its bills. also ahead ukraine s allies meet to map out what s next as far as military aid for the war-torn country. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, january 20th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for joining us. the treasury department now is forced to take extraordinary measures so the government can continue paying its bills. in a letter to congressional leadership yester