welcome to our viewers in the you united states and around the world. there are signs of movement in the negotiations to raise the debt ceiling. two sources tell cnn that white house and republican negotiators are moving closer to a deal. we ve been talking to the white house all day. we re going back and forth. it is not easy. we want to make sure this is an agreement worthy of the american people and it takes a while to make it happen. jasmine wright is live for us this friday morning in washington. so do we know what the outstanding issues are the democrats and republicans are still far apart on? sounds like they are talking about a two year deal here with spending caps and raising the debt creeling for two years. is that the parameter? reporter: i think those are kind of where negotiations are heading. but in terms of how far apart they are, i think it depends on who you ask. but reality is that there is no deal in principle yet. there are a series of outstanding is
speaker told reporters that they re not close to a deal at this point. are you concerned about timing at this point in. look, i think everybody needs to relax. regardless of what may be said about the talks on a day-to-day basis, the president and the speaker will reach an agreement, it will be passed on a bipartisan vote in both the house and the gnat. live look at capitol hill, it s 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. and that was senate minority leader mitch mcconnell trying to calm fears about a u.s. default. we ll have the latest in the negotiations over the deceiling. plus, florida governor desantis chooses an unusual platform for launching his presidential campaign. we ll get into that, that has definitely never been done before and another southern state passes an extreme abortion bill despite bipartisan efforts to block it. we ll also have new reporting on the status of the mar-a-lago classified documents investigation, which some legal experts feel is the strongest leg
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as these cases culminate, what happens to them. we ll move on now to the ongoing debt ceiling negotiations which hit a snag yesterday, according to a source familiar with the discussions. both sides are reportedly disagreeing on future federal spending levels. members from both sides spent much of yesterday criticizing one another on how they were moving forward with the process. however, if they were able to find a compromise on spending, the same source says it would help considerably in terms of reaching a final deal. joining us now, democratic congressman, jamie raskin of maryland. he s a ranking member of the house committee on oversight and accountability. it s great to have you back on the show. great to see you, sir. so where s this going to go? are we going to get to a deal so we don t have to default on money that s already been spent? well, nobody seems to know, but the positive development, in my mind, development in my mind