canadian wildfires. meteorologists expect the effects to linger for at least another day and possibly into the weekend. millions of people are affected. doctors in some places are advising people to limit their time outdoors. many schools, cities and sports organizations have postponed or canceled events because of the air quality. new york city is clearing up a bit, but the smoke is kind of drifting elsewhere. correspondent nate foy is in jersey city, new jersey tonight. nate, good evening. trace, good evening to you. what a difference 24 hours can make. we can actually see the sky tonight in new york city which was not the case yesterday. but other parts of the country remain heavily impacted as the smoke continue informs drift. one day after the worst air quality ever recorded in new york city today cities like philadelphia and washington, d.c. are covered in dense smoke as residents breathe air defined as very unhealthy by the e.p.a. the smoke obliterated the island y
ceiling bill. the vote was 63 to 36. it comes some 24 hours after the house passed the same bill. it raises the nation s debt limit while also imposing new caps on spending. and now goes to the presidents desk for his signature, with four days to go before the monday default deadline. let s get straight to nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitale, who has been standing by for hours and hours. all, right ali vitale. it happened. how did this whole thing go down tonight? yeah, it was less with a bang and more with a whimper, stephanie ruhle. weeks and weeks of high stakes negotiations here in washington covering each and every turn of them, as speaker mccarthy and his top allies huddled with top white house officials over the course of several weeks to hammer out this deal. and now the senate finishing it up in the dead of night, sending it now to the presidents desk, and avoiding default, with the days to go until that ex date deadline on monday. that s good news. an
breaking news on what comes next. then, senator mike lee on why he voted against this deal, reversing his support entirelyly by the time it reached the senate. what lee is calling might and day compared to what republicans limit, save and grow act initially promised. then the stumble seen around the world. president biden takes another fall while speaking at the air force graduation. as 2024 the hopefuls line up to take his job and two more faces are expected to join the fray in the upcoming week. former speaker of the house newt gingrich and trafalgar pollster robert cahaly on primary season as former president trump still leads the pack two months before the first gop primary debate. then fbi director christopher wray expected to deliver the document tomorrow that allegedly ties then-vice president joe biden to a $5 million bribery scheme with a foreign national in exchange for policy decisions. coming up, congresswoman anna paulina luna on oversight committee s next move
the trump/desantis battle evolved into a schoolyard brawl. you don t change your name in the middle of the election. his whole family moved to florida under my governorship. are you kidding me? what is the desantis plan to convince voters he s not just a better nominee but a better president. plus the gop field keeps growing. three more candidates will jump in this week including trump s former vp. republicans have to offer a positive vision grounded in conservative principles. but how many of them will make it to the republican debate stage? and disaster averted. no one got everything wanted but the american people got what they needed. the president said it is proof his brand of politics still works. i know bipartisanship is hard but we could never stop trying. welcome to inside politics sunday , i m abby phillip. thank you for joining. it is all about iowa, iowa. and yesterday marks the first start of the caucus season with eight presidential hopefuls
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