$31 trillion in debt. and that massive tally continues to grow even after this bill. still, small government, congress, like steve moore, support the bill, calling it a step in the right direction. republican congressman on the other hand, chip roy, is referring to it as a turn sandwich. the washington times describes it as a win for the gop. trashing the deal for normalizing record spending with the president who can t find his parents. now some republican lawmakers, they are infuriated that the compromise maintains what is an unacceptably high level of covid era spending. and, in recovery purposes nearly $100 billion in spending instead of making outright points to the budget. this is a bill that pushes any further negotiation back into those until after the president election, which is a very key points of contention. many republicans want to get another negotiation for next year s presidential election. they fear handing democrats a blank check if they keep the white hous
there arheree thirty one congressmen. they are ready to blow u up thie entire deal despite being just. days from default. comphis deal fails, fails completely. and that s why thesetely. membe and others will be absolutely opposed to the deal . l and we will do everything ino our power to sto p and end it now. tomorrow s bill is a bunch fake news and fake talking pointsin that will do nothing to rein ino out-of-control federal spending. nofedera republican in good conscience should support this, consciousnot one republican shl vote for this deal . it is a bad deal . not well, not only ours republicans becoming deeply divided on this, but there are even threats to oust mccarthyakb as speaker because of the dealee he mad de with biden. i joining me now is texas congressman chip roy and florida congressma n byronnd donalds. both are members of the freedomo caucus and both are againsth met this deal . welcome to you both, startinglc with you, congressman. ome . and chip roy, w
answer. so let s get started. a debt deal, but not a done deal. president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy strike a lead by compromise to avoid a catastrophic u.s. debt default. but there is still a lot of work to be done before wednesdays house vote. we are live on capitol hill with the latest. plus, impeached, in a history making vote, the gop-controlled texas house impeach s embattled republican state attorney general in election denier, ken paxton. we have his response to being only the third sitting official in texas history to be impeached. and later, a family affair. we wrap up aapi heritage month with the inspiring family whose military service spans generations. all of this and more is coming up. and a good sunday morning to you all. i am katie phang. we start today s show with the breaking news. president biden, house speaker kevin mccarthy, and their negotiators have reached a tentative agreement late last night. to raise the debt ceiling to dodge a debt defa
make sense of this with our viewers. thanks mehdi. here we go. tonight, on a two hour edition of the mehdi hassan show, breaking details of the debt limit deal. we will hear from democratic congressman greg azar, who just got briefed by the white house on intubated with two experts. then special counsel jack smith manhattan the alvin bragg put out new potentially damning evidence against, who else, donald day trump in their respective cases. and setting the record straight on one henry a kissinger. the former secretary of state marks his 100th birthday, we will look back at his dark and very bloody legacy. good evening, i am many hassan. we have breaking news tonight, we have what they are calling a deal. just a short time ago, president biden spoke about that debt limit in principle, reaches we can do in his administration and the republican leadership in the house. we ve got good news, we just spoke with speaker mccarthy, and we have reached a bipartisan budget agre
they vote on it. that vote is tentatively scheduled for wednesday. and breaking, just now, two gop sources tell nbc news that conservatives are balking at the agreement. conservative members of congress in both the house and senate, along with conservative outside groups are plotting ways to gum a passage of the bill or add amendments to make it more appealing to hard-liners. a source familiar with the talks said. i want to bring in jen psaki, former white house press secretary, and host of inside with jen psaki, here on msnbc. she joins us by phone now. jim, what an evening. hi michael. hey, how are you. welcome, thank you so much. i m great. these deals are always saturday night. i know right? this is what we do. the white house has to be, i think at this moment, not pleased, but very comfortable. relieved. yeah, relieved with what they are. can you give us a sense of what you re hearing from your white house sources, and help frame for our audience how they sh