i m laila harrak. republicans already raising concerns over the agreement in principle on the debt ceiling as both president biden and house speaker mccarthy race to seal the deal with their allies in congress. the gop turns on one of its own in texas in an unprecedented move to impeach the state s attorney general. details and how that official is reacting. and we re live for you in istanbul as voting there gets under way for turkey s presidential runoff election. we begin in washington where congress is drafting new legislation on the u.s. debt limit hours after officials reached a deal to try to avoid a disastrous default. the white house and republicans say they agreed in principle to raise the u.s. debt ceiling and cap government spending. house speaker kevin mccarthy says law maeshls are now expected to vote on that agreement this wednesday. before it can move forward, he must convince hardliners that it s worth it. here s how he characterized the deal. after week
is descending? it is sending a message that we don t believe in democracy, we don t believe in hearing from diverse voices. we don t believe that all people are deserving of the american dream and that one single parent doesn t even have to attend, have a child at attend school in these districts that are having book spend. this is not what a democracy looks like. the american people need to ask themselves if they want the rest of the country to look like a state of florida. okay, daniela shermichael, we re going to let it rest right there. thank you so much, guys. for all of you, we have coming up in this hour vice president harris who is accomplishing something that has never been done before, that is coming up in just a moment. as we give you all a very good day from nbc news in miami, welcome to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news in washington. kevin mccarthy saying just a short time ago that he is optimistic negotiators are closer to a deal on the debt
voted to impeach attorney general ken paxton. he s accused of bribery and abuse of public trust. they said the impeachment was illegal and being called what he called corrupt politicians. we ll have more in just a moment. in the meantime, in washington, it is deal or no deal. two sources tell cnn president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are expected to speak this hour. it comes at a critical moment in the debt ceiling talks and a source says it is now down to one final sticking point. work requirements for social safety net programs. they may have as little as eight days to prevent the u.s. from defaulting on its debts. many experts predict economic disaster if that happens. let s begin at the white house and capitol. manu, they would not be getting on the phone just to go over what they re going to have at their memorial day barbecue. this means that maybe we re getting close. reporter: yes, indeed it does. i just spoke with patrick mchenry, one of the key negotiat
debt ceiling deal is reached. there are many moving parts. we have details on to phone calls happening as both sides iron out the details. congressman, richie torres, from new york, joins me for moments when we break down what we know. good day from msnbc world headquarters in new york, welcome to alex witt reports. i m in for alex today. we begin with breaking news. a lock happening on capitol hill this hour. white house officials and house republicans are preparing for a call any minute now. their calls between president biden and speaker kevin mccarthy. house republicans are than expected to release the full text of the debt ceiling agreement negotiated by both sides. at five p m today, democrats will get a briefing on the agreement from white house officials. here is some of what both sides say is in the deal. it raises the debt ceiling until 2025. it cuts 1.5 trillion and spending. it increases defense spending. as new work requirements for some government programs, and
strikes that damaged at least three buildings a terrorist attack. the city s mayor says two people were injured but none required hospitalization. cnn s clare sebastian is live in london for us. and this would seem to really bring the war home to the russian public even more than the drone strike on the kremlin a couple weeks ago. what more do we know about the attack itself and the kremlin s response this morning? yeah, state media reporting the three buildings as of now, two in moscow itself on the southwestern side of the city, and another on the outskirts not far from one of the major airports. you can see state media and telegramen chales posting videos showing people with drone fragments. defense minister saying that they were able to avoid attacks with drone warfare and five shot down using russian air defense missiles. so perhaps that is why there are fragments of those droughns. t drones. the damage was described as insignificant. two sought medical help but no one