earful. brian: yes. there is a lot of people her, vip s, generals, colonels, small business owners, all concerned about the country. one of the most patriotic places in the nation. they are big-time viewers, it will be special talking to them shortly, including an eagle scout. i will bring in one of the busiest guys in america, house speaker kevin mccarthy. mr. speaker, thanks for joining us. thanks for having me all the way down in florida. brian: right. i know how hard you worked on the deal, it will be a nail-biter it seems going down to the wire. how concerned are you about the bill you cobbeled together getting out of committee? speaker mccarthy: it s a different congress, new day, you have to pas a bill to find out what is in it. you have 72 hours, this is 99 pages. this is different than before. we will spend less money this year than last year. debt limit is like the family having a credit card you have been charging up every year and keep lifting the limit. t
so they have a deal, but do they have the votes? right now the race to get party holdouts onboard with the debt ceiling agreement, that potentially catastrophic default just days away. we ll have the latest. plus, what caused part of an apartment building to collapse? rescue dogs are now scanning for any sign of survivors in davenport, iowa, as the city s fire chief says the building is structurally up snsound posing threat to his teams. we ll follow those and more stories coming in right here to cnn news central. so some good news over the weekend. president biden and speaker mccarthy face another heavy lift after hammering out a deal in principle to raise the nation s debt ceiling. they have to get their parties to support it. based on early reaction, it may not be entirely easy. the house vote is expected on wednesday. hard liners from both sides are signaling they at least will not support the agreement. so here s part of what s in it. it suspends the debt ceiling thr
unknown soldier as the country marks memorial day. a time to remember those who have fallen in service to the nation. take it or leave it, after leaders strike a deal to raise the debt ceiling. there are lawmakers unhappy on both sides. so do they have the votes. and the wheels are off. terrifying moments at the indy 500 as a tire goes flying toward the crowd. we will show you what it hit. this is cnn news central. they have a deal and now they need to get a the votes. the house is set to vote this week. president biden, kevin mccarthy, they reached the agreement over the weekend. the plan would suspend the debt limit for about a year and a half through january 1, 2025. important with that date, it pushes off this debate until after the election. but the road ahead is still quite unclear and could be quite bumpy. party leaders are now waging full-on campaigns to convince their members to back the legislation. if they cannot, the united states could default on its debt o
not fighting fighting. i m dana perino, this is america s newsroom. you have to wonder if you can t win the first date can you win the second one and then biden didn t. so politics abounding today. this happens today in iowa. the road to the white house goes straight through that wonderful state and why florida governor ron desantis went there for his campaign kickoff. bill: he addressed voters in a church last night. the bureaucracy is so en cran muched i think we can bring george washington back and i don t think he could fix it in one single four-year term. we must restore sanity to our nation. we can t have every major institution in our country going on ideological joy rides. we have to be guided by reality, by facts, and by our enduring principles. we in the state of florida held the line when freedom hung in the balance. dana: the hawkeye state turning into a campaign hub for republicans in hope of catapulting to the top of an increasingly crowded field. rich e
the race is on to avoid a default disaster. minutes from now the first key vote on the debt ceiling bill is set to take place on the house floor. already it s facing pushback from both sides of the aisle. we ll be speaking to one of those lawmakers ahead. officials in iowa trying to decide whether they can keep searching for five people who remain unaccounted for at the site of a partially collapsed apartment building there. rescuers are entering a no-win situation as we learn that what remains in the building is unstable and could come crashing down at any moment. plus the gloves are off. during his first official campaign event, ron desantis taking on donald trump. ahead, see why he thinks the former president s attacks are going to backfire. we are following these developing stories, all coming in right here to cnn news central. right now the house is in session ahead of a key vote to avoid default on the nation s debts. president biden and house speaker kevin mccart