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you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin with president biden playing salesman in chief. the white house has been briefing house and senate democrats on the tentative deal to raise the nation s debt ceiling. a source says that a midafternoon phone call between president biden and house spe speaker kevin mccarthy has not happened yet. the call was to finalize the remaining details. experts say a default would be disastrous for the u.s. and global economies and that threat is still looming ominously at this hour. on capitol hill, lawmakers sound like they re unhappy with this deal. so passage is not guaranteed yet. this is unfolding as a june 5th deadline is drawing closer. we re following all of these latest developments. priscilla alvarez is at the white house for us. what are you learning about this phone call? is it going to happen? there s ever expectation that it is going to happen, jim. as you mentioned, president biden had said ....
Has made clear as of yesterday that there was going to be compromise on both ends. in a statement, he said, quote, the agreement represents a compromise which means not everyone gets what they want. that s the responsibility of governing. that is the message that the white house is sending. but president biden when he arrived to the white house here earlier this afternoon still projected optimism saying that the deal was in good shape and saying that he expected it was going to reach his desk and when asked if there was any sticking points he said none. of course, there s still a long road ahead here and it s not just finalizing the agreement and this text, but also making sure that republicans and democrats are on board. still a lot of work ahead for the white house. for now, there s every intent of this call happening between president biden and house speaker mccarthy and this moving forward. jim? all right, let s check in w with eva. a lot of the conservative ....
A real demand for change. that was certainly the message from the opposition leader who spoke earlier today upon that confirmation that president erdogan had been declared as the next president once again. he did say this was a signal that the will of the people is for change. when we spoke to voters heading to the polling stations, they did tell us that, you know, while they did anticipate that president erdogan may win another term given the fact that he had already secured 49.5% of the vote in the first round, just shy of that majority needed to get an overall victory, they said they hope this is a starting point. it s laid the groundwork for the opposition to continue to build up strength. as the president continues to come under pressure, that could certainly change over the next five years. jim? all right, thank you very much for that. we appreciate it. joining me now with more insight, james jeffrey, a former ....