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tonight kendall is talking. actor jeremy strong joins me with behind the scenes look at that shows riveting finale. we begin tonight with some light signs of progress, but also the criticism house speaker kevin mccarthy is facing from some members of his own party as he and president biden race to turn the debt ceiling agreement they reached friday night into law. failing could hurt the economy for all of us. but given how toxic the delays, with some of the more extreme embers, every step that speaker mccarthy takes to pass it could put his speakership in jeopardy. cnn s melanie zanona joins us now with the very latest. what is the latest you are hearing from house republicans about where this is headed? the house is on the verge of clearing at least one procedural hurdle. because the house rules committee is expected to advance a rule, which would allow the bill to come to the floor tomorrow. despite opposition from to two conservatives on the panel. that is a big si ....
the way he s characterizing this bill? yes, he is lying. members of the house caucus like congressman roy and bishop are still struggling to come with a strategy to actually block the deal tonight. and there is also a divide over whether to oust mccarthy as speaker. as for the republican leader he says he s not concerned about losing his post and can t seem to understand what all the fuss is about. i m not sure what in the bill people are concerned about. it is the largest savings of 2. 1 trillion that we ve ever had. a quick refresher share of what is in this deal over this memorial day weekend. it would replenish our near empty treasury with borrowed cash by suspending the debt ceiling for two years. it also includes caps on federal spending, more work requirements for food stamps and cuts to irs funding among other things. neither party got everything they wanted, something the senate republican leader noted on the floor earlier as all of this gop infighting ....