newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we are following two developments in two major stories. a short time ago in texas, the state house of representatives voted to impeach attorney general ken paxton. he is accused of bribery and abuse of public trust. the conservative republican calls the proceedings a politically motivated sham. meanwhile in washington, we re waiting for details on a phone call wrapping up, or may have already wrapped up, between president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy. the debt ceiling talks have reached a crucial moment of sorts. negotiations are now down to one final sticking point. work requirements for social safety net programs. the white house and republican leaders may have as many as eight days for preventing the u.s. from defaulting on its debts. many predict economic disaster if that happens. we have a reporter at the white house and on capitol hill. manu, what do you think? do you think we ll get some kind of readout from the speaker
giving the speaker room. he would love to reach an agreement a lot quicker but he has to keep it in mind, and you can speak to this better, the president meets the speaker where he can no longer go. i was speaking with frost. they re holding the country hostage, he said, but he said we are the hostage. he acknowledged that as democrats, they feel like they re being held hostage. isn t that what s going on? it is what s going on. fortunately, we have an adult in the room, the president, who has no choice but to, and the president always said he was always going to negotiate. he just wasn t going to negotiate with a gun to his head. and default having been taken off the table. this is what the president was made for, right? this is the moment that we, democrats chose him in the primary for this particular reason. he would be able to get us out of these situations.
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