If it's Tuesday deal or no deal, President Biden and Speaker McCarthy's agreement to avoid a default

faces its first big test amid growing tensions on the hill and new efforts to kill the deal.

Plus, Ron DeSantis kicks off his presidential campaign in Iowa as he looks to recover from last week's rocky rollout and gain ground on the

Republican frontrunner Donald Trump. And the war in Ukraine comes home to Russia. Everything we know

and don't know about the rare strike on Moscow that is being criticized by the White House

and has Kiev bracing for potential fallout.

Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Kristen Welker in Washington, where the debt-sealing deal reached between President Biden and House Speaker McCarthy is facing its first major test right now on Capitol Hill with less than a week to go until the government defaults.

As we speak, the House Rules Committee is considering whether or not to send the deal to the floor for a vote, which House leadership

wants to happen tomorrow without delay. But some Republicans on the committee have other ideas,

including Ralph Norman, who called the deal insanity, and Chip Roy, who referred to it in far

less glamorous terms. Both lawmakers are part of a group of ultra-conservatives called the Freedom

Caucus, which held a press conference earlier today, urging their House colleagues to break with Speaker McCarthy and kill the deal. Take a listen.

I want to be very clear. Not one Republican should vote for this deal. Not one. If you're out there watching this, every one of my colleagues,

be very clear, not one Republican should vote for this deal. It is a bad deal. This bill

is un-American. It defies conservatism. No Republican in good conscience should support this and go back to the drawing

table.

So how far these members want to go is a question that could put McCarthy's speakership on the line.

NBC News was first to report that some far-right members who are unhappy with the debt deal

are floating a move to force a vote to try to oust McCarthy

as Speaker unless changes are made.

Sources tell NBC News, Republican Congressman Ken Buck, who will join me later this hour,

floated the idea in a call with members last night.

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