Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Thursday, July 3rd. We're going to start with some breaking news.

You're seeing live pictures there from the House floor on Capitol Hill where congressional Republicans are pushing toward a final vote on President Trump's sweeping domestic policy bill.

You see Hakeem Jeffries there railing against it. But amid an all-night session, the chamber voted 219 to

213 to adopt a rule governing debate on the legislation that opens up discussion and then

tease up a final vote on the package. Earlier, House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters he

expected a final vote on the package later this morning. The group will go down, get the votes necessary to pass the rule.

We'll proceed to debate, probably two to three hours for that.

There's an hour allotted, but Leader Jeffries gets a magic minute.

I think he goes about an hour.

Mine will be much shorter than that, and we'll proceed a final vote.

And we'll be passing this bill.

I expect maybe around 830 this month. Maybe sooner. Maybe sooner. Maybe sooner. Maybe sooner. Maybe sooner. Because in a sign of just how quickly things are moving, that vote is likely to come at some point in our hour, maybe in the 6 a.m. We're going to keep you posted as we watch it all. But this first vote is a win for the Speaker

after Republicans hit a wall last night. A group of hardline conservatives mixed with moderate

Republicans stalled this bill by not voting for that initial rule. Johnson held the vote open for

five hours as he worked to garner their support. Then around 1 a.m. President Trump called

those holdouts to rally them around the

bill. He also fired off a handful of social media posts calling for Republicans to get this

legislation passed. Democrats for their part have continued to rally against it. And then some

House Republicans who flipped to yes after being no and some persuasion, defended their positions. Congressman Derek

Van Orden of Wisconsin pushed back after a suggestion that Republicans will just do whatever

Trump asks of them. Am I happy about everything? No. But there's a difference between

compromise and capitulation. We're not capitulating. We're compromising. The president of the United

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