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Week. mike emanuel is on capitol hill tonight. the senate passed a bill to keep the lights on for, what, a few more months? >> shep, thats correct. they voted 73 to 26 to keep the government up and running for march 27th through the end of september. certainly not the end of the fiscal fight here in washington. avoid the government shutdown a week from today. ahead of the final vote, the senate majority leader offered this final pitch. >> i commend speaker boehner for giving this bill to us at a...

Be prepared to offer constructive criticisms to the bill. bill: how novel. my guest former new york senator al demat demato. a fox news contributor. how novel to read the bill first. >> isnt it amazing, senator coburn and senator mccain say look, we want 72 hours to read 587 pages, it has over a trillion dollars worth of spending, and then they get attacked by the democrats for saying, why are you stalling? and if you take a quick look at some of the things theyve pointed out, spending over $150...

A lot of talk of bipartisan ship is fun, but he wants to be the guy that proves to everyone i am on top of this plan. when republicans come out with a plan he can still say, well i had it first and my plan is better. that will be in the back of everyones mind. you say what? >> >> that is correct. he says i am demanding a plan and this is the plan my base wants and i am putting it forward even if i am leaking it. it is also a good way to work with his lies across the aisle and it allows them to s...

Reprizing his role as the transgendered misfit called hans solo. harrison is open to the idea of doing the movie and he is upbeat about it. many people are surprised to hear considering he not only still wears an earring, but he has called the hans solo character not so interesting, and he thought he should have died. what a horrible person, gavin. >> he is my son. >> gavin, yes, gavin your son. >> i love that guy. >> i should go to bill first. >> go to bill. >> you are the expert on all things ...

Task at hand, cutting taxes for millions of small businesses that want to expand and put americans back to work. bill: that is how part of the debate played out on the senate floor with majority leader harry reid to asking a republicans straight up-or-down vote on extending bush tax rates on but on higher wages. my next guest says that is bad idea. john thune is sits on the tax writing committee in the senate. senator, good morning to you and welcome back to our program. >> good morning, bill. b...

Embarrassing moments and troubling scandals. among his questionable actions, deciding to try the 9/11 terror masterminds, a block away from ground zero, declassifying top-secret documents about the cisas enhanced interrogation program. dropping voter intimidation charges against the new black panther party after their actions were caught on tape by fox news, criticizing arizonas immigration law without taking the time to read the 10-page bill first. >> i think you are missing the fact that this ...

Embarrassing moments and troubling scandals. among his questionable actions, deciding to try the 9/11 terror masterminds, a block away from ground zero, declassifying top-secret documents about the cisas enhanced interrogation program. dropping voter intimidation charges against the new black panther party after their actions were caught on tape by fox news, criticizing arizonas immigration law without taking the time to read the 10-page bill first. >> i think you are missing the fact that this ...

The must pass legislation. the leading republicans are blaming the white house and democrats holding it up. >> we cant move until they sign the contract report. its a shame they toy around with the shutdown. >> administration officials do not want congress to pass spending bill first. out of concern that the lawmakers could leave town. >> we could not take the promises by republicans they dont get the payroll tax cut extended. at some point. at face value. >> boehner needs the democratic vote to...

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com republican presidential candidate herman cain tells his staff he is reassessing the viability of his campaign less than 24 hours after he dropped a political bombshell right here in "the situation room." during my interview with him yesterday, cain revealed that an atlanta woman is claiming she and cain engaged in a 13-year extramarital affair, a claim cain flatly denies. coming on the heels of sexual harassment allegations, this leaves his campa...

but "cnn newsroom" continues right now with brooke baldwin. >> speak of washington, we have a busy two hours ahead. randi, thank you very much. hello, everyone. are you ready for this? the debt deal is done, right? not exactly. we still need to see votes happening both in the senate and the house. on the house side, it looks like some democrats could be holding things up. well speak with one of them. we expect to hear from speaker of the house, john boehner this hour. well carry that...