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Rand paul to cast his vote and then we will tally up the numbers more officially. but you are looking live on the senate floor. ali vitali said a moment ago what this looks like. it may not be the most exciting image of what history looks like but its, indeed, history being made there on the senate floor, and you see a lot of democrats hugging and celebrating, and not so much from the republicans. ali vitali keeps saying control room, which makes me think she has news. >> a little bit of an upda...

Worked on the vaccine. who wants to know about it? >> you know what, i actually prefer not to walk into rooms that way, because oftentimes i get bombarded if i do. but for me, what we are in this moment in the wake of the omicron variant where people, only about 60% of us adults in this country, have been vaccinated, we are in this moment where we really need to approach this with a little bit of tenderness and with a listening ear. so thats where i stand. i dont go about boasting about the vacc...

Worked on the vaccine, who wants to know about it. >> you know what i actually prefer not to walk in the rooms that way. because oftentimes, i get bombarded if i do. but you know, for me, where we are in this moment. in the wake of the omicron variant. where people, only about 60% of us, have been vaccinated. we are in this moment where we really need to approach this with a little bit of tenderness. and with a listening here. and so that is where i stand. i do not go about, boasting about vacci...

Thursday, september 30th legislative day even though as the earth outside its windows continued to turn on its axis into friday, october 1st, a parallel universe, if you will, existed at the united states congress. you knew nancy pelosi had many powers but you didnt realize she could actually control time. but as extraordinarily long as that thursday was, and as it comes to an end, and as capitol hill joins the rest of us, here in the month of october, we know one thing. the vote on that roads a...

Hill joins the rest of us, here in the month of october, we know one thing, the vote on that roads and bridges bill that speaker pelosi was holding the floor open for tonight and through most of today, that vote is not happening. certainly not tonight. and not this weekend either. remember what this bill is. it is the small piece of president bidens legislative agenda, the roads and bridges bill, the stuff used to call infrastructure. the vast majority of democrats on capitol hill want to pass a...

4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. in a few hours time, a controversial supreme court candidate is likely to pass through a divided senate and on to the high court. a final vote is expected saturday on judge brett kavanaughs nomination to the u.s. supreme court. as of right now, he has the votes to be confirmed, this after two previously undecided republicans and a single democratic senator announced that they would support him. looking at live images now at washington, d.c. democrats holding the...