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Sufficient votes to pass it without the presidents signature. this is the president essentially being a man-baby all over again. >> kelly odonell, do you think the house is going to respond on the president being a man-baby. >> reporter: i am going to pass on this one. the other thing i want to share about is pelosi surprised the white house postponing the january 29th date which is her prerogative to invite the president for a joint session of congress. we still have no answer from the white ho...

Incredibly important and valid point which this did not require the extent of the president and the shutdown. congress used to over ride presidential vetoes. they did so frequently and other times and they can do it now and help 800,000 people feed their children. >> congressman, the white house says this was not a tic-for-tac that this was a good faith effort by the president of the united states to keep the speaker in town in order to negotiate on the shutdown. thats her reporting from kelly o...

Was? >> not publicly but congressional delegation trip happens regularly and the speaker often takes them and they are typically bipartisan including members from different groups and sometimes it is senate and house and the trip itself is typically not classified. it is usually public events that go around it. i dont know the exact itinerary or if there is any elements to this. if it is routined for members of congress and especially during the federal holiday and monday is martin luther king j...

To make for afghanistan. kelly odonell is at the white house. i do want to g-- kelly, any ide is coming? >> reporter: i was speaking with white house officials who say this should be interpreted as a look at the calendar. the next time federal employees would miss their paychecks is tuesday at midnight. congressional delegation trip out of the country for a period of days, it would cover that time frame. from the white houses point of view, the speaker of the house is out of that country, there ...

In past recent years, there is been more difficult communications but despite all the partisanship, they do at moments like today coming together. we are told by our colleague whos our senate producer that mitch mcconnell, at the request of cindy mccain cleared the floor of the senate. former members of congress can go on the floor. clear the floor for a private moment with lindsey graham on the floor of the senate. the two went to the desk of john mccains desk and draped in black as our colleag...

Capitol rotunda, today, as our country hold him, senator john mccain joins those ranks. >> nbcs kelly odonell, one of our few reporters let inside to report from the rotunda. >> since the doors were opened to the public, there has been a steady stream of americans who have come here to personally pay their respects and take in this moment. as you can see some of are flying past the casket and others are stopping and spending some time to offer a prayer to think of the moment of the history of th...

The disdance around the world. cindy mccain has traveled to many places and she has a body of work that she has been doing for years and years. it has relevance of the modern world of todays politics of the security front. whether hes named or not, expect her to take a visual role and you will see a lot of cindy mccain carrying on the institute. so whether if it is possible as andrea noted, there is a history for it and whether she gets the seat or not, expect cindy mccain to be talking about th...

Vote in the u.s. senate. >> it is going to restore the majority of the republicans to 51 votes since john mccain have not been voting since december of last year. it has been a narrow majority and that will certainly with the nomination of brett kavanaugh making it necessary to have not just the murkowski and the susan colli collins votes. with a lot of close votes coming up, it will be a lot of pressure to governor ducey not to give the honor to cindy mccain. >> kelly, odonnel there on the grou...

Difficult not to recognize just how much of a spinning image he is, of his father, he was there in the white uniform, it is like looking at a young john mccain. >> thats true. >> kelly odonell, our colleague, peter alexander this morning on the "today" show noted that only john mccain would be able to probably orchestrate a service like this on his 82nd birthday. only john mccain able to pull something like this off. walk me through and walk us through what happens next, what are we looking here...

The different jokes. >> it interesting that it goes in the family, i was talking to someone i met the other day that he driven roberta mccain to an appointment in washington, d.c. and, he acknowledged that he was a retired army veteran and she said, let me out of this car. it was so john mccain. that was the way he used to call us jerks in the hallway, kelly odonell, how many times john mccain in the bus or at the capitol insults you? >> reporter: so often. hes known to be the son of an admiral ...