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Fund. youre watching these votes. the first of the two crucial senate votes and then this will go to the house, we believe it will pass easily. but that is the more questionable vote. were counting down again to a last-minute vote by congress a few hours before a deadline. i remember here, sitting here during that vote to bail out the bank whens they didnt pass it and the market fell 778 points in a few moments. what would a failure tonight mean? >> well, it would mean the same thing. i dont kno...

Finally caved to the pressure. >> we fought the good fight and we couldnt win. we did everything we could to get them to the table to negotiate. they kemd saying no, no, no. >> when will the government reopen in. >> i would expect to it happen tomorrow. >> thats what john boehner had to say. obviously ted cruz trying to rally house republicans. and he does face stiff opposition from his own party, his efforts to pass in the house has fail before. tonight there is no second chance. dana bash is o...

Senate. of course, he is calling that deal which would end the government shutdown which would extend the debt ceiling. he is calling it a terrible deal, a train wreck of a law and saying that he stands fully by his guns in terms of obama care which he believes is something which should fail and be repealed. now, here is the situation. we are in a news situation waiting for votes. the senate, going to be voting for that deal tonight. as i said, would it extend the debt ceiling. that vote will pa...

Get this formally through the senate that well be watching in the next few minutes. >> thats exactly right. the first vote will be the telltale vote. it is a vote on the compromise. it actually, our understanding is that that first vote will need 60 votes to pass. it should be well north of 60 votes at the end of the day. that is first vote. it looks like the president pro temperature is getting ready to begin the vote. there it is. the vote has begun. this is technically a 15-minute vote. somet...

This whole countdown, is october 17th the date. is it midnight? it is so crucial. dana will be standing by as we watch this vote over the next few minutes coming through. the minute we get a sense of how it is going, well break in on that. obviously, all eyes are on the markets. when dana talks about why theyre so eager to get this done in the senate and the house by midnight, it is because of the view, if this vote fails tonight, the entire world will feel it. the man at the center of all of th...

1,000 points. you can say it doesnt matter. you cast the vote that did what seemed to be the right thing for the country. youre saying that people who cast that vote paid the price of their jobs. thats pretty sad. it is a group that says we want this to pass but not with my vote. and you said i hope this passes but i cant vote for it. theyre at their own political safety. as you look at the plates in american politics, these districts have become so polarized. theyre either safely republican or ...

You going to have israels back? its not just obamas credibility, its the united states credibility? >> absolutely. >> i accept the point, but it may be about all those red lines. but its also about the presidents red line. he is the one that has to make the decision. part of the complication in this debate, is if the president loses the vote, he still says he has the authority to act and there are people at the white house who say his credibility is now at stake. the credibility of the united st...

Ask secretary kerry about that. he kind of fumbled the answer at the beginning but at the end he tried to make it abundantly clear that is not the goal of the administration. so well see this inside the senate foreign relations committee tomorrow. theyre going to debate it. and then there could be a vote in this committee with a goal sending it to the full senate earlier next week. >> so it looks like the senate, democratically led, is likely to vote in favor of the president. what about the hou...

Why are we going to do this? is it going to make a difference or will it be a waste? are we going to make a hero out of assad? they want proof they are doing this for a tactical strategic reason and here is the one challenge for the president. right before the iraq vote back in 2002, the safe vote was yes. we can go back and look at that, the mistakes and that but the safe political vote was yes to be with president bush. many republicans now believe the safe political vote for them in the curre...

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