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The bill. i am told now that they have crossed the 60 vote threshold but the vote is still open. its not final until they close the vote, other senators will still be rolling in here in the wee hours, the next ten or 15 minutes. then they will close the board. then well get a sense of what the timetable is for the rest of the night. >> i guess my next question, what happens next after this boat? >> that is where rand paul has that option, hell probably talk some, we might hear from likely, repub...

Something interesting developing. we talked earlier that they need 70 democrats to make up the difference, republicans would defect on this bill, undermine conservatives like the house freedom caucus, they dont like this bill because of the deficit spending, the same reservation rand paul, the republican senator from kentucky, had. that is why he delayed the senate from voting on the bill until we hours of the morning. when i look at the scoreboard, they only have three democratic yeses on the b...

Representatives. that would demonstrate a good vote, a lot of air cover for people in the house of representatives to vote if you get 60 senators supporting it. heres the other thing. sometimes when i submit something to a 60 vote threshold, what that leads to is just a lot of messaging votes. it also leads to a guarantee that nothing will pass because you might be able to get a simple majority, 52, 53, 54, but you cant cross the magical barrier of 60 votes. if you cant do that, nothing is going...

There -- she said that if there is no shutdown today, next week he will bring an immigration bill to the floor but not -- he didnt say what might be in that bill. what are your predictions as far as that goes? >> mitch mcconnell has been intentionally vague about what that piece of legislation might look like. he wants it to be a freewheeling debate and immigration, probably include daca. like most things in the senate, you have to get 60 votes. hes basically saying, all right, well have a freew...

And that nation could assume that if they used in a conventional fight a small yield bomb, we would not respond with a very large yield bomb. our response to this is to make a small yield bomb and say dont miscalculate, its a deterrent. remember, deterrence is dynamic, it changes from year to year, from decade to decade, we have to address deterrent in its current construct so we do this, the idea is to raise the threshold. >> do you think that we could be backing into an arms race here? >> im q...

But its very clear, if senator paul sticks with where he is right now, and by every account he plans, to we will absolutely cross that midnight threshold, wolf. >> stand by, phil. were watching this unfold. a government shutdown now likely, the deadline midnight tonight. david chalian, the president, he tweeted yesterday, he said publicly this is a good deal, the compromise worked out by mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer, he wants it to be passed. its being delayed at least right now by rand pau...

Opened to an open debate. everybody who has an amount can put it up. speak speaker paul ryan wants to deal with this. if its something president trump supports. eight hours the longest continuous speech on the house floor. at least a century perhaps ever. reading letter from dreamers. reading bible verses. how huge an issue it is. the big question when aim talking to democratic aids is will that have the effect of getting the caucus to keep the votes from going over the 2016 threshold speerk pau...

Forward. i dont think theres a set back in term of what their agenda should be going forward. this is part of what governing is. >> dana: michael, some other conservatives thought that the democrats actually want to do this in a way that will not allow for a reconciliation process so that they can stop republicans from actually getting more accomplishments this year. is that cynical or just good politics? >> well, i think its more on the cynical side. you should be able to get to 60 votes on any...

Signature. and they, they investigate everything. of course, we all know this. rational people know this the fisa court judges know this. the fbi knows this. but mike, this goes back to what we were talking about yesterday. you get fox news or the white house or devin nunes or paul ryan to start a lie. and the president churn it is up, people will do a facebook posting. it will get millions and millions of shares. and then guess what -- when it ends up being a lie, facebook doesnt send a message...

Leaders in the senate have struck a deal to not only keep the lights on, but to avoid dealing with this sort is of issue in the future. the senate now is expected to vote on the measure today after it was announced by majority leader mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer yesterday. the two-year deal would boost defend spending by $300 billion. that would include money for infrastructure and fighting the nationwide opioid epidemic. the plan also adds more than $80 billion for disaster relief. when it...