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This will get a final signature. senator chuck grassley after the prayer to open the senate took to the mics and said he prayed that the president had the wisdom to sign the bill and avoid another government shutdown. >> he really did that today on the floor? >> i have never seen a president protempdo that before. >> they dont know. >> they dont know. thats true. members of both parties want to get this over with. it is understood anxiety about the idea of voting on the bill that was released sh...

Were starting to worry. >> weve got to pass it and then we all pray that the president will sign it. >> reporter: as republican lawmakers were praying the president would sign the bipartisan spending deal. >> lets all pray that the president will have wisdom to sign the bill so government doesnt shut down. >> reporter: part of the reason for the high drama, the presidents allies on conservative media were pleading with president trump to reject the deal, as it fell well short of his promise to b...

Network saying declaring a national emergency when theres none is not good for the president to do and i dont think its good for a precedent. a lot of republicans share that view, a can of worms has been tipped over. >> it has. it has. again, its going to have some effect on the vote. is question is how big an effect and is it a meaningful effect. >> shepard: jonathan, youre the best. thanks so much. >> thanks for having me. >> shepard: mike emanuel on capitol hill. mike, what are you hearing? >...

So i would look at this as a potential start line for all of these events really beginning to unfold after so much speculation and anticipation on all our parts. of course, kristen, the more salient drama on the hill today, i would say, is around the funding deal. we had reported earlier in the day that chuck grassley prayed that the president would have the wisdom to sign this when he opened the senate. we just spoke briefly with senator lindsey graham who says thats always good to pray for the...

Of the lawmakers on the hill, theres no expectation that even if the president does sign this thing its the end of the story, right? >> thats certainly true. the white house and the president has needed to feel as though there are other ways to try and get what he wants at his disposal if, in fact, hes going to sign it. but i have to tell you, what just unfolded on the senate floor captures the day on the hill today, as well as the mood for the entire country. and that is senator chuck grassley ...

Vice president pence slams european allies. >> does that mean regime change? does that mean war? >> i think what it means is nations across the middle east and here in europe need to be willing to follow the lead of the united states of america. >> coming up, more on the threat from iran in another andrea mitchell exclusive with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and stuck in the middle. while the president looks for land mines inside the budget bill, the senate plans to vote on it lat...

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Change his position to support some form of the death penalty. that was the first and only time i saw a politician do something and do it during their reelection campaign that they knew would damage the reelection campaign. and then i saw you, i saw you as the second person ive seen do it, taking that vote against brett kavanaughs nomination for the united states supreme court, knowing that that would hurt your reelection campaign in north dakota. it did hurt your campaign. and like mario cuomo,...

And like mario cuomo, you lost your campaign. as you look back on your senate career and what was in effect your final important decision as a senator, how does that vote feel now and how does it feel in the context of your full senate career? >> well, i dont regret that vote for a second. i never doubted the wisdom of that vote. i never doubted in 30 years, people will look back and say its the right vote. you know, we arent elected to get reelected. were elected to govern and use our best judg...

Kelton took on earlier. joining us now is stephanie kelton, chief economist for the democrats. professor, thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> conventional wisdom are good, de deficits are bad. there are good surpluses and bad surpluses, if i take further, good deficits and bad deficits. >> yeah, thats right. so i think the way to think about it or at least i think about it is when a governor runs a budget deficit t sp, it is spg more dollars into the economy than taking o...