I get it, but wild is not a word i would have gone with to describe i dont think i could say the word that i would personally say on air. I think what you have done is called out my naughtiness, that for me, this was a wild night. It certainly was, and it looks like it will be going on for a couple more hours. We dont have any indication that this will be resolved anytime soon. Lets hope that something happens before midnight, otherwise, as you know, the Government Shutdown. Good to see, you ayman. Good to see you, my friend. Enjoy the rest of your evening off. As we said, a few hours before a potential Government Shutdown, republicans and democrats reached a deal in the house that includes the 45day continuing resolution with Disaster Relief funds, as well as an extension of the federal insurance program. Of course, there was the faa reauthorization. The one thing not in there that seems to be the reason for this hold out, no ukraine aid at this moment. The senate is expected to post on the house measure. It has been delayed for hours now by democratic senator, Michael Bennett, over his concerns about that ukraine aid being left out of d. C. Are. Bennett reportedly wants a promise of cooks consideration of aid to ukraine. The senator says the leadership is actually working on a ukraine commitment for just that, but a long delay could trigger a shutdown, if the senate does not reach a deal by midnight, as we said. We are now four hours from the government shutting down. Lets cross over to nbc to nbc news capitol hill correspondent. All eyes on Michael Bennet and what is happening. Call us what is happening at this hour, where you are and with the details that this whole thing is . For now, the stock continues. You hit a simple reason, or maybe not so simple, from a policy perspective, of why Michael Bennett is doing this, which is holding up the consideration and ultimate passage of this continuing resolution, because there is no Ukraine Funding and it. That would have been a nonstarter for many on the House Republican side. Its why its not in this continuing resolution in the first place. But, of course, there is the idea that leadership on the senate side is working towards some sort of commitment that could get benny on board with anytime that they have left, allow them to avoid a shutdown and allowed them to circle back on Ukraine Funding. I think what is important now to remember is that this is a 45day stopgap measure that lenses right there for thanksgiving in november. That means that during the 45 days, they are going to be doing the rest of their appropriating, figuring out how much the government will spend across various agencies. There are 12 Appropriation Spending Bills that we have been talking a lot about during this time. Its also entirely possible that the things that fell off the table, but i am taking a specifically is on the house side, Border Security provisions. And on the senate side, Ukraine Funding. There is also the possibility that they could try to come together on Something Like that. I had one republican member here in the halls in the last few minutes say, they think it is an opportunity for negotiators on the senate side, negotiators on the outside, to come together with something that allows each to get what they wanted on either border or ukraine and feel like they are doing so in a bipartisan fashion. Now, what this person cautioned and rightly so, because we know how quickly bipartisan things can fall apart on the hill, is whether or not they can actually do that. But i think that is one of the things that im looking for during this 45day period, not just the machinations inside the republican conference, potentially in retaliation from mccarthy and the way that he handled this but also if there is actually something constructive that could come from it. I know its a tall order and a high ask for capitol hill, where the ball is basically on the floor these days, amen, and nonetheless, i am going to choose to be an optimist and say that this could be something that we look at. Nevertheless, that is getting ahead of ourselves, without Michael Bennett releasing the hold, they are not going anywhere fast on this, and that means we would still be in a shutdown posture, as i looked down at my tax chain, which is always moving here on capitol hill lately. We think that we could hear from leadership soon. Seems like they are trying to work on i am going to jump in and interrupt you quickly, because Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer is speaking. Lets listen. With that objection i move to proceed to hr 58 60, which was received from the house and is at the desk. Which part . Motion to proceed through hr 58 60, an Act Making Continuing A preparations for the fiscal year 2024 and further purposes. Madam president , i dont want any further debate on the motion. Is there further debate . If not, all in favor, say i. Opposed, nay . Ice have it. Eyes have it. Motion is agreed to. Full report. Hr 5860, an Act Making Continuing A preparations for the fiscal year 2024 and further purposes. Madam president , i know wish for unanimous consent that we go up to five minutes for debate, equally divided between the two leaders. That upon the use or yielding back in time, the senate vote on the passage of h are 5860, with 60 affirmative votes required for passage, and with no amendments or motions to the bill prior to vote on passage. Is there objection . Without objection Madam President majority leader is recognized. I have very good news for the country. Democrats and republicans have come to an agreement, and the government will remain open. We will have avoided a shutdown. Bipartisanship, which has been the trademark of the senate, has prevailed, and the American People can breathe a sigh of relief. But this is a bridge cr, and leader mcconnell and i have agreed to continue fighting for more economic and security aid to ukraine. We support ukraines efforts to defend its sovereignty against putins aggression. So thank you, thank you to my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for their excellent work. The Bipartisanship Hearing and the senate, set the tone for todays result, and i hope it sets the tone for the future. I yield the floor. Madam president republican leader, yes . With just a few hours to spare, the senate is now in a position to prevent a harmful and unnecessary Government Shutdown. With that said for weeks, the clear path forward has been to pass a straightforward short term Funding Extension that gives us time to continue the number of important discussions about outstanding priorities, from securing supplemental relief for victims of natural disasters to restoring security and sanity at the southern border that the Biden Administration has dragged into chaos, to putting stronger restraints on the president s reckless spending, supply ukraine with even more assistance it needs to repel russias invasion. On that particular point, Madam President , most Senate Republicans remain committed to helping our friends on the frontlines to invest more heavily in americas strengths, it reinforces our allies and the tears our top, strategic adversary china. I am confident that the senate will pass further assistance to ukraine later this year. But lets be clear, the alternative to our action today, an entirely avoidable Government Shutdown will not just pause these important priorities but actually send them back. And in the process, it would saddle the people we represent with unnecessary hardships. I am glad that our colleagues and the house have taken action on a continuing resolution against critical government functions going at the critical rate of operation. As of this measure, keeping the lights on will allow us to return our attention to making and way for the appropriations that our colleagues have been working on. It will give us the flexibility and urgent supplemental priorities, both at home and abroad. Therefore, i would urge our colleagues to join me supporting this important step in the right direction. [silence] all right, as he heard there from both Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer as well as the minority leader Mitch Mcconnell, a Government Shutdown seems to have been averted for now. With Chuck Schumer saying that he had good news to tell the country, that in fact, him and mcconnell have committed their promise to fighting for more resources for ukraine after the short term funding is ultimately approved and extended for 45 days in the middle of november or so. Mcconnell there, also taking a victory lap saying that his caucus, the majority of which is committed to funding ukraine with more American Military weapons and resources, that has been set that as of now, this is the short Term Extension that he and others in his caucus saw a while ago. Ali, it seems that we started the hour with uncertainty, but we started the answer as quickly as one could possibly get from the two leaders on the senate side. Or does it go from here . Youve got to love that,s ayman, finally getting some answers here, after a little bit of a waiting game. Just enough for us to dinner here on capitol hill. I think things are interesting in the ways that both leaders spoke here on the floor. Of course, noting the fact that this is bipartisan in nature, a Stopgap Spending Bill that allows them to continue negotiating on the appropriations front, while also not shutting down the government. The fact that both mcconnell and schumer are able to provide a united front, saying that they are in agreement that there should be future economic and military aid to ukraine, i did take note of the fact that senator mcconnell said that would come later this year. That is good news to, in his words, most of his caucus. But at the same time, eludes to the idea that not every republican, and not every democrat are in lockstep on the path forward for ukraine. You have seen senators like j. D. Vance and others say that they need more transparency into how ukraine is using the money before they continue providing aid to the country that is fighting its war against russia. Now, it seems that they are moving on to the vote. I know that the leaders said that there could be up to five minutes of debate, but i believe that they might be even foregoing that. Well see if anyone comes and actually start speaking, but even still, five minutes and then you are on to the substance of the vote. It is expected to pass in and overwhelmingly bipartisan fashion. We will see. Are we back to this November 17th or in the days leading up to that . We know that this is a place that functions off of that science, so i would say that is likely, but at the same time, it goes back to what we were saying, ayman, which is that both sides of the building of things that they want to come together and kind of a supplemental funding capacity. The Ukraine Funding or on the House Republican front and some on the Senate Republican side, doing something on Border Funding and security. All of those things got left out of the current package. There is some reason to think that there could be an attempt at bipartisan action on that front. Again, we will see. That is an open question. Certainly, this is good news now, seeing the senate breakthrough that stalling and able to move forward here in the next few minutes. Ali, let me ask you, perhaps a little bit of a technical question, which is, because we were expecting the government to shut down at midnight, and the question of whether or not between now and the next four hours, they can get something to the president s desk, what happens, minute by minute . What theyve able to get something to the white house for signature before midnight . Would we perhaps expect a signature tomorrow morning and still have the government function for a couple of hours, what do we know about that . No, youve got to imagine that this is not a far distance to travel between this side of Pennsylvania Avenue and the other side of Pennsylvania Avenue at the white house. As soon as the Senate Passes this, they will get it to the president s desk. Even though it shut down overnight, for example, saturday into sunday, we have seen Weekend Shutdowns before, they are not overly disruptive. They last a short period of time, there is no need to do that in this situation. Clearly, the senate is going to dispense with their business, at least in the next half hour or hour or so. We will see this able to go through the white house. That is the minute by minute of this, watching its way work from its way to the house, where the members are out of town, to the senate, where they will follow suit, and through the white house, where they will sign. This we will watch every step of the way and bring updates as it happens in realtime. Nbcs ali vitale, dont go anywhere. Were not clear yet. Dont go anywhere. I a already, dont worry. Ali, thank you so much. Lets bring it to the conversation, former alabama senator, doug jones and molly jongfast, host that the fast politics podcasts. Let me start with you, mr. Jones, and get your reaction to how this has played out. First of all, your big takeaway having served in the senate, you know a lot of these people and get it through this point, give me your take away the verdict a Government Shutdown, and whether or not we needed to be at this point . We did not need to be at this point. I think that is the biggest takeaway right now. Look, everyone is breathing a sigh of relief that we avoid it a shutdown. I lived there a couple of these things, particularly in 2019. I kept working to get things going, because alabama has so much hes dependent on so much federal dollars, that a really hurt our state when we shut it down. The fact that the matter is, this is no way to run a railroad. Mitch mcconnell said, he had been saying for weeks, we need to do a no, you should have passed the dam thing, got in all the preparations by September The 30th and due next years appropriations. Its not a system that we have, but at least, the one thing that i am proud of with the senate is that they did look at this in a very bipartisan way. Its gotten past with a big vote, and that is the way that it should be. Hopefully, they can prevail over the next 45 days to keep the farright at bay and have mccarthy, once again, talk to the democrats, talk to his moderate caucus, lets get this thing done and move on. What fundamentally changes, senator, and the next 45 days . Reality speaking here, what changes for Kevin Mccarthy . He knew that this would happen. He knew that this was an effort that was most likely going to happen because he was not going to necessarily give them everything they wanted. He, as we have seen time and time again, loves power and is not going to do the right thing. So that he does not lose those extremists. Now, he put himself and a position where he potentially could lose power, according to matt gaetz, but at the same time, he was to have to deal with the situation 45 days from now. He is going to have to deal with that, but i think, as we said a few moments ago, this is going to give folks some opportunity to sit down and talk a little bit more without the pressure of a Government Shutdown immediately. They will start that this week. I can assure you, they are not going to wake. They are going to talk about funding for ukraine. The talk about Border Security, and how it might come together. At the end of the day, i think what mccarthy has done with this is to show that at the very end, he will give his farright caucus a lot of leeway. But at the end of the day, he will come forward. This was passed by democrats. 200 plus a democrats voted for this in the house of representatives, and he actually put a government and our country over his political party. I am hoping they will do that again. I think that there is a lot of opportunity between now and then, we will see how it changes, but it can change from day today or it cannot change, we will see, once we get to that 45day period. Molly, let me bring you into this. Your thoughts on what transpired today, specifically with Kevin Mccarthy. This is not a situation he needed to find himself in as senator doug jones there said. It was the democrats that got this across the finish line. At one point, i saw today, Speaker Jeffries Trending on the website formerly known as twitter. An indication that, ultimately, Kevin Mccarthy is no longer the speaker of the, house he is a speaker in name only. Look, republicans did not do this out at the goodness of their own hearts, right . They did this because they see the writing on the wall, and you have to wonder, if they were headed towards a shutdown, and the impeachment fiasco happened, what they saw, how bad that when, and i have to think that there was a certain amount of scrambling behind the scenes. Remember,