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Republican senator rand paul used a procedural tactic to block the senate from speeding up the vote so that congress could meet the midnight debt line to approve the bill. Paul wanted senators to keep him on a vote. He protested the large price tag of the deal. Senate majority dealer Mitch Mcconnell and majority leader Chuck Schumer pleaded with paul objecting to the plan to allow the procedural vote to happen so they could finalize the deal. But paul did not waiver, beginning an hours long filibuster. Take a listen. Speaker of the house supports the bill, is waiting for it to pass the senate. The president of the United States supports the bill. And is waiting to sign it into law. Now, i understand my friend and colleague from kentucky does not join the president in supporting the bill. And its his right, of course, to vote against the bill. But i would argue that its time to vote. I very much appreciate my good friend, the junior senator from kentucky, his fidelity to spending, something we dont agree with, his fidelity to trying to get his amendments on the floor debated, something we do agree with. Frankly, there are lots of amendments on my side and its hard to make an argument that if one person gets an amendment that everybody else wont want an amendment and then well be here for a very long time. So i would plead with my colleagues, giving the exengicies that if maybe a budget point of order which would make the same point, that is he believes the spending is too high might work and we could move forward and get a bill done and we might risk a Government Shutdown. I cant in all good honesty and good faith look the other way because my party is now complicit in the deficit. But really, who is to blame . Both parties. We have a 700page bill that no one has read that was printed at midnight. No one will read this bill. Nothing will be reformed. The waste will continue. And government will keep taking your money, irresponsibly and adding to a 20 trillion debt. Certainly some drama there on the senate floor from rand paul. As we await the house vote as soon as we get it, there is concern about how democrats will cast their ballots. Following a caucus meeting yesterday, most appeared undecided because they said they havent received a sdrong enough guarantee on daca. But House Speaker paul ryan insisted that daca legislation will be the next big priority, telling reporters, quote, we are committed to getting this done. Lets talk a little bit about this. Joining us over the phone, Senior Writer at politico jake sherman. Jake, thanks so much for joining us so early. Thank you. You have been following this budget vote all night, jake. We just saw a lot of drama from rand paul there. How is rand pauls delaying of the vote being received in washington and walk us through exactly whats happened overnight and where were at right now. So rand pauls opposition to the bill and his filibuster launched a procedural delay. It really mattered very little. It did put the government into a shutdown, perhaps temporarily, but there was never a question of whether it was going to pass or fail. It was going to pass and pass with a healthy margin, 70 plus votes. The real question is in the house of representatives. Im standing right off the house floor right now right in the press gallery where theyve begun debate on this bill. Theyre trying to shorten debate so they can get it to a vote. Republicans feel confident at the moment. That confidence might be fleeting, but its all up to democrats. Republicans probably have around 160 votes, which would leave about 60 democrats needed to pass this bill. If i were a gambling man, i wouldnt put any money on this because this is a very tight vote, tighter than anything weve seen in a long time. I can imagine the anxiety and the stress in that room right now. I also imagine the point here is for federal workers when theyre wake up, they know whether or not theyre going to be going to work. As of now, 5 00 in the morning, the government is currently shut down until the house decides whether or not theyre going to pass this bill or not. Jake sherman, thanks for the update. Well see you a little later on morning joe. This morning, the white house is ruling from another staffer leaving. The Washington Post reporting that White House Counsel Don Mcgahn knew about the accusations against press secretary rob porter a year ago, but let him remain in his post. Mcgahn did not change his findings, nor did he act in september when he learned that the Domestic Violence claims were delaying porters security clearance or in november when porters former girlfriend, who works for the administration, contacted him about these allegations. One former white house official tells nbc news that chief of staff john kelly also reportedly knew about the allegations of Domestic Abuse for months. Kelly also reportedly knew porter would be denied a full security clearance by the fbi, but allowed porter to remain in his role. Kelly initially defended porter in a statement on tuesday, but after photos were published, kelly released another Statement Wednesday night saying he was, quote, shocked by the new allegations but stood by his previous comments. Rob shaw was asked about kellys changing statements. I know theres been some reports about the chief of staff. He became fully aware about these allegations yesterday. The statement changed from john kelly yesterday morning to the statement yesterday evening. He said based on new allegations. But what changed yesterday, absent a photograph, in terms of new allegations . Well, i think what i just referenced, the reports had additional allegations. They had more information. So to be clear, what was so shocking that had changed . You said it was shocking. Yeah. Its the full nature of the allegations, particularly the images. So in the wake of the allegations last night, kelly sent an internal email to white house staff condemning Domestic Violence. Porters has denied the allegations. Writing in his statement, quote, these outrageous allegations are simply false. I will not further engage publicly with a coordinated smear campaign. Porter resigned from the white house on wednesday. Now, reaction has been swift on capitol hill in regards to the abuse allegations against rob porter. Republican senator orrin hatch made two different statements concerning porter who is the senators rm toer chief of staff. When approached by the daily mail i , hatch said tuesday shame on any publication that would print this and shame on the politically motivated morally bankrupt character assassins that would attempt to sully a mans good name. He later issued a statement, quote, i was heart broken by todays allegations. In every interaction ive had with rob, he has been courteous, professional, respectful and my staff loved him. He was a trusted adviser. Yesterday, senator hatch weighed in on the news on camera. Did you, when he was on your staff, did you get any indication whatsoever about some of these issues of his past . No, we didnt. And its a matter of great concern to me. The fact that this man operated a year without a security clearance, i didnt understand that and still dont. What general kelly knew and when he knew it is important. If you want to serve the public, and you want to lead by example, particularly if you want to be on the staff of the president of the United States, you cannot beat the hell out of your spouse. It is unlegal. And it is immoral. And stepping aside, in my judgment was the right decision by mr. Porter. Lets talk about this. Joining us now from washington, capitol Hill Reporter molly. Hooper. I have to say, i think youre probably as surprised as i am. So astounding to find out who knew what when as this story is unfolding from don mcgahn to john kelly specifically and then john kelly standing business hi statement still, even though were finding out that hes known for a couple of months about this story. What do you think, if anything, is going to be the fallout from this . Well, thats the question up on capitol hill that we are asking, obviously. Yesterday as you saw in those sound bites. And i think that the reason that this is particularly difficult for members up on capitol hill is that rob porter was backed by a number of prestigious, longserving republican senators who said that they never saw this behavior in him, which, you know, if you talk to Domestic Abuse survivors, theyll say, you know, theres two personas when it comes to the individual. So it was hard for a lot of republicans up on capitol hill to swallow. And, you know, sean patrick maloney, actually, a democrat from new york, once served as the staff secretary. So hes served in a similar position for rob porter for then president bill clinton. And he actually wrote a letter to trey gowdy asking for an investigation into this. Who knew what when. And if you read that story from the Washington Post, don mcgahn says that or theres theres a okay. Theres reporting that don mcgahn knew of, you know, discrepancies with the exwives between porter, but he didnt know the full extent of that. So it would be interesting to find out how much people did know in the white house and when they found it out. And as you mentioned, as is often the case with Domestic Abusers, there are two personas. Theres the person at home and then theres the person and the face that they present to the world. Obviously, rob porter was able to present a different face to the world than he had at home. I want to turn to the shutdown now. Im hearing the House Speaker is currently on the floor and we are waiting forrer that vote to come through at any moment so this government can open up and people can go to work and go about their business this morning. What do you think is going to be the fallout from all this . Well, thats a unique point that you make there because rand paul was on the floor on you know, last night, this morning, basically ranting about the fact that republicans have very short memories, given, you know, that it was excess spending back in the early 2000s that really caused them a lot of problems and in 2006, they lost their majority in the house and the senate. Now theyre moving forward with this bill that adds 500 million to the deficit. Thats a lot on top of the bills that the president just signed into law. Molly, we will talk to you again in about a half hour. Thanks, molly. Exactly. See ya. And another massive meltdown in the stock markets yesterday with the dow shedding more than 4 . The more than 1,000 point loss is the second largest drop in history and the second plus loss in only a week. Analysts say we may be witnessing a long expected market correction. Jolean kent has more. Reporter turmoil on wall street. You had a lot of genuine fear in the market. They were selling the winners and the stuff they loved. Reporter the dows 1,000 point plunge was the second steepest lost on wall street. It was not a day analysts want to think about at this point. Reporter the fall coming after the american jobs report. That drove Interest Rates up and fanned fears that the Federal Reserve will raise rates more quickly than expected, making borrowing more expensive. The wall street woes driving americans to remember to make a move with their retirement savings. There is absolutely no reason for panic right now. This is indicative of stock prices that a lot of people thought were too high. As long as you can keep your money invested for more than a year, dont worry too much about a few days. Reporter jolean kent, nbc news. Still ahead, well be following the latest on the Government Shutdown and the budget deal playing out in congress all morning. Plus, democrats try to rain on President Trumps plan for a military parade and, of course, a check on your weather with bill karins when we come back. [ click, keyboard clacking ] [ click, keyboard clacking ] [ keyboard clacking ] [ click, keyboard clacking ] good questions lead to good answers. Our advisors can help you find both. Talk to one today and see why were bullish on the future. Yours. Talk tohnew litter . Lled thisy were bullish on the future. No. Nobody has its unscented vo new tidy cats free clean unscented. Powerful odor control with activated charcoal. Free of dyes. Free of fragrances. Tidy cats free clean. When no scents makes sense. 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Its a new kind of network designed to save you money. Call, visit, or go to xfnitymobile. Com. Welcome back, everybody. Democrats are proposing legislation aimed at block taxpayers for footing the bill for President Trumps proposed military parade. Democratic congressman mark vici introduced the parade act yesterday. It stands for preventing allocation resources for expenditures. It was suggested the parade funds be pull towards other military funds instead. Lets get a check on your weather now with nbc meteorologist bill karins. Bill, chicago is in for snow today. Biggest snowstorm of the season. Chicago, detroit, the snow is beginning to pick up and a pretty good sized storm is going to linger there over the weekend. Here is a look at the radar. This is all snow. Were not dealing with any rain or anything else. At least its one type of precipitation. Chicago has been in moderate to heavy snow now. Thats going to continue for the next couple of hours. Now the snow is picking up in detroit. Here is how much additional know is going to fall. We still have chicago getting another 6 inches. Theyve got a couple of inches on the ground now. Detroit from ft. Wayne, this area along the border between michigan, indiana and ohio, thats 9 inches of snow with someone getting a foot of snow. Easily the biggest snowstorm of the season. Cleveland 2 to 4 inches of snow for you. Pittsburgh, columbus, indianapolis, none. Its a very narrow band of heavy snow. Here is a wider view. This is through sunday. So a good deal of snow, montana through nebraska, colorado thankfully getting some snow. Youve struggled this winter to get snow, especially in the mountains. Kansas city, 1 to 2 inches this weekend. The white and the Green Mountains are going to pick up a decent amount of snow. Theres a lot of active weather out there. That was the snow portion of this. But theres going to be a lot of rain. Bitter cold, northern plains, were pretty good through the southern half of the country. Rain begins to break out late today. We did this last weekend, too, with a soaking rain through the southeast. Heavy rain, mississippi, alabama, maybe the possibility of flooding in areas of tennessee. We have flood watches that are up. This entire mess comes up the east coast. Very heavy rain early in the day, d. C. , philly, new york, right through your sunday afternoon. Pouring rain and that includes boston, too. Snow ending in the great lakes. A lot of active weather out there, but i dont think were going to deal with anything, you know, thats going to cause too many problems besides airport travel. Just be prepared for the active weekend. Im sure people are happy they dont have to deal with commuter traffic with all this weather. Still ahead, the house is voting now on the final passage of the budget deal. The vote will take several minutes. 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Eastern time and can be streamed live on nbcolympics. Com. Go team usa. Im so excited to watch the opening ceremonies, i have to say. And quite a day for philadelphia. Congratulations to all the eagles fans out there. Thanks, louis. Still ahead, the house is still voting right now on the budget deal. Well have the very latest as soon as the voting is finished. Plus, the latest on the fallout for chief of staff john kelly after rob porters resignation. How do you win at business . Stay at la quinta. Where were changing with stylish makeovers. Then at your next meeting, set your seat height to its maximum level. Bravo, tall meeting man. Start winning today. Book now at lq. Com pepsoriasis does that. Start winning today. It was tough getting out there on stage. I wanted to be clear. I wanted it to last. So i kept on fighting. I found something that worked. And keeps on working. Now . They see me. See me. 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Around 1 30 this morning, senators voted 7128 to pass a bill to reopen the government, sending it to the house. Lawmakers there are voting on the measure right now. A longterm budget would raise federal spending by about 300 billion over the next two years. It calls for raising the debt ceiling until march of 2018. That includes nearly 90 billion in disaster aid. Last night republican senator rand paul used a procedural tactic to block the senate from speeding up the vote so congress could meet the midnight deadline to vote on the bill. And the fallout continuing at the white house this morning over thes aring nation of staff secretary rob porter. John kelly emailed white house employees last night assuring them that the Administration Takes matters of Domestic Violence very seriously, but there are lingering questions over what kelly knew and when concerning the allegations against porter. Meanwhile, one of rob porters exwives is speaking out to nbc news. White house correspondent Kristen Welker has the story. Take a listen. Referee the white house calling talgzs of abuse against top aid rob porter serious, disturbing and upsetting. Now the focus here, defending the embattled chief of staff, john kelly. Despite a former white house official telling nbc news kelly was alarmed months ago about some of the allegations of Domestic Abuse, the white house insisting kelly only learned the whole truth after these pictures surface of porters first wife. And pressed on why porter only had an interim security clearance with access to some of the most sensitive materials to cross the president s desk. The Background Investigation was not completed. There was not a thumbs up or thumbs down. One of porters exwives is speaking out to nbc news. Jennifer willoughby says porter w was physically and emotionally abusive to her, concerns she says she shared with the fbi last year when they were conduct his security check. I shared with them the details in the articles that have come out. One of the questions was could he potentially be blackmailed . I believe the people who had the power to blackmail him would be the women who had been in personal relationships with him. So in short, the answer could be maybe. Porter has called the allegations false and part of an organized smear campaign. Im not surprised that thats his reaction. I think its really unfortunate and i hope that in light of everything that is coming out, he will be aifblble to face som the issues that he deals with. The white house says the president learned about the matter tuesday night. Meanwhile, hope hicks, who was reportedly dating porter, helped crash the initial statements in his defense. The white house says at times hicks recused herself, but didnt disclose any details about how or when, yasmin. Thank you for that report. I want to go to a live picture of the house floor right now. Its looking as if the budget bill has passed, that it has been adopted, i. E. , the government is reopened having been closed overnight when rand paul used that procedural tactic to press the vote. Now here we have the house passing the budget bill. Here we go, the government reopened. We just spoke to jake shurmur earlier in the hour and he tweeted that the house passed the bill. Molly, its been quite a night. A lot of drama on capitol hill, shall we say. Yes. Who gets the blame for all of this . Well, you know, actually, it depends on what the followout of this big, huge budget deal is. Because, really, i mean, if you look back at the last Government Shutdown, i mean, weve moved on to talking about new things. And i think that when you in a few months when we look back on this, it will be, what, a fivehour shutdown. The real question is whats going to happen to republicans who agreed to spend so much money and increase the deficit by, again, approximately 500 billion over two years, whats going to happen with them. So that will be the question going forward. You know, do voters want to spend this much money and increase our deficit, especially after the tax cut that was just passed in the house and senate. You bring up a really good point. From what ive been hearing, the House Freedom caucus was not necessarily a proponent of this bill increasing, getting rid of the debt ceiling, to say the least, and increasing the budget this much. How are the republicans going to deal with the fallout from all this . A lot of people will be pointing the fingers at them. Yes, they will. Thats why you saw, about 67, 66 republican votes against it. Thats why there is such a question mark in terms of whether the house was going to be able to pass this because the spending is so great. Theres pretty much something for anyone in this bill. If youre a democrat, republican, california who inflicted or hurt by the wildfires, theres money for that. Hurricane victims, money for that. Theyve put so many sweeteners in this deal that it it made it very difficult for democrats to vote against. So i was skeptical last night when the House Democrats were leaving their caucus saying, you know, i just dont see democrats supporting this. Well, when you look at the tally, about 60 of them did. That says a lot about the bipartisan nature of this bill. Now its off to the president. He can sign it quickly. Keep in mind, this bill extends funding levels until march 23rd. It sets up the parameters for the budget caps in the next two years. Now appropriators get to work with those budget caps and basically write the checks to these various departments. But congress is going to have to be back on march 23rd to approve what we call an omnibus funding bill that actually does cut the checks. So well see that come march 23rd. We know, molly, that democrats wanted assurances on daca here, nancy pelosi looking to paul ryan for assurances that theyre going to debate daca. What more are we hearing on that. What assurances do we have that this will be dealt with before the deadline. It doesnt he didnt say what kind of bill that would entail. And, in fact, the bill that the house conservatives and republicans are push thing is one offered by gop judiciaries. Very much in line with what the president is thinking. Something that the democrats are not a fan of at all. And so with the house rules and debate which is one thing that nancy pelosi was looking for to get rid of that and let anybody who has immigration in the daca recipient bill have a voice on the floor, that wont happen moving forward. So the house will take up a daca measure, but it would be one that the president would sign. As paul ryan said on thursday, he doesnt want to bring up a bill that the president is going to veto. That process will look very different in the senate, which is, again, what nancy pelosi was pushing for where the senate is going to take up a bunch of different bills and whichever one essentially gets the most votes wins, moves on. For those just joining us, the government is now reopen and just to tell people what theyre seeing on those screens read now, its the live shot on one side of your screen on the house floor and youre seeing lawmakers leaving the building after a very long night. But, of course, this bill has to go to the white house to fully get passed and hoping that help us happens, as well. I want to talk quickly, molly, while i have you. Just 30 seconds or so. The reaction to rand pauls procedural tactic that he used. How are republicans reacting to that, that he pushed the vote and that the government did go into shutdown mode for about five hours or so. Did they understand why he was doing what he was doing . How about a twoword response. Eye roll. They just rolled their eyes. Eye roll. Eye roll. This is something that rand paul likes to do. If you saw tom tillis on the senate floor, he said, listen, rap, you can come one all these points, but points dont go down in history. You have to build coalitions. You have to build a majority for that and you dont have it. So simply, youre just delaying this and creating uncertainty for government workers. And, again, it was pretty much an eye roll. Molly hooper, eye roll. Thank you. Defense secretary jim mattis speaking out about Daca Recipients. Secretary mattis said anyone in the delayed Enlistment Program enrolled and weight to enter boot camp on active duty or active reserve or with an Honorable Discharge will be the be subject to any kind of deportation. Mattis adds anyone with a serious felony will still be subject to deportation. About 900 Daca Recipients are awaiting boot camp. Sied achmal was preparing to take his daughter to school while he was detained by i. C. E. Agents. As his wife tried to hug him goodbye, they said they would arrest her for interference. He is currently being held in a Detention Center in el paso, texas, spending an immigration hearing. Just a tough story there. Right now, on wall street, the dow plunging more than 1,000 points this week. The dow and s p are both down more than 10 from their record highs, officially entering correction mode for the first time in two years. The dow is set to post its biggest decline since october of 2008. Investors are spooked about concerns of inflation and Interest Rate hikes. The International Markets seem to be following suit. Jomana, what else can you tell us about the International Markets and what the outlook is . Absolutely, louis. Lets take a step back. Lets put it into context, though. This is a market that hasnt seen a construction in multiple years, a correction by definition is a 10 drawdown in stock markets. So things are beginning to look frothy. If you remember, the third week of january, if you had annualized s p returns, you were looking like a return of 100 for the stock market by the end of 2018. It had to correct. Many analysts are saying this is somewhat of a technical correction. Add to the fact that the volatility is picking up, there are lots of entinterday moves a products out there that sold that volatility. That is not a Winning Strategy when the volatility in the market goes up so much. So those products have come under pressure, as well. You want to keep looking at whats happening in fixed income space. That yield is tipping closer to 3 . 3 many are saying is a line in the sand. All right, jomana, breaking it all down with us. Live from london, thanks so much. Still ahead, a friendly super bowl bet among senators gets paid up. 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I was haunted every single day, like what is he going to does anybody say to him, what are you doing . I had tried to be that person. Should we be worried . Dont say that. Because we are worried, but i need you to say no, its going to be okay. Its not okay. Its not. Would you vote for him again . God, no. Never. In a million years, never. All right. So newman, who left her post as the director of communications at the White House Office of public liaison is now a contestant at the reality show Celebrity Big Brother. White House Press Secretary rod shaw responded to newmans comments just yesterday. What is the white houses reaction to comments made by former white house aide omaros oi on Celebrity Big Brother where she said, quote, she was haunted by the president s tweets, she described the situation inside the white house as bad and said it is not going to be okay. Not very seriously. Omarosa was fired three times on the apprentice. This is the fourth time we let her go. She had limited contact with the president here and she has no contact with the president now. Two u. S. Senators are finally making good on their super bowl betts. Elizabeth warren and marky delivered goods to their counter parts. They received a nick foles jersey. With that, lets get a check on your weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. What have you got for us . Usually they make you wear the jersey. Then you take a picture of it, you put it out there, youre humiliated and thats it. Just the handing of it is a little easier. Lets talk about this bad weekend forecast for a lot of areas. Snow to deal with, a heavy rain event, maybe the possibility of flooding. Chicago, detroit, ft. Wayne, cleveland, this area has broken out in snow overnight. A lot of cancellations. It will be a rough morning commute here from chicago to detroit and cleveland picking up a little bit of snow. This is all the way through sunday. Theres going to be a couple of rounds today, one saturday and another one sunday for the southern great lakes. In all, somewhere between detroit and chicago, well end up with close to a foot of snow on the ground by the time we get to sunday night. About 6 to 12 inches possible from buffalo, the adirondacks, northern new england, not quite as bad. Were going to get you some snow this weekend in kansas city and denver will pick up a little bit of snow. Now lets talk about the rainy portion of this forecast. The blue on this map is the snow. Watch the green blossom as we go throughout the day today. The rain begins to move northward. Its raining from houston approaching the Nations Capital all the way to the ohio valley. So a good chunk of the eastern half of the country is going to have a rainy saturday. This is a slowmoving storm. Here we are, 2 00 p. M. Sunday, still pouring through the southeast from montgomery to atlanta. That rain is really going to pick up, d. C. To new york to boston as we go throughout sunday afternoon. Someone in here could pick up 2 inches of rain. We could deal with Flooding Issues there, too. Todays forecast, snowstorm continues chicago to detroit. Very cold in the northern plains. Enjoy today in the southeast because this weekend will be warm, but very wet. Thanks, bill. Still ahead, one former president breaks his silence on russias election meddling. Plus, Vice President pence weighs in on the seemingly improving relations between north and south korea and what that means for washingtons relationship with seoul. Well be right back. [ click, keyboard clacking ] [ keyboard clacking ] [ click, keyboard clacking ] good questions lead to good answers. Our advisors can help you find both. Talk to one today and see why were bullish on the future. Yours. Tal7joining her daughtersthy were btyoga class. Utfuture. She was thinking about her joints. 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Welcome back, Vice President mike pence is in south korea for todays Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics. Yesterday he met with south korean president moon jae in. Despite recent worries that pyongyang has started to successfully drive a wedge between seoul and washington, both pence and moon emphasized that theres quote airtight cooperation between these two nations. In addition, moon reportedly gave his backing to additional sanctions the u. S. Plans to impose on north korea. Meanwhile kim jong uns influential sister arrived in south korea earlier today as part of north koreas olympic delegation. Shes under un lat ram u. S. Sanctions for various youllen Rights Violations and is the first member of the north korea ruling family to visit the south since the korean war. President moons office says he will have lunch on saturday with members of the north korean delegation including kim yo jong. And the u. N. Security council has granted permission for c cho hwi to travel to south korea. Hes the former vice director of north koreas propaganda and agitation department, a position now held by kim yo jong. And former president george w. Bush said theres pretty clear evidence that the russians meddled in the 2016 president ial election in an apparent rebuke of president donald trump. U. S. A. Today reports that bush made the comments during a conference in abu dhabi yesterday. The 43rd president added its problematic that a foreign nation is involved in our election system. He said whether russia had affected the outcome of the election is quote another question. While he never mentioned trump by name, bush did appear to push back on the current president s attempts to warm relations with russia. In a firworld first, bermud revokes samesex marriage rights. The legislation signed into law this week by the territorys governor replaces samesex marriages with domestic partnerships. The bbc reports that the British Government could have blocked the law, but declined to do so, even though prm theresa may said she was quote seriously disappointed in the decision. Coming up on morning joe, Congress Votes to end the federal shutdown. Lawmakers on capitol hill worked into the wee hours of this morning to approve the money to fund the federal government. And the protests by senator rand paul has his fellow republicans pointing their finger at him for this entire mess, joe and mika have the latest on a whirlwind night. The New York Times peter baker has latest on the fractured relationship between President Trump and chief of staff john kelly. Morning joe moments away. More than a thousand workers are starting their day building on over a hundred years of heritage, craftsmanship and innovation. Today were bringing you americas number one shave at lower prices every day. Putting money back in the pockets of millions of americans. 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Former Vice President joe biden will be in indiana helping to kick off a threeday event focused on sexual assault. Biden will join fraternity and sorority leaders across the country to discuss the issue on college campuses. In los angeles, canadas Prime Minister will deliver remarks at the Ronald Reagan president ial foundation and institute. Justin trudeau will speak on the interconnectedness of the canadian and u. S. Economies. That does it for us on this friday morning. Have a great weekend, everybody. And the government is back open. Im Yasmin Vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf, morning joe starts now. I think its fair to say that you know we awe could have done better over the last few hours or days in dealing with the situation. But this was a rob porter that i and many others have dealt with. Sarah dealt with, other officials including the chief of staff had dealt with. And the emerging reports were not reflective of the individual who we had come to know. Well, in his first onair camera appearance from the white house podium, Deputy Press Secretary raj shah did something that few in the administration have done so far, express a sense of regret over the troubled handling of a serious issue. Meanwhile, the u. S. Government was shut down while you were sleeping. The u. S. Government is open this morning. Because the house just passed legislation to reopen it. After another tense standoff on capitol hill. Good morning, welcome to morning joe, its friday, february 9th. With us, veteran columnist and msnbc contributor mike barnicle. National Affairs Analyst for nbc news and msnbc, john heilemann. Politics editor for the daily beast, sam stein. Republican strategist and political commentator, susan del