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Parties achb then the measure goes to the house where there's republican opposition. here is the outline of the bill, increases spending by $300 billion over the next two years. includes $131 billion in domestic spending, $165 billion in military spending, increases the debt ceiling until march of 2019. the major issue left out, immigration reform. a solution for dreamers. garrett hait joins me from capitol hill. let's start with whether or not this actually gets done. why is rand paul holding it up and what does it mean? >> reporter: ali, this is something we're used to seeing from rand paul....

Out within hours -- again. but it is possible this time that the drama could end with a shutdown averted. there is a big new budget bill making its wau -- its way through congress with something for both sides. and there is. over the next two years it would add $131 billion in domestic spending and $165 billion in military spending and $90 million in disaster spending. it could pass the senate but face a tougher road in the house but if it makes it through, it is exposing serious divisions in both parties. republicans who have long claimed to be the party concerned about debt and deficit face ...

One of my all time favorite game shows. but let's bring it to reality. is it coming to washington, to the hill? >> stephanie, what are we even going to talk about when we don't have government shootdowns looming? >> i promise we'll find something. >> this is a big, big deal struck in the senate right now and it looks like it will have the votes to get through the senate. it gets a lot accomplished. the main thing it does is blow through the sequester that was put in place during the obama administration, raises the top-line spending levels, both for the department of defense, which republicans...

Alongside the increase in defense spending, the budget deal will lift funding for domestic programs by $131 billion. it will fully repeal the domestic sequester caps while securing $57 billion in additional funding, including $6 billion to fight against the opioid and mental health crises, $5.8 billion for the bipartisan childcare development bloc grant, $4 billion to rebuild and improve veterans hospitals and clinics, $2 billion for critical research at the national institutes in health, and $20 billion to augment our existing infrastructure programs, including surface transportation, rural w...

United technologies. they closed marginally higher, not huge but up. i looked at health care, hospital stocks. part of the $131 billion in domestic spending, 6 billion is going towards addressing the opioid crisis. investors may be waiting for the houseboat before aggressively buying stocks in either of those groups. >> shannon: that can be a real hurdle in getting this done. thank you very much. up next, concerns over security practices at the u.s. northern border. first beyond our borders tonight, rescue workers in taiwan searching for survivors from an earthquake near the east coast. the ma...