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inclusion of fema funding. additional fema funding in the short term resolution. what is happening right now, john, is there is going to be a series of two votes, actually. one thing we're looking at has to do with a clean or simple measure funding fema. this is what everyone was looking for, fwunding fema as well as not shutting down the government. and did strips away all the obstacles that had really been holding up the agreement to this point. the second measure that they will be voting on is actually -- here's the confusing part. a one-week extension. one-week short-term spendin...

Couple of minutes. but first, d.c. dysfunction is on full display again. and this time, disaster victims are caught in the crosshairs. with hours to go until the first senate vote to prevent a government shutdown and to fund fema, democrats and republicans are still at odds. the administration is saying, cut it out, already. >> this should not be controversial. stop playing politics, do the right thing for the country and let's make sure that we're not playing politics with disaster aid. >> nbc's luke russert is live from capitol hill. is there any sign of compromise this morning? >> reporte...

Hill aides expect this to be figured out by wednesday or thursday at the latest and don't want to push it to friday. what do we expect to see tonight? the senate will have a vote on the bill that will extend government funding through nov 18th. $3.65 billion for fema, the republican number. harry reid came down from his original number of $7 billion, however this one has no offset. reid's strategy is he thinks the 10 republicans and senators who came along with him for the $7 billion bill the last vote will come along last time. three of them, toomey in pennsylvania and rubio of florida and an...

of our viewers. they were able to do this after all of this discussion and all of this fight over specifically inclusion of fema funding. additional fema funding of in the short-term resolution. what is happening right now, john, is there is going to be a series of two votes, actually. and it's a clean or simple and this basically is the measure that everyone basically agreed to. funding fema as well as not shutting down the government and it strips away all of the obstacles that had really been holding up the agreement to this point. the second measure that they will be voting on is...

Once again, both sides here can't seem to come to an agreement to do the basic element of governing. pay for the programs in america and fund the united states government. as of right now, both sides are both in their corners and there is talk here with the house here and the republican side and democratic side to figure out a possible way forward as to what it impasse will lead us to. a government shut down on friday, september 30th. let's talk about how he got here. essentially what you have is a need to fund the government until november 18th. to fund the government go away on september 30t...