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There's a sense that we've been in unchartered territory for some time. there's been a sense all along that theresa may plays her decisions and her thinking very close to her chest, there's been a sense that the government would have taken a loss of 50 or 60 votes to be enough for the prime minister to continue. it really, really is within the prime minister's thinking right now at the moment before anyone moves against her to determine what she will do. it would seem to be fly in the face of reason, that the european union could continue to negotiate in this current negotiation her withdrawal...

Taking office and they were painful and lengthy and cutting spending. now a bill gets large bipartisan supporting it which has $300 billion in spending increase. it does away with the sequester. it does away with the 2011 budget gaps. the senator makes a point that resonates with those who supported this deal. i think the interesting element here and i want to point out, guys, we knew the house would be an issue and there would be drama. we woke up thursday morning now with no idea of the senate being a problem. we had the votes in the senate. they expected to move forward in the early afterno...

The senate floor. to see exactly what's happening. i want to get your perspective on this. give us the play by play. we see activity there. it's a 1:05 on the u.s. east coast chlts what exactly are the senators doing. >> this is the first vote. this is what people have been waiting for for hours. i have been talking to senators and staff throughout the course of the day. there's extreme frustration that is got to this point. there were flights home sk scheduled. everybody knows how it will end in the senate. they have the votes to move it forward. it's a procedural vote. a sense of where every...

To debate the amendment and then have a vote on the amendment. that amendment would maintain the current budget caps, which is the $300 million spending deal does away with. what you saw before senator paul started speaking was senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and senate democratic leader chuck schumer come to the floor and essentially do something that was a little bit choreographed. senator schumer making clear if senator paul gets an meantime i have a lot of guys that have problems with this deal, too they're going to want amendments. what they were trying to say there is given the de...

Long as all 100 senators agree with that. if they don't, there are a lot of time limits that are in place, hours on end. and i think that's what we're looking at right now. the big question right now is how far does senator paul wants to push this? and i can tell you, wolf, behind the scenes top republican aides and lawmakers have been aware of this issue all day. he made very clear that this was his problem, that he wanted an amendment vote and he wanted this addressed. what they offered was essentially a procedural vote. he rejected that, said that wasn't enough, he wanted the amendment vote...