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>> i think they understand now. early on i remember when i started working on this. we are starting to see deaths in our state and we have a number of good treatment centers. they had come to me and told me including hazelton betty ford about what was going on. i joined forces with rob portman, republican from ohio, and sheldon whitehouse and at the time, kelly ayotte. we got together and put a bill forward for a blueprint. i remember senators patting us on the head. >> really? >> people didn't understand how bad it was and how quickly addicted people were to opioids and it was legal prescript...

This is phoebe buckley, on location. uh... thanks, phoebe. ♪ only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ and they're back in session. we expect a voice vote that will move this bill forward, that will mean the president will likely sign the opening of the government, continuing resolution, tonight. finally, tonight, notable quotables. >> straight to the fox news alert, roger stone is indielted by a grand jury. [chanting] >> federal workers going to homeless shelters. >> i know they are, i don't understand why. [chanting] >> let them eat cake kind of attitude? >> i...

Funding for the wall. so mitch mcconnell is likely going to introduce legislation to end the shutdown tomorrow, is that right? >> that's exactly right. it will largely mirror what the president announced on saturday. the key proponents being $5.7 billion for the border wall. temporary protection for daca recipients. what is most interesting about this is it actually goes broader than that. it's a full spending package. it's a number of elements that republicans want to try to use to pressure democrats. the key issue, anderson, is republicans control 53 seats in the senate. to move this bill fo...

This is pretty cool outcome. >> yes. they're embracing it. oh, this is great. they don't -- this is -- this is a benefit, not necessarily a flaw. >> and to your point remember when jeff sessions rolled out this policy he talked ubadding about 20 more judges to handle the crisis -- >> i thought there should be 100. >> and then ted cruz calls for adding a couple more hundred judges. the president said why do we need to hire thousands more judges. >> and somebody also said he doesn't want them in, he doesn't want asylum seekers to succeed. >> but i would also say democrats see a tremendous democr...

This. gotta show respect that we have to have transparency and can't pass these things off, certainly not on the voters' dime. why the stall? >> i don't know, but i know we're working very hard on a bipartisan basis to move this bill forward. the reason why i used the rule 14 procedure yesterday was because i wanted to elevate this issue. we've been waiting long enough. it's been 100 days since it passed unanimously in the house of representatives. the bill that i've written with ted cruz and othver 30 other senators has been a strong bipartisan bill that fixed the system. somebody who wants t...