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Measure that will keep the government running for a few more weeks. the senate is now expected to endorse the measure which would avert a partial government shutdown. we're talking with congressman eric swalwell. stand by for a moment, congressman, i quickly want to go to our congressional correspondent to bring us up to date. what's the latest? >> congress, wolf, is one step closer to avoiding a government shutdown. the house just in the last few moments passed a stopgap measure that will fund the government until the middle of january. that passed in the house by a vote of 231 to 188. now le...

Council regulations. so they want to show they are not caving under pressure. as you guest said, they also want to remind everybody that, yes, they do have a missile that can hit guam. so i'm afraid that we're going to expect more of these tests to be forthcoming. probably even in contental ballistic tests. >> there's a lot of calls for tight anything the screws against north korea. we have seen two missile tests, the test of a nuclear bomb, what diplomatic options are left? what else does the u.s. need to do? they are talking a lot about it, but what concrete moves can they put behind this? >...

They engage in provocative behavior they can send shock waves. and yet even in that state of economic challenge they deny to launch missiles as well. launching dozens under the current leader kim jong-un. in fact indications are they're ready to launch the next missile. south korea thought it was going to happen a few days ago. one thing we know about north korea, they like to remain unpredictable and they are angry about the sanctions threatening the united states with pain and suffering with unbearable consequences as a result of this new round of sanctions. they blame the u.s. we've heard t...

To go invest so heavily in the nuclear program that resulted that has led to these sanctions, wolf. >> how does this visit, this current visit compare to some of the earlier ones, will? >> reporter: well, these sanctions are not what the united states wanted. they're a watered down version. they cut textile exports. they can't sell coal, oil, lead or seafood, but north korea has proven time and time again they can get around sanctions and they're economies still manage to grow by 4% last year even though they were the most heavily sanctioned country on earth. >> will ripley reporting for us. w...

Correspondent, mike emmanuel is following the developments from capitol hill. good evening. >> reporter: good evening. there is no obvious health care reform plan that can get 50 senators to support it, so they're voting on various amendments, and could pass a very narrow or skinny bill. >> ultimately, we want to get legislation to find the end of failed obamacare status quo through congress, and to the president's desk for his signature. >> reporter: the initial amendments have failed to get 50 votes, rand paul's amendment for a straight repeal allowing two years for a replacement was rejecte...