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He said let's get it done today. telling them to return to washington or come out there have, what is called a pro forma session and go in to legislative session. get council reid go to conference committee, iron it out and get it done. that is according to the speaker, saying that the onus is on the senate. does it play? >> it's christmas time, so an issue of simplicity of message. part of politics is you have to win the argument. winning the argument with a complex message about process is hard to do. they are welcome to say it's the perfect right to disagree with what the senate passed, go ...

The american people and american economy. more people will be out of work and the economy will be growing slower. >> this happening again as a backdrop of christmas, of course, is in terms of optics. i want to go back to you, luke russert. in terms of the dynamic between john boehner and mitch mcconnell on this, mitch mcconnell is gone. what is the line of communication there? do we know at all -- usthe sena would where to come back if they change the bill significantly. >> correct. from aides i have spoken to, there is -- they're employing there's conversations ongoing. but even if the senate...

need folks to leave. i've been in there when planes have entered airspace and they told us to leave the capitol. during this instance, there was no such warning, there was no such direction from capitol police. it happened so quickly that the evacuation orders were given simply by word-of-mouth. by whatever office you were closest to. that was my experience just outside the senate chamber right above it. >> lisa with the latest from the capitol. wolf blitzer standing by for us in washington, d.c. wolf, i'm sure you'll be talking about this in the situation room later today. >> we cer...

is really prepared for this kind of quake or worse, and the other breaking news story we're following, bullets flying from moammar gadhafi's compound in tripoli, only hours after it was captured by rebels. cnn goes inside the compound as chaos, looting and celebrations unfold. we're following a very dangerous and uncertain situation in libya right now. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." millions of americans on the east coast and beyond heard the ground rumble and felt buildings sway. the earthquake that struck just a few hours ago measured 5.8, the strongest to rock...

Peter, what's going on? >> this is a stunning development, perhaps not surprising, given the president, his past behavior. just yesterday from this white house, we heard that the president will sign this omnibus, that it funds his priorities. but the president now going against what we heard from his own advisers as early as this morning. here's the tweet, he writes, i'm considering a veto on the omnibus spending bill based on the fact that the 800,000-plus daca recipients have been totally abandoned by the democrats, not even mentioned in bill. and the border wall, which is desperately needed...