hill, all eyes are on the senate at this hour about what they're going to do. what do we expect to happen? >> reporter: stop me if you've heard this before, we're running out of money as of october 1st, the house has passed a bill the senate doesn't like, so we expect when it comes over to the senate, that harry reid will get the 51 votes necessary to essentially kill the bill. we know that reid favors a plan that passed the united states senate but would provide more disaster relief for the tornadoes, for hurricane irene, for the texas wildfires. here's senator reid, setting the tone: >> this is not a high school game of i gotcha. we're not willing to vote unreasonably. >> reporter: reid has taken to the senate floor. we know that he is waiting on receiving the bill from the house, at which point we expect him to try to kill the bill and then ultimately we are in showdown mode, jenna. jenna: i don't want to interrupt you but your point