fare. enjoy. we invite all of you to watch football night in america. it gets under way at 7:00 eastern followed by sunday night football when the packers take on the patriots in massachusetts all there for you on nbc. a historic vote on don't ask, don't tell makes it legal for gay and lesbian americans to be openly in the military and the second big political win for president obama at the 11th hour of this session of congress. the dadt repeal comes on the heels of the president signing into law the mass sib tax policy he helped negotiate. we have a congressional reporter from politico. good to see you. so repealing don't ask, don't tell was a major campaign promise. how big a win is for the president? >> very big. this is something that the democratic base pushed for a long time. it's something that comes on the heels of the tax cut deal that disappointed so many liberals. getting this is it something he