Sides. Lets cross over now to nbc News White House reporter monica alba to get the very latest. But, in just a moment, we will also get an update from ali vitali as well. Monica, i will start with you. Do we know what the white house is thinking at the moment . Are they waiting, obviously, for this bill to make its way to the president for signature . Exactly, ayman. As soon as it is able to send over to the white house, we are expecting the president to sign this, before midnight, ideally, sometimes, as ali now as well, it can take a bit of a while to do all of the logistics to make sure it is already for the president s signature. But that is the plan. In effect, averting this government shut down pretty close to the deadline. We are journalists. So, we are used to getting close to the wire here. But this is about as close as you can get. And i have to tell, you my conversation with white house officials all day today. They were fully and bracing for the government to shut down. They
Continuing Breaking Coverage as the senate votes on the 45day stopgap Government Funding Measure that would keep our government open and, of course, a voting a shutdown. Weve got developments on all sides. Lets cross over to nbc news reporter, monica alba, you get the very latest. In just a moment, we will also get an update from ali vitali as well. Monika, i will start with you. Do we know what the white house is thinking at the moment . Are they waiting, obviously, for this bill to make its way to the present for signature . Exactly, amen. As soon as it is able to be enrolled in Hill Parlance and sent over to the white house, we are expecting the president to sign this before midnight. Ideally, sometimes, as ally knows well it, can take a little bit of a while to do all of these logistics to make sure it is already for the president s signature. But that is the plan. In fact, of hurting this Government Shutdown pretty close to the deadline. We are journalists, so were used to getting
caused by too much government spending in the first place. well, if it s paid back, it will find it s way into the economy as well. so charles, where do you end paying off debt? if you re going to release student debt? are you going to relieve the debts of some low income people on their cost of their house? or their car or they credit card? where does it end? it s a slippery slope. if you assume debt, you have to have some responsibility for paying that off. that is the choice you made. it was a free choice you made. i think when it comes to education, everybody ought to have some skin in the game if you re going to do that. there s an op-ed in the wall street journal quoting co-founder of fed ex. he said had we passed build back better the way president biden wanted to, we d have 25% inflation rather than 9 or 10%. that s an astonishing number. what do you think of that?
are we surprised by this? we ve been talking about the fact that joe biden, vice president biden wanted to, wants to, will forever run for president of the united states. it is something i think is an inherent part of his character and nature. and i don t say that in a disparaging way, it s just something that we all know about him. so i am not surprised to hear him say oh, yeah, i m going to run in 2020. jonathan, you had a chance to talk to him about this recently. yeah, i did. i went to south america with him this past week. look, he wants to be vital. and he s vital. he s only four years older than donald trump. and in a hell of a lot better shape than trump is. so his feeling is, he s not going to walk away and go gently into that good night of vice presidential retirement. he s going to stay super active and whether he runs for president or not, and clearly he hasn t made any decision about whether or not to do it, you re a lot more part of the process
would make it easier. every presidential election night, as the returns are coming in. and the party that is losing, there s a half-dozen people looking at that and going, okay, do i run in four years? do i run in four years? now it sounds like we know who one of them was. are we surprised by this? we ve been talking about the fact that joe biden, vice president biden wanted to, wants to, will forever run for president of the united states. it is something i think is an inherent part of his character and nature. and i don t say that in a disparaging way, it s just something that we all know about him. so i am not surprised to hear him say oh, yeah, i m going to run in 2020. jonathan, you had a chance to talk to him about this recently. yeah, i did. i went to south america with him this past week. look, he wants to be vital. and he s vital. he s only four years older than donald trump. and in a hell of a lot better