that will be up there by dinner time. look at that. bid high, america. we have to leave it there. thank you to my panel, benjamin, kerry, karen, josh and melinda. that is all. i ll see you tomorrow noon eastern, 9:00 pacific when joined by richard wolf, michael eric dyson, brian anderson and rana fa roo har. find us at facebook.com/now with alex. andrea mitchell reports is next. good afternoon, andrea. good afternoon, alex. thanks so much. coming up next on andrea mitchell reports republicans strike down the disabilities act. the treaty on disabilities in the senate. we ll talk to senator john kerry about why he calls it the saddest day in his senate career. plus, the fiscal cliff standoff with republican congressman tom cole and former treasury official robert alman. senator maria can twell tackles the spike on the east coast.
drawing board. now we wait to see if they can get them onboard. one other thing to be noted, in the senate there are two democrats who voted against the financial regulatory reform bill. we have to see where they stand. russ finegold said there s no way he would support this bill and would essentially join the republican filibuster. we ll see where he stands snow that the cut the deal in the conference committee. and maria can twell, right now, we should get a feel for whether or not it gets passed. because of robert birdie s death, it is very unlikely it will pass today. ken stickland, our man on the hill. thank you so much. we appreciate it. there s always the possibility they could get senator cantwell to get there and let them know about the bill. we ll see. the bank fees are coming back. that s a great campaign tactic. force a vote on the bank fee so the idea is you are on the side of the banks or you are on the side of the people type of setup
negotiating behind closed doors with his republican counterpart, richard shelby to reach agreement on a bill that will produce 60 votes. the intention, to rush it to the floor with no debate on the obvious and blatant flaws in the legislation that perpetrate the corrupt system that mr.s dodd and shelby seek to perpetrate. and even in they don t reach agreement. senate majority leader, harry reid, said he ll put it up for a vote anyway, just to avoid the honest debate. the movers by reid and dodd are moves intended to silence the truth-tellers in our senate. people like senator ted kaufmann, senator sharrod brown, senator blanche lincoln, dick durbin, maria can twell, carl levin. bernie sanders. they all want an honest debate about the fundamental flaws in the bill. however, those in the leadership role are attempting to quash that debate and serve the