this procedure vote that would then get things moving on the s.t.a.r.t. treaty, the nuclear arms agreement that slashes russia s nukes as well as our own. the debate has been multiple times delayed here. in california, we are all over the washout. have you seen those? some of the imaging of the flash flooding? obviously this is not the stuff you want to get stuck driving in. we ll be tackling all those stories. first i want to begin in washington. let s take a live shot of the u.s. senate. i want to tell you what s happening this hour. our u.s. senators are moving toward a vote on this house turkey international treaty, the test vote, a procedural vote. it should happen any moment now, and the treaty would trigger deep reductions in america s nuclear arsenals and the russians nuclear arsenal. there has been this bloc of senate reps who have continued
this is a big day for advocates of repealing don t ask, don t tell. it s a big day. a lot of advocates putting up this fight for years and years. people on the other side felt the policy should stay in place. members of the military as well. military leaders saying give us some time. how will this be rolled out? how would you implement it? you had other military leaders as well who said they didn t think it would be a problem in the military if you liveded the ban. you see sometime about a cloture vote. this is a procedure vote as brianna has been good sklang that to you this. is a procedural vote. don t let that fool you. they had to get a certain number of votes to move toward to vote on the actual bill. this vote means yes, in fact, a repeal will happen of the don t ask, don t tell policy. i explained to the viewers, we re getting close to the end of the year. it s important to move forward. a lot of things, including this
in house? white house, how it will affect the u.s. what does the prize that comes with the burger and fries have to do with it? toy story 3, a look at some of the smash hits on the big screen. good morning. i m alex witt and welcome to msnbc saturday. the senate votes on two hotly contested measures, number one, repealing don t ask, don t tell. the dream act offers a road to citizenship for illegal immigrants that are brought here as children. let s go to ken strict land live on capitol hill. what is on the agenda today? reporter: good morning, alex, like millions of americans out trying to finish up their christmas shopping, trying to get everything done, so does the senate. a lot of things to do. the first thing is a procedure vote on the dream act. like you said, an immigration
senator, be that as it may have, the republicans are seen as hypocrite call because they have a deal to pay for things, but set that aside for a moment. what about the argument that, why not use stimulus money, money that was allocated to stimulate the economy for unemployment benefits that you just made an argument to stimulate the economy. is that not a solution? why is that not a good solution? because there have been decisions made within the last year where to allocate the dollars. we have vowed for many years to treat emergency insurance as the emergency situation it is. the people of this country now are looking at the republicans and saying, okay, you lost the procedure vote. now you are going to wait another couple of days. millions of people and their
another from missouri was spat on. there was a lot of viral hate from selected the tea party people yesterday. onto your vote count, the most important thing we heard all day, democrats at 214. there appears to be a deal in the works. he s going to bring six on board. most likely democrats will have a cushion of the 220 number. may be allow a vulnerable number to vote with them. every democratic member is exuding extreme confidence. three of them i spoke to recently said we have the votes. looks like a go so far on capitol hill. when we look at the house floor right now, it s a motion to suspend the rules and agree as amended. these were set out yesterday. i gather this is the second of five essentially key votes, but, again, just a procedure vote we re looking at. reporter: this is a procedural vote. expect the final passage. my guess is this will go long into the night. 10:30, 11:30, could be midnight.