scare the american people into thinking we re going to shut down the government. reporter: so in practical terms, it means there s going to be a bill that is going to be passed before congress leaves, before this lame duck session is over that s going to fund the government for the most part through the next fiscal year, next september. but they re going to carve out the part that deals with homeland security and do a stopgap measure on that to preserve the ability, maybe in the next congress, to try to deal with that with the immigration issue via the power of the purse. but basically they re kicking the can down the road which isn t making conservatives happy. but it s just the reality that republicans know they re facing here with the democratic senate still and more importantly democrat in the white house. dana bash up on the hill, thanks very much. still ahead, a massacre overnight along the kenya/somalia border. why are situatichristians now b targeted? your pocket right