the senate. the deal brokered by hairy reid and mitch mcconnell funds the government through january 15th. republican woz have preferred long until february 7 allowing the use of extraordinary measures, democrats would is v.liked it to extend longer, there is income verification and it includes instructions for a bipartisan budget committee to address lng term fiscal issues by december 13. reid expressed a hope this is the end of a difficult chapter. this is historic. let s be honest. this is pain inflicted on the nation for no good reason and cannot make the same mistake again. reporter: mcconnell okay knowledged it s a temporary fix. there is more we need to do to get the nation s fiscal house in order. hopefully we can get to work on it. reporter: a wild card was
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eastern, she joins us live from new york. hi, megyn. hi, bret. i ve determined there is a tiny down side to taking a 9:00 p.m. show. occasionally. there is a government shut down and debt deal to come up with at midnight. they promise nod breaking news but that only happens between 1:00 and 3:00 in the afternoon. it s a different deal. congratulations on the show. looking great. thank you. thank you, tv husband. yes. you know, i get a lot of e mail when you say i m your tv husband. guys saying you re one lucky guy. well, now, it s you that is good. my wife is okay. as is my husband. i m with my baby and tonight i m with, you know a different family member. that is right. what is coming up on the show?
if they make progress it s going to be over something meaning lis to the rest of us. big poll sedz, okay. stintson po. that sounds like nobody wanted to talk about that. are you going to do better than simpson bowles this time around. we can quote dumb and dumber, you re saying there is a chance? if they get anything serious done, mark my words i m going take to you see this building behind me? radio city music hall? with the rockettes? this is my invit tailgs. i m going to take you, and your actual wife and me and my actual husband. four of us going to go tlchl the whole evening on me if they get something done as a result of these. the conference committee. it s a deal. we re watching anyway. we re watching. never say say chain c pismt gene see you in a few. see you. we ll have steve cane. when we come back, a dose of reality.
you know,. this is supposed to be a tease for you seriously. but listen to. people want to hear about this? it s like all i can, all i think about when i see this back and forth. all you lawmakers and jabbering is that $17 trillion number. my three kids, your two kids are sleep and it s $17 trillion. here you go, honey. here you go. wake up, here. mommy and the swrorld a gift for you. it s $17 trillion. there you go. i know. crazy part is that the deal we talk about in the sense that just dealing with this deal is just a teaspoon in the ocean. i mean in the big picture. and then, like we in the media have to pretend like this is real. like they re debating over something. this, you know bret you ve been covering washington forever. they re going to just sit down, they re going to have talks,