Okay. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. This is new day. It is friday, february 9th, 6 00 here in new york. Chris is off. John berman joins me. Its been a wild night here in the u. S. We survived a grueling shutdown. Yes, we did. We begin with breaking news for you. The house passing a massive best of my knowledge budget deal moments ago to reopen the federal government which did shut down six hours while americans were sleeping. This is the second time in just three weeks. A few hours ago the senate advanced a 400 billion bill, twoyear, that gives a boost in defense spending and billions for domestic programs. Major sticking points remain, including including what happens with immigration. A growing fallout over when white house officials knew about abuse allegations of a key aide, rob porter. Hope hicks and don mcgann under scrutiny as well. Did he know a lot about a lot of abuse . A lot about a little abuse . Kelly knew something and now we kn
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