good to see you. i'm yasmin vossoughian. we got all eyes on capitol hill. high drama, frantic activity, ahead of this midnight deadline. right, ten hours away. to a possible shutdown of the government. and vote expected to start any moment now. in the house. kevin mccarthy put forward what he calls a clean continuing resolution to end a shutdown crisis that he created. hoping democrats will be forced to vote for. it daring far-right members to vote against. it and trying to throw the blame and the problem in the senate slap. >> anybody who has watched what has been going on in the past few days knows that the senate did its job in a bipartisan way. i don't know what he's talking about, i have no idea what he's talking about. >> by the, way as you have these politicians bickering back and forth, millions of people who will be impacted by this potential shutdown, military, border urged, air traffic controllers, all willing to find out if their lives are gonna be upended. yet again. full coverage of this budget cut down to shut down starting right now. want to go right now to capitol hill, joining me now, first and recipes julie tsirkin. julie, good to talk to you. we have been watching house minority leader, hakeem jeffries, on the house floor. he's got these magic minutes. there was a debate, supposed to be about 11 minutes or so for this debate. because the motion to adjourn by the democrats was in fact turned down. hakeem jeffries still speaking. there you see democrats behind, stand up. applauding him as well. he has these magic mitts, as house minority leader, he can go on and speak for long as he wants. talk us through what we're seeing right now. and what we can expect. >> he can. this is all just a procedural delay tactic by democrats, because while he's out there talking, it might seem like the whole democratic caucus is sitting behind him. but really, most of them are huddling behind closed doors right now, i just walked past them. trying to read this bill. and trying to figure out what to do next. they are still very fluid conversations happening. i just want to be clear. a couple of moments ago, senate minority leader mcconnell over on the other side of this building, gave the greenlight essentially for his members to not support the bipartisan continuing resolution that he had struck an agreement, that he had struck a majority leader schumer. instead, wait for the house to send over their continuing resolution, so that senate republicans can be unified with house republicans, at least the majority of them. in supporting them. here's where things stand right now. as soon as jeffries stops talking, i'm told that house republicans are still gonna try to move forward on this 45-day clean cpr. i say it in quotes. 70 plus pages, democrats will not be able to read it all. yet the bottom, line it'll extend current funding levels, as, is to avert a shutdown. and include disaster relief. there are some back and forth happening. now over a provision, included there a loophole centrally, that would allow members of congress to get a pay increase. even if the government shuts down. that potentially could be removed, i'm told. there's also discussions happening, whether to just pass a clean c r. and move disaster relief entirely separately with that faa flight reauthorization. with some flood insurance reauthorization as well. so, bottom line here, yasmin, this is a very live ball. one big question, if democrats are gonna have to support for this to pass. which we know they will. this is a two thirds majority vote. republican holdouts are still planning on holding out. will mccarthy faced a threat to his speakership? watch this. he talked about this earlier. >> i never feared that. if i lose my job, overlooking out for the american public, for taking a stance for a troops in our border agents, i'm not quite sure what people want. because this allows us, the time to get the job done, but why should they be punished? because the senate did nothing. seriously, think about that question. does somebody want to remove me from putting americans first, then so be it. >> to give you a sense of how fluid all of this is, i just asked congressman byron donald, who is furious that this clean c r is being considered. he wanted them to hold out for at least border security provisions, to be part of that. bill we know members of his own party take that yesterday. i asked, and given that democrats are now by a large gonna have to support this bill, is this a reason to vacate mccarthy's job? he told me he's not even thinking about that right now. he's focused on one thing at a time. certainly, gates is having those conversations as he told me, all of this very, very fluid. minute by minute. it looks more positive, at least at this moment, that they might actually ever a government shutdown. then we felt all, week certainly all month. and the whole morning before. this >> truly, unless you see jeffries or mccarthy stay very close your camera. we have a lot going, and we're gonna wanna talk to you in the next two hours ahead, of this whole thing. is playing out. here i do want to take a quick moment to speak to you, senator michael bennet, as we're watching this thing play out on the house floor. senator bennett, i know you spoke my, colleague alex witt, just about two hours or so ago. wondering if you have this clean bill in hand. have you had an opportunity to look at? do you know what's in it? give me your reaction. >> no, i haven't been able to look at it. the house members haven't been able to look at it. i think they should have the time to read it. and understand what's in it. before they vote for. >> we know hakeem jeffries, was on the floor, speaking for about 30 minutes or so. 30 to 45 minutes or so. he is now no longer speaking. our understanding was, as julie was reporting to us, was that was really an opportunity for staff members to get a look at this 70-page cer to make sure it actually is, quote unquote, clean. this is now a debate that we're seeing on the house floor, senator. we also heard some reporting from julie about senator mcconnell saying, essentially, republicans in the senate to not vote in favor of the cr, they had planned for. so they could be in lockstep with house republicans. what is your reaction to that? >> well, my reaction to that, the senate did its job. by the, way you mention this was just politicians bickering. i don't agree with that. i think the facts matter. when people are standing for matters. i think the senate passed the bill with almost 80 votes that funded the government. it funded the disaster, it funded ukraine. which are your porter see before gone completely about. and we have to have a decision about whether or not we're gonna go forward without funding for ukraine, i think it is very unlikely that if we pass a containing resolution without that, the 45 days from now, who's gonna be the opportunity to continue to lead in this fight among free countries all over the world in his fight against putin. it doesn't surprise me that mitch mcconnell has abandoned something that he voted for three days ago just because he now sees political advantage in doing that. we're gonna have to understand what's in the bill and make a decision about how to move this forward. >> a couple things here. senator. we talked continuously about ukraine. i just want to be clear on. that we covered obviously when president zelenskyy was there. at the white house. we covered his meeting at the capitol as well. and the importance of covering ukraine. i want to be clear on that. senator, and when we're talking about bickering, of course, in congress, we're talking specifically i think, mostly, about what is happening in the republican house right now. we have, for instance house member gaetz, essentially saying, well we're gonna put up a motion to vacate speaker mccarthy if in fact even passes this c r, which essential effectually will keep the government open. and keep folks from losing their checks, that are right now living paycheck to paycheck. go ahead, senator. that is, you're right, that is the chaos caucus that we're watching. there is a huge concern that america, with donald, trump this president, all we can expect is chaos. tommy tuberville has made it impossible for us to staff the d.o.d., because of his radical antiabortion stance in the senate. now, you see a handful of radical people in the house of representatives, they just want chaos, chaos, chaos. and what we have to, do is fund the government. we've got to make sure that the disasters are dealt with. and i appreciate very much what you said about ukraine, you've got to do the right thing there is well if we walk away, i'm worried we'll have to take a look, we'll have to understand how this goes. i am worried that if we walk away, here 45 days from now, we are not gonna be able to fund an additional amount for ukraine. and that all of the democracies around the world that have been following our lead will fold and putin will have one and she will have one. it is just a shame that the incompetence of speaker mccarthy and the inability of him to be able to craft a deal like the senate deal in advance of this has put us in this position. i hope, in the end, for the sake of my constituents, in colorado, where there are 50,000 people wearing the uniform of the united states, another 40,000 federal employees, that we figure out a way to keep the government open and that we fund our commitment on ukraine, in funder commitment with respect to disasters. that's what we should be doing. >> i want to talk about the here in the now, senator, you're making a lot of good points, especially when it comes to both disaster relief and ukraine as well. and the overall importance. we're looking at a 30,000 foot above view of what it would do to not fund, helps fund, the fight in ukraine against russia. and what that would mean long term for democracy overall. oh good points. i want to get into that just a moment. i want to talk specifically about what a shutdown would mean. as we're looking at this ccr, the debate happening right, now the vote could be happening. soon it's gonna be kicked up to this. and if, in fact, able to pass the house. that would eventually, essentially, avoided 2 million members of the military, those losing their paychecks. one and a half million federal civilian employees losing their paychecks. being able to continue to pay their bills. is this something, if you can get your eyes on, this is this something you would vote in favor of, or the next 45 days in order to get a real budget on hand? >> well, first of all, i have strongly said that i continue to, say we shouldn't shut the government down. we should look to it playing shut down politics. a much better idea would be to pass my bipartisan bill in the senate that says you shouldn't shut the government down. and if the government does shut down, members of the senate have to stay here until we open it again. and they gotta be cold to the senate floor, quorum after quorum after quorum, they can be arrested in drag to the floor of the senate. this is so stupid, it's beyond belief. we shouldn't, in the greatest country in the world, the idea that we have been brought low by a handful of people in the house of representatives, who want to impose their ideology on everybody else. that's not even mainstream republicans. is crazy. and orderly counterproductive. into negotiated in these five-minute spots here and there on the saturday afternoon, when people are trying to get out of town, i think it'll be a lot better if we stayed here, kept the government open. and legislated the way that you're talking about. and to make sure that we fulfilled our responsibilities, first and foremost. to the american people. to the people in uniform, who are gonna lose their paychecks if this government is closed. and if we do the other work that we have to do together to keep this country moving. i mean, these guys, it is the kind of chaos that i think the american people thought was behind them. when they turned out donald trump. and when they put a president in charge who could pass the most significant bipartisan legislation and infrastructure that we've had since eisenhower was president. who could pass the first bill since reagan shift everything overseas to southeast asia. into china. to say, we're gonna bring an industry back, semi conductor industry back to the united states. that a congress that passed the most significant climate legislation that we have seen past anywhere around the world, and while they're doing, that said that medicare ought to negotiate drug prices for seniors. that's a record of competence. that's a record that's turned its back on chaos. and i think that today, with the senate in the house should, do is vote to keep the government open. do it in a way that sustains our commitment to ukraine. and to the people like the folks in maui that have suffered these disasters. and that we live up to the responsibility that of the american people gave us. >> congressman jeffries, obviously, echoing your sentiment on the house floor. talking about the passage of the american rescue plan. the passage of the inflation reduction act as well. the bipartisan passage of the american rescue plan, and how, as he puts, it democrats essentially saving the day on many instances, as hakeem jeffries spoke on the house floor today. as we speak today, senator, as we look at this bill, i know you said you want to get the passage of your sea are in the senate. if this thing gets through, will you, in, fact vote in favor of it to keep the government open? >> i'm talking to you, which means i'm not reading it. i will read it, i'll call you back, a let you know. >> got, it okay, one last thing before i let you go. i know you want to get reading. i don't get your eyes on it. by the, way i mean hold you to that. once you read, it i want you to come back on, if i'm still on the. air and give me that answer. senator, quickly, talk to me about the importance of funding ukraine. once we're able to get past this moment? >> now, i, think whatever the debate is in this moment, it's critically important for us to fund ukraine. i'm on the intelligence committee. we've seen the incredible mistakes that putin has made. two years ago, no one would have predicted that the ukrainians through their bravery, through their courage, through their leadership, the president zelenskyy, would basically be in a stalemate on the border, having pushed russia back out of some of the territory that russia consolidated. it within spitting distance of making real progress toward crimea. that has shown the weakness of russia's army. it has made she jinping think again and again about what he should do with respect to taiwan, and after a president who i've sat tragically, our president, saying nato was worth nothing. the transatlantic alliance was worth nothing. america is back. and our allies around the world, know our word means something. that ukraine is not just for ukraine. it's for democracy. i think it's important that we continue to show up. >> senator michael bennet, i'm a let you go. you can start reading. >> thanks for having me. >> stay in touch with our team if you will. we'll get you back on here as this thing. goes through the next couple of hours. thank, you sir. appreciate it. we are watching right now the debate on the house floor, congressman rosa delauro there. this debate, essentially happening before the vote for the continuing resolution. to avert a government shutdown. a 45-day cer so we can avoid this government shutdown. we're gonna be going back to the capital amidst what is happening there. in this debate. also, i want to check on the white house. and see how the president is watching this thing play out as well. we're gonna take a very quick break. we'll 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every move in capitol hill text chain. well i'm. here on the house. former speaker mccarthy is currently on summer in the chamber. democrats are trying to delay. in trying to keep this vote you heard jeffries talk about for quite awhile. using his magic minute. you heard me say that they're huddling. now trying to re-read this. bill apparently, one of the democratic members, jamal bowman, according to the house administration committee, also tried to pull a fire alarm in cannon this morning. an investigation into why it was pulled is underway. according to the house admin, gop chair, bryan steil. i gotta tell, you if this is actually another delay tactic, of course, that is not only, fine he could be arrested by the capitol police were doing. so and we don't know why he did. it why this happened. i want to be very clear. we're out to his office. to find out more information. but this is just really high pressure, high stake situation for republicans and democrats. as democrats treasury this bill, figueroa's going on. republicans try to put this clean 45-day extension on the floor. before the government funding deadline tonight. as you heard me say, senate republicans are waiting to see what the house does. before moving ahead on anything on that side of the chamber. to be clear, debate is still ongoing. you've seen right now, on your screen, marc molinaro of new york, a moderate republican. who's told me many times, this clean see our should've been put on the four days ago. this wasn't inevitable solution here. he, of course, was part of the moderate group of republicans, who've been trying to work with democrats to see how they could keep the government funded and open. we're still in the same place we were when i talked to a couple of moments. go as far as what's gonna go forward here in this bill. just a reminder our viewers, this clean extension. is that the biden ministration. that i'm told, could move separately in addition to the faa, the reauthorization to some flood insurance programs, and other critical programs that expire at midnight tonight as well. so, all of this, still very fluid, a lot of moving parts, senate republican so far, though going along with the house republicans lead here. >> talk to me quickly, about anything that you've heard about congressman matt gaetz -- i know there were threats from, gaetz and other members of the far-right republican party, essentially saying that if he -- a plane -- he will go forward with a motion to vacate. anything else on that? >> well it could happen as soon as today. you heard mccarthy there sort of dismiss those call. gates told me earlier today he is huddling with members to find a path forward here. clearly, they feel a little bit brushed off right now by speaker mccarthy for all of this. in fairness though, mccarthy has been taking -- trying to find a path forward. and again, a conservative measure to move the clock roster. one of those border security provisions, they found the border wall. of course that would have been a nonstarter in the democratic -controlled senate. but because of the third attempt yesterday those, hard-liners voted against that conservative continuing resolution. something that mccarthy and his leadership team have been trying to make a point of, all of this. time now mccarthy, as he told me, has been left with no choice but to put a clean measure on the floor to keep the government open. and he told me and other reporters that he is more concerned about the american people, at this moment, then his job. we will see what happens with gaetz and the rest. >> standby julie, you are going to be on with me a lot this afternoon. so stay close my friend. i want to go out front of the capitol, to the white house. let's talk to -- monica monika, talk to me, what's happening outside the white house. and of the president is watching this incredibly closely. >> yeah, the white house certainly monitoring all of these developments on capitol hill yasmin. but there has been relative radio silence on this question specifically, about what should happen with this 45 step stopgap spending bill, in terms of taking a moment to realize whether democrats should vote xi jinping for it or oppose it, and what kind of xi messaging might be coming from the white house, from the president on down. because we know behind the scenes of course, senior administration officials would be following this, they are trying to read it, they are trying to get a sense, just like many lawmakers are doing, of whether they should try to get members in line and potentially signal that this could be okay to support ron desantis for now, in order to avert a government shutdown. so the fact that there isn't a public posture on that chesebro yet, signals to me at least, that they are trying to still a value way, this and figured out. and that is why we saw democrats kind of buying some time there, as julie was talking about, to get that messaging strategy in line. but something that the white house has been completely clear on now for days, is that they have been putting the onus and the blame here on house republicans, and in particular president biden, he has been calling out speaker mccarthy, saying that he, quote, made a terrible bargain in terms of trying to keep the demands of some of the most conservative hard-liners in the gop caucus in mind, when trying to go through some of these different procedural steps, for getting something done here that obviously so far has failed, when it comes to speaker mccarthy's efforts. so this all goes back in time, just a couple of months, to when we had the debt ceiling standoff, and president biden and speaker mccarthy had a handshake agreement, on a spending deal, that would be in place later in the fall, in order to get this done, and avoid that crippling to? fall back then. . so the president's position, the white house position has been a deal is a deal, and now it is up to republicans to stick with. it but also, they have been very clear about what would happen, if there was a shutdown. and all of the people who would be affected, so there also is of course a main interest here in avoiding that pain, if possible yasmin. >> yeah, i just want to remind folks, as you are talking about that, the implications of a government shutdown, as we are looking at ten hours from now, that could feasibly happen, as we are watching this debate play out on the house floor, kind of jumping off what monika just set. we're looking at 4 million people, essentially, being affected by this, not getting paid. individuals, some of which the paycheck to paycheck, will not get that paychecks. and i'm wondering now, how there would be paying their mortgage, come next week, come next month, if in fact this government shut down goes on and on. monika just quickly, do we know any reporting on conversations from inside the white house, as to whether or not they are having talks, with four inches instance, minority leader jeffries right now, as to what to do in moving forward, if they are working the phones here? >> it is certainly my expectation that that is what is happening. and i think again, some of these things are happening behind the scenes, and they don't want to read them out, because they don't want to also, as this is fast moving, give any sense of where this might be headed. because just an hour or two ago, we were talking at a very different posture before this all shifted. so because this is so fluid, i think the white house is waiting to let us know exactly how some of that communication has been going. but you can certainly expect that key members in this white house who are often in touch with congressional leadership, and have been continuing to have those conversations, there is no doubt about that. and the president is here in washington this weekend, to monitor all of that closely as well yasmin. >> you stay close close -- [interpreter] thank you for now. 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-- we are there. the house began the vote, on what kevin mccarthy is saying is a clean, continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown. if it passes, it would then head to the senate. and then just couple of minutes ago, we got this new sound from republican -- -- listen to this. >> it looks like, there may be a bipartisan agreement coming from the house. so i'm fairly confident that most of my members, our members, are going to vote against -- not necessarily because they are opposed to the underlying bill, but to see what the house can do in a bipartisan basis, and then bring it over to us. so, under these circumstances, i am recommending a no vote, even though i very much want to avoid a government shutdown. >> all right, so you heard it there, mcconnell essentially saying he is recommending this no vote on the senate ciara, because he wants to be in lockstep, essentially, with the house see, are if in fact this gets passed. i want to bring an nbc national correspondent -- joining me now. with the very latest on. this so we are watching this vote right, finally getting started after the debate, after -- house leader hakeem jeffries right. out right now, 77 republicans, in favor, 13 democrats in favor, six voting against. so -- talk us through where we are and what we are watching, for at -- >> high esmen. well, this is all quite a twist we are witnessing at this moment. the house is voting as we speak, on a government funding bill to keep funds flowing for another 45 days, without aid to ukraine. this is a major backtracking from speaker mccarthy, who has spent the last few weeks and months trying to placate his hard-liners. he said yesterday he tried to pass the most conservative continuing resolution he could find. they voted down. as a result, he is now moving forward with what a republican are calling a queen, continuing resolution to keep the government open. now, keep your eyes on the vote tally. they're going to need much more than just a majority the house to pull this off. they are going to need two thirds of -- their passing under a process known as suspension, that vote tally, depending -- on is we need to be somewhere around 290, and this all comes after mccarthy, was defiant coming out of a conference meeting, saying that if his hard-liners want to overthrow him and try to remove him as speaker as a result of this, they should bring it on. let us play what he said. >> if somebody wants to remove, because i want to be the adult in the room, go ahead and try. but i think this country is too important. if i have to miss my job, for standing up for the american public, i will do that. >> now, democrats were initially upset about how quickly mccarthy turned this around, and tried to put this bill on the floor. they try to buy sometime, the house minority leader, hakeem jeffries spoke for more than 15 minutes on the floor, so democrats a time to read the bill. and they are voting now, we will see how many of them support it. there will need to be a lot of democrats, to vote for this bill, in order for it to pass. one of the things that democrats initially argue is that it was not in fact a clean continuing resolution. they took issue with a provision in, it that effectively raises pay for members of congress, and some democrats said they had received assurance -- to essentially revert from that provision. so the, house if it does pass the, bill they will send it to the senate. and there is a glimmer of hope, if they get unanimous consent, that they can avert a government shutdown by tonight. still not certain, yasmin, but that is where things might be headed. >> so, as we have been talking, social, stomach rats and republicans here are continuing to vote. and we are looking at 123 so far in total. 24, the number going up as i speak. of course, all democrats are voting in favor of this thing. so he'll, standby for me. i want to bring california democratic representative sydney -- to talk more about this. congresswoman, thanks for taking a break from voting. i know you haven't done it yet, to speak to us. how are you going to vote on this thing? >> well i'm going to leave you and go across the street to vote on the cr. but i have to tell you, i was taught at a very young age that you should read it before you sign anything, let alone before you vote on anything, especially something this big, are our short term and long term national fortunes depend on this cr. so we had to read it, because you know, republicans are squirrelly, and cannot be trusted. they said they would not hold an impeachment inquiry without a debate. that was not true. they said they would honor and negotiate an agreement for the nda, that was not true, which is why we are here today, voting. so my hope is that after reading it, it is a relatively clean cr. and if we can vote and send it to the senate's, and have a conference happen so that we have a bipartisan bill that goes to the white house to be signed, then we can prevent a government shutdown. and, republicans need to know that it was democrats that held the line, and told the truth to the american people, that will get us here today, where we can avoid a government shutdown. >> so to be clear, and to get you on the record from, what i'm hearing, you have read this thing at this, point and you are going to be voting in favor of passing the c r? >> you heard it here first. >> okay, thank you congresswoman, i just wanted to get that clear. so, if this gets through the house, we are looking at 167 so far total. i guess we've got to get that number up to two 90 or so, to get this thing over the finish, line and then go over to the senate. and then, it's going to meet a tough road ahead. the next 45 days of actually getting a budget in hand. what do you want to see prioritized here? >> well you know, i have to tell you that you do not run a business and institution, a household, a school effectively, like this, with haphazard, arbitrary back and forth decision-making. this is the score earliest thing i have ever been involved in. but after this gets done, we have to go back and start talking about all of these horrid appropriation bills that we have been voting on this past week, that want to, that will actually have 30% across the board cuts, to programs in defense, as it relates to agriculture, health and human services. cuts that are going to decimate working families. and we have to continue to talk about those cuts. i mean, we are talking low cuts to head start, we are tumble cuts to childcare centers across the country. we are still talking about cuts to our fbi, and our law enforcement agencies. and these are things that are not going to help the american people. they are certainly not going to help californians. >> you actually said that you want republicans to understand it was democrats that caved, in a century save the, day if in fact this thing gets through and passes. and you are able to avoid a government shutdown. what about the american people? how do you communicate that to the american people, especially when we are almost inside of an election? here >> we have to talk about what was almost going to happen. we were almost going to see a government shutdown, where hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be working without pay. tsa agents, folks that are inspecting your food, air traffic controllers. we are going to see national parks not be able to open. we want to see folks that work in these buildings to maintain them and protect them, will be working without pay. and in some instances, they would not be getting back pay. every single thing that we do, impacts the american people. if you need help with your insurance, if you need help with benefits, social security, medicare, you are calling on the federal government, and those phones will be ringing, and nobody will be answering them. >> congresswoman, you've got about two minutes and 47 seconds, to make it back across the street, and to vote. i know that's incredibly important to you and your constituents as well. so i want to thank you for your time, i'm going to let you go. i appreciate it, thank you. >> thank you so much. >> all right, we want to swim back over to the capitol, and talk to sahil once again. so sahil, we are looking at now a total of 2:50. three i mean, it is looking more and more like the house is going to be voting in favor of this cr, and then it will get picked up to the senate. >> that's right yasmin, this looks to be in good shape at the moment. you see the numbers at the screen, democrats voting overwhelmingly in favor of this. 162 democrats voting yes, just one democrat voting. no we are now getting statements of support, from democratic members of the house, saying members should support this. that includes congresswoman and custer, the chair of the moderate new democrat coalition. she says in a statement, quote, the american people elected us to congress to solve problems, not create them. she said mccarthy for a long time, had refused to work in good faith. but, came through at the last minute on a 45-day continuing resolution to keep the government open. remember, this does not have any of those spending cuts or conservative policy provisions on immigration or otherwise, that mccarthy had been demanding, which is what ultimately seems to be the key to getting democrats on board. now, look at the republican number over there, it is 39 -- and counting. now up to 40, 106 republican yes. is this going to be a significant contingent of republicans who are voting no. but, it looks increasingly like democrats are coming to the rescue here, going to help pass this bill with that overwhelming two thirds majority. that it needs, democrats again, unhappy with the process by which, the way this came about. the bill was dropped in front of them, about 12 hours or so before the government seemed to shut down. minority leader hakeem jeffries spoke about it. let's play what he had to say on the floor. >> well on the brink of a government shutdown,, and at the 11th hour, legislation is dropped on the american people. and we are told that you have five or ten minutes to evaluate legislation that is more than 70 pages long, and expected simply to trust the word of our extreme, maga republican colleagues. the american people deserve better. they deserve better. [applause] and so, we are working, and evaluating that legislation. >> it looks like they did work through, and evaluate that legislation. and nbc news can now report that house democratic leadership is encouraging members to vote yes, on this. they have found their way to yes, they are putting on a huge vote here, 187 democrats voting yes, just one voting no. the bill has crossed the threshold that it needs, just little we can see here. more than 300 votes. it is cross the threshold it needs, in order to pass. we cannot call yet until the gavel drops. unless a whole bunch of members vote, and suddenly switch their votes, this continuing resolution will pass the house of representatives, to keep the government open for another 45 days. and then, it goes to the senate, where they have only a few hours. they're going to need the support of all 100 senators, to vote quickly, to use a process known as unanimous consent to pass it instantly. they could do that, if there are no objections. and the democratic leadership, if senate republican leadership remains in support of this. again, this will keep the government open for 45 days. it will include disaster relief funding, but it will not include ukraine aid. that is something that many members of congress, as well as president biden feel strongly about. they are going to set that aside, for another day. but it looks like democrats have found their -- and decided to move forward, and support this. one thing i will share with you, yasmin. democratic aide i spoke to from new york mansion to be just a few moments ago, that new york congressional delegations are in a very tough spot, including the progressives. because we just got pummeled with rain, and voting no on this would essentially be voting no on flood insurance, which is -- the democrats -- that's a really good point. it is interesting, social, and i want to tell folks, i am looking off camera, because i'm getting older, my eyes don't see as well as they used [laughter] to. so it is smaller for me to see these numbers on the screen. and we have a much bigger screen and -- subtle, it is fastening to me to be watching these, numbers and see that they have more -- present the stopped out of the sea, then other republican held houses. >> yeah that's right yasmin, and it is not an unfamiliar situation. when you have a situation where democrats control the senate, democrats control the white house. this was the inevitable outcome, in order to fund the government. whether it was before a shutdown, or whether it was -- as many have expected, as early as this morning after a shut down. mccarthy has struggled to navigate the situation, or a small group of hard-liners have exerted outsized power over his decision-making, over the house of representatives in this narrow republican majority. the next big question for mccarthy is going to be, are those hard-liners could make good on their, threatened call in motion to vacate the speaker 's chair? it was just a few moments, go i spoke to congressman matt gaetz, the chief antagonist of mccarthy and the republican side on the right. he said that if mccarthy pass is a key tuning resolution with democratic votes, he will call a motion to vacate the speaker's chair. he said that in no uncertain terms, and that is exactly what mccarthy has done. here so that leaves the hard-liners, the republican hard-liners in quite a sticky position here. do they follow through their threats to remove mccarthy from this job? they don't have an alternative, here that could throw the entire chamber into chaos. but again, aspen to your point, when it comes to governing a divided government, where there is a narrow house majority, and democrats control the senate and the presidency, this is the kind of coalition that is required to pass major pieces of legislation. >> so, time has run out, but we are still seeing those numbers change, so he'll. with all that being said, it seems as if they have the votes. they have not gaveled out, as of yet, so it has not become official. but it seems as if, essentially, but unofficially, this thing is passed in the house. and we will now go on to the senate. talk us through, especially for folks that are just joining us the, timing of, that and what this looks, like especially considering the deadline being this evening at midnight. >> yes, so once this passes the house, they're gonna try to send this to the senate immediately. and then the question becomes, can the two parties figure out an agreement to essentially go to the floor, call unanimous consent requests to pass this, and if there is no objection, can the senate passed it immediately? they can do it in five minutes, as long as there is no objection. all it takes for chuck schumer to get every one of his democrats to say i won't object, for mitch mcconnell the republican leader to get every one of his members to say they won't object, and of the senate can pass it instantly. and then it, can go to president biden's desk for his signature. it is remarkable that after everything we have witnessed, yasmin, or the last few weeks in the last few months, the way things were moving, these trains were moving in completely opposite directions. mccarthy was not willing to do a clean see, are a continuing resolution. he insisted, again and again he wouldn't do it. now he has done it, and that reversal for mccarthy is what has made this entire day possible. it was made possible for the house to pass this bill, and on the senate side, we will keep you posted on timing. but so far, the conversations that i am having, in the rest of our team that is having. with senate aides, and senators. it is trending in the direction of this passing the chamber, quite soon. yasmin potentially soon enough to avoid a government shutdown. >> so, there is a reason why. and i think the phrases, the skin of your teeth. but that phrase exists, considering how we are up against a clock. here with the passage of this cr to hurt this government shutdown, and people can keep getting paid and getting resources that they desperately need in this country, especially with inflation being sky-high, and wages not instantly keeping up with wage growth, not keeping up with inflation. as we take a look at the house here. >> speaking in the affirmative, the rule is -- the bill is passed. and with that objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table [applause] . >> all right so, you heard it there. the couple has been leigh, down the rule has in fact been passed, and they have voted in favor, in the house, by the skin of his teeth, house leader mccarthy, house speaker mccarthy has been able to get this cr passed, the stopgap passed in the house. and now sahil, it's going to be moving on to the. senate listless a little bit. more >> the question of agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal, and the chair -- will the question is on agreeing to the speaker's approval. those in favor say aye, those opposed in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it, the journal stands approved. >> for what purposes, the young lady from oklahoma seek recognition? >> mister speaker, i move that the house do now adjourn, sorry. [inaudible] >> all right, so you heard the gavel. [laughter] and there's been some conversations happening afterwards. >> mister speaker, i move that the house do now adjourn. >> those in favor say aye >> aye. those opposed now. >> no. >> the ayes have it, a motion to stop. and accordingly, the house stands adjourned, until noon on monday. october 2nd, 2023, four -- hour debate. all right, so motion to adjourn granted. there you go, the house is out until monday october 2nd, they have passed this continuing resolution, after how many weeks now, in which we thought we were headed straight towards a government shutdown. many people said to me on the air, this government will in fact shut down, because of the actions of both house speaker kevin mccarthy, along with the far-right republicans in the house, as well. whether be marjorie taylor greene, or matt gaetz, or low and boebert. but in fact they have heard of the shutdown with the passage of this continue resolution, the stopgap. for 45 days, this thing is not going to get kicked back to the senate. i want to play, and remind folks, of what sentiment or do leader mcconnell just said earlier today, about how that may go. and then we will talk. >> it looks like, there may be a bipartisan agreement coming from the house. so, i am fairly confident that most of my members, our members, are going to vote against closure. not necessarily because they are opposed to the underlying bill, but to see what the house can do in a bipartisan basis. and then, bring it over to us. so, under these circumstances, i am recommending a no vote, even though i very much want to a void of government shutdown. >> so, i want to be clear, so that folks understand here. there was a continuing resolution in the senate, that was supposed to go to a vote, i believe at two pm. mcconnell was actually referring to that vote, that he recommended a no vote to that continuing resolution. and it was a continuing resolution in which senator michael bennet spoke me about on the air, just a couple of minutes ago as well. so, it seems as if he was saying that to say okay, we want to be in lockstep with house republicans, if they can get bipartisan passage of this continuing resolution, on the house floor. which in fact they did, and we saw that happen here, in a bipartisan way. however i will say, more democrats voted in favor of that ban than republicans. this is now going to get kicked up to the senate, and then obviously, if it gets passed to the senate, we will that have to go the presidents desk. with that, i believe i have saddle -- with me let me -- bring back into the conversation so, i just talked folks kind of through where we are, with this right now. we know where mcconnell, stance what are the expectations in the reporting of how this will pass through the senate -- this could possibly take five minutes or so. is that the expectation, that they're quickly going to pass this through? >> that is certainly the hope, it seems, of mcconnell. you have played mcconnell there. yes, it seems like he made a tactical move to try to pressure members of the house to support this bill, by withdrawing support for the senate continuing resolution, that he and other members of the republican party in the senate negotiated. and, that succeeded. now yasmin, the crucial difference between what the house just passed and what the senate had negotiated is, ukraine aid. the house bill that just passed does not have additional funding for ukraine. the senate bill that had been negotiated, they are expected to vote on, it did have funding for ukraine. it's a challenging position for mitch mcconnell, who has been a leader within the republican party in supporting aid to ukraine. and in this case, he ran this by his members, and they seem to have made the tactical decision that is better to keep the government open, without ukraine aid, then to continue pushing forward, with that provision. and one that is unlikely to pass the, house given the a intensity of opposition from so many -- for the speaker mccarthy's hard-line republicans, who are already by the, way very upset with the way this went. this is a major break that mccarthy made from his hard-line. as you heard bipartisan shears, on the floor of the house, when the gavel dropped. some of the happiest people are going to be those republicans, in swing districts, and competitive districts, many of them won by president joe biden. people like mark molinaro, and in suburban new york, -- don bacon, in omaha. nebraska, they have been clamoring for some solution, to prevent a government shutdown. they had been wanting mccarthy to stop catering so much to his hard-liners. it looks like they got their way this time. the question is, will there be comeuppance? will those hard-liners try to retaliate, and make good on their threats to remove mccarthy from the speakership, yasmin? >> sahil, standby for me, if you will. i want to go to boosting by force of the capital as well. on the phone for, us not normally having him on the phone but we have him on the phone. brian talk to me, we've got the passage of this rule, in the house. the final tally -- three 35 to 90. one this thing, now gonna kick up to the senate. talk to, me what more are you hearing? >> yeah i'm actually rushing into the capital right now, to report this out. on friday morning, we reported essentially that it is going to take a miracle to prevent the government from shutting down, at midnight tonight. and i think that's what we've seen play out here. everything that we have been hearing, everything that has come directly from kevin mccarthy's mouth, for the past three months, indicated he would never take this step, the dramatic step, of putting a clean, short term spending bill on the floor, that would require the help of democrats get over the finish line. and within ten hours of us calling for that miracle, they decided that they would be the only path forward. and i think that the position that he found himself in was that he essentially called the bluff of many of these hard-line conservatives. he is continuing to call the bluff, of many of these hard-line conservatives. he put a bill on the floor yesterday, on friday, that was filled with everything that they were asking for, a dramatic reduction in spending costs, it had a ton of new provisions to try and deal with the crisis at the border. these were all things at the hard-line conservatives were asking for. and it got killed, none of these hard-line conservatives wanted to vote for. it so i think mccarthy was in a position where if you are not willing to do anything to help them get something passed, he needed to go find a group of people that will. and there were two things that i was looking for here. the first was, how willing democrats would be to help mccarthy, in this situation. and i think the democrats seriously look at this legislative tap, to make sure it was as clean as possible. and, decided that the greater good here was to pass something that was better than not doing anything. but then the other thing was, would there be a majority republicans that would sign on to that? and that number there was 211, they easily cleared that threshold as well. so we saw play out here is the reality of the situation in congress. that they have been for the last six months or so, a small group very loud, conservatives they are the hard-liners of the party, the freedom caucus members, who have basically dominated the conversation. but what kevin mccarthy display here today is that there are way more people, both republican and democrats, who are interested in basic governance, and then there are people who want to blow the whole system up. so. >> this could result in him -- but, he is at least, this is the second -- this vote on the floor today. >> hey ryan, i know you have to rush into the capitol now. get to a camera, cause i've got a couple more things or talk to you about. so, i'm going to give you the time to get in there, and get some water, before reporting on this as well. interesting to things, ryan as you are making it your way through. and i know that you are probably wondering this as well, which is how matt gaetz is thinking about, this if they're actually bring up this motion to vacate, now this actually happen. good thing i'm wondering is, why is it that mccarthy didn't call their bluff sooner, and keep america on edge as they have for the last couple weeks on these things. i'm going to let you dig into some of that stuff, ryan, i'm going to get back to you in just a little bit, as you get close to a camera. i want to go now to congressman gabby -- of michigan who standing by force. congressman, good to talk to you. it's been quite a day, to say the least. a lot of americans right now breathing half a sigh of relief, although it's not -- it's on to the presidents desk as of yet. at least it is through the house. talk to me about this morning, how it all went down, the reading through of this bill and would stood out to you, and why you voted in favor of? it >> look, i have said from the very beginning that. it's good to be with, you but i sure wish we had -- all of us in the democratic party have been committed to trying to keep the government open. it would be irresponsible, to shut the government down, we are also not prepared to do something that would hurt our country drastically. we've got this bill that had never been seen before, and we're giving us 15 minutes to recommendations -- the bill. there is a into high level of trump -- trust -- and we asked for 90 minutes to read the bill, and they wouldn't give us that. so, -- parliamentary drama on the floor. we made sure that we were being responsible in reading the bill, and making sure that it wasn't going to be. there was a real discussion in the caucus, back and forth, about things people were concerned about. but in the end that call of our caucus -- felt that our biggest responsibility, because it would not be -- there were issues we're still going to fight for and are concerned about. ukraine funding being one of them, keeping the government open is what matters to this country, to our national security, with so many other issues. and that is why you saw kevin mccarthy, i think it was only one democrat that voted against it. and it was a very significant number of republicans that voted as well. it was a two thirds majority required to approve this. bill >> tell me about the negotiation that went on and it came to a raisin members pay. i >> know, i want to be honest with you. it was never quite clear what was in that bill, and what was done in a way that was a little confusing in and of itself, to begin with. and, there are some members in tough races, who felt very strongly that they would not support anything even keeping the government open, if there was a -- and there wasn't a pay raise per se with cost of living. but it also look, -- i've got a pension. already so, and i'm only me, but there were also members who were a blunt, on -- i've got kids, this is hard. but in the end, people want the perception, i think there needs to be a thoughtful discussion, at some time, about how this institution is not only a place for rich people, or people who can afford it. and that every day people can afford to be part of elected government. but, i think the republicans heard the concerns that we're taking out of the bill. and then, it became much easier for everybody to talk about it. i just don't want to make light of the conversation, because it is easy for someone like me to say i wouldn't -- i want to make sure that i say to people that not everybody has, that and i'm not old, i'm seasons. [laughter] but i am luckier than many of the younger members, who are still bread owners, that have young kids, are living into homes. so >> and by the, way you are very appreciative bias, all the time, whenever you lend your voice, so we are thankful for that. can you talk to me about this possible motion to vacate for -- know that this -- has been -- we know this is kind of one of the threats that we put out there -- that the rays's motion to vacate