associate that blew a russia sized hole into the republican impeachment dreams but we will talk to lev parnas about his testimony on capitol hill. and michael cohen is with us as his former boss tries to scrape together $354 million all before monday. we have a lot to talk about. welcome to the weekend. congress managed to avoid a shutdown at about 2:00 a.m. eastern time passing a bill that funds the government through the end of september. republicans left for a two week recess without delivering crucial aid to ukraine in israel, as well as taiwan. overnight, russian authorities detained 11 people following a terror attack at a concert venue outside moscow. the russian government says at least 115 people are dead after several gunmen opened fire on the crowd. there were fears moscow would blame ukraine for the attack but the group isis claimed responsibility in a post on telegram. nbc news has not verified the claim and isis did not provide proof of the attack. joining
breaking overnight, a government shutdown has been averted. the senate voted just hours after the midnight deadline to put a funding bill on president biden s desk. what is in it for you. gop mutiny. house speaker mike johnson s job on the line as he ignored s far right demands in the spending fight. donald trump is already claiming the race is rigged. we have more on that response. you ready for a special three- hour addition of the weeken . the government s lights will stay on at least in until the end of september. the senate passed a $1.2 trillion government funding bill sending it to president biden to sign. a reminder here. none of this is normal. this should have been wrapped up six months ago. the republican-led house has struggled to perform its very basic duties, passing a series of bills they continually needed to be readdressed. if things were not chaotic enough, speaker mike johnson is now at risk of losing his job. marjorie taylor greene filing a motion