i hope you had a relaxing holiday weekend, because things in washington are about to get at the very least tense. the house and senate return from their thanksgiving break this week. at the top of their agenda, staving off an impending government shutdown. funding expires on december 3rd and you won t be surprised to hear that congress remains at a standstill about what to do. the senate also needs to consider the $768 billion national defense authorization act which funds the military, but ironically that very pricey defense bill is actually expected to pass and is not causing nearly as much trouble as the far smaller build back better bill. it passed the house but major changes are expected in the senate. we re going to dig into that in just a moment. but looming over all of these developments on capitol hill is what the future will actually bring, not just for the midterms in 2022, but for the next presidential elections in 2024. the white house press corps has been analyz
translator: it was really dramatic. there were floating bodies and very shocking. we recovered all the people we saw on boats, we recovered six people. all dead? all dead, yes. there was one woman who was pregnant and a young man 18 to 20 years old and the rest were men. reporter: this area of northern france is dotted with groups of people desperate to reach the uk, prepared to pay thousands to smugglers and also to accept great risks. now those risks have come horribly true. adam parsons, sky news, calle. that was sky news adam parsons reporting, an incredible, yoi opening report there. coming up, congress is back in session monday with a laundry list of things to get done. we ll take a look at what is on tap for a deadline filled december. then, few cultural main stays were more impacted by the pandemic than sports. and now the new omicron variant raises questions about what comes next. plus, what is the last time you ve been to a movie theater? with awards
Against terrorists. reporter: the waters twoen here and northern france and the british coast are trechouserous, busy, and this time of the year very cold. we ve had near misses before. a bad accident was predictable. but this loss of life is clearly terrible. now, a criminal investigation has started. a number of suspected people smugglers have been arrested. the question is how will this disaster change the debate about how france and the uk should manage cross channel migration? britain has long claimed the french should do more to stop these boats leaving. last month we filmed these people running down a beach near calle with their boat headed for the uk and watched by the french police who did not intervene. but now political debate has coincided with tragedy. one of the first people to reach the scene in the middle of the channel was this life boatman.