very interesting to see the procedural vote take place. china and russia blocked the vote but they got kenya and india to abstain and i should point out i did a bit of gum chew investigation and gabon and kenya have both either received or ordered russian and chinese vaccines so you have vaccine diplomacy in the background working here too. that is very interesting. that is a helpful perspective that you could provide. and yet we re told that diplomacy continues. and so secretary of state blinken is meeting with his counterpart, they re still engaging in diplomacy. we just heard the president saying they re working like the devil, i think i m quotek him to, improve of the security there. we know that prime minister boris johnson who is beg beleaguered in the ux k., but he s supposed to be having a conversation with president putin tomorrow, i believe. and so can there be other people
as u.i. what i also said if it s a stinking lousy budget even with u.i. in it we may not vote for it. there s much improvement that had to take place in the bill for us vote for it, and that improvement did take place. dana bash following all of this up on capitol hill. so is the bill likely to pass later this afternoon despite some differences, a rift among republicans, and some democrats aren t crazy about it either? reporter: it does look like it is heading towards passage. we ll see how big the split is in both parties, as we see the vote take place later today. the most interesting drama that has been going on and escalating today, wolf, within the republican party. specifically, john boehner lashing out at outside conservative groups because they came out very strongly, and are continuing to do that as we speak, against the budget bill. but the problem is they did it