continuing breaking coverage as the senate votes on the 45-day stopgap government funding measure that would keep our government open and, of course, a voting a shutdown. we ve got developments on all sides. let s cross over to nbc news reporter, monica alba, you get the very latest. in just a moment, we will also get an update from ali vitali as well. monika, i will start with you. do we know what the white house is thinking at the moment? are they waiting, obviously, for this bill to make its way to the present for signature? exactly, amen. as soon as it is able to be enrolled in hill parlance and sent over to the white house, we are expecting the president to sign this before midnight. ideally, sometimes, as ally knows well it, can take a little bit of a while to do all of these logistics to make sure it is already for the presidents signature. but that is the plan. in fact, of hurting this government shutdown pretty close to the deadline. we are journalists, so we re us