protesting the employer vaccine soft mandate, appearing to lead to a to could a lead to a short-term government shutdown. a essential funding defense funding bill was marc rowe rub yaoio obstetriced last night and with two weeks before we projected the hit the debt ceiling. converses between chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell on raising it appear to have gone nowhere. these are pieces of common sense legislation that lawmakers know they have to pass. the consequences of missing declines have real impact. we are flitting with awful close to the deadlines. may be number to it but this is not how government is supposed to work. i know we said it this yeevr, last year five years ago. it s like government dysfunction. you think it s at 11, 12, 13, 14 how much higher does the spinal tap amp go. ali joins us from capitol hill. we have a framework to avoid the government shutdown. the political theatrics of the