fix our broken immigration system and we still need to pass a farm bill and with the shut down behind us and budget committees forming, we now have an opportunity to focus on a sensible bungt that is responsible, that is fair and that helps hard-working people all across this country. and we could get all these things done, even this year, if everybody comes together in the spirit of how are we going to move this country forward and put the last three weeks behind us. that's going to be my focus. i'm looking forward to congress doing the same. i want to thank the leadership for coming together and getting this done. hopefully next time it won't be in the 11th hour. one thing i said throughout this

process is that we have to get out of the habit of governing by crisis. and my hope and expectation is that everybody has learned that there's no reason why we can't work on the issue at hand, why we can't disagree between the parties while still being agreeable and make sure that we're not inflicting harm on the american people when we do have disagreements. so, hopefully that is the lesson that will be internalized and not just by me but also by democrats and republicans, not only of the leaders, but also the rank and file. thanks very much, everybody. >> president obama speaking live at the white house praising lawmakers tonight for passing a bill to end the government shutdown and raising the debt ceiling. something he will sign immediately as the bail reaches his desk. >> dubious chapter in american politics now coming to an end. you heard the president speaking

now and now go to the house of representatives and he said he will open the government immediately when this bill reaches his desk, that means lawrence livermore lab and all the national parks like yose al. we'll now join nbc "nightly news" in progress. has lost stature, the u.s. has lost $24 billion in the shutdown and americans have lost respect for their lawmakers. >> reporter: every part of this has been a bruising and tough thing to get to this point. the senate did pass it tonight with an overwhelming margin, more than 80 senators saying yes to this plan. but that last hurdle, the house, is still to come. and that's where many republicans still don't like this deal. the time and options vanishing

by the moment, congressional republicans blinked. >> i guess for a brief moment, reality set in. >> reporter: today tea party house republicans conceded defeat but remained defiant. >> we are glad we outlined the difficulties with obama care. we took a charge and we fell short. >> i don't think anybody believes that when you stand on principle you lose. >> reporter: both parties feared any last minute conservative resistance. an early cliff haerng involving ted cruz. some republican senators told me they didn't know if their own colleague would try to block a deal. he had been lying low until republicans met privately today. swamped by cameras, he announced his decision to stay out of the way. >> i have no objection to the timing of this vote. and the reason is simple.

there's nothing to be gained by delaying this vote one day or two days. the outcome will be the same. >> reporter: after all this, the compromise is a short term deal. the government could open and reoperate until february 15th. borrow money until february 7th. then after that, treasury could prioritize bills until a new debt ceiling is authorized. and it guarantees back pay for furloughed workers. the only provision linked to the health care law, income verification for those applying for subsidies to buy insurance. house speaker john boehner did not go to the cameras but called up hometown radio station in cincinnati to announce that this battle is over. >> well, listen. we've been locked in a fight over here trying to bring o government down to size, trying to do our best to stop obama care. we fought the good fight. we just didn't win. >> and tonight, people are beginning to analyze this

35-page bill which includes more than just reopening the government and allowing the borrowing to go forward. we're finding examples of what critics will say pork. what some will say are necessary projects, including $3 billion involving a lock and canal system, some of which involves kentucky. senator mcconnell says he did not request that. people are raising questions about this and will be looking at it more carefully to see if there were add ons here that were in the best interest or perhaps they were in someone's political interest. >> stays interesting until the bitter end. what happens? do both the house and senate now head home for a long weekend break? i suppose that will be interesting when some members get back to their districts. >> reporter: well, that will be interesting to watch. and many of the tea party conservatives have yet to vote. and they expect to be celebrated when they go home to those red

districts because they believe they were doing what their constituents wanted. so many americans are frustrated about congress's ability to get this done until more than two weeks of a government shutdown. >> kelly o'donnell's been covering this for us. to the other size of pennsylvania avenue to the white house. our political director, chief correspondent chuck todd having just witnessed the president's remarks is in his seat in the front row in the briefing room. it looks like this is going out of something of a dirty deal with army corps of engineer money embedded in this bill that was supposed to be clean to get the government back up and running and avoid the debt ceiling. >> reporter: this happens all the time. members of congress would get some special project funded in a bill, this hasn't happened in a while. because it's kentucky, because

it's mitch mcconnell, don't be surprised if the tea party and tea party conservatives, some of these groups, they're looking to express their anger at somebody. it's not going to be john boehner. he got a round of applause. it could very well be mitch mcconnell. and whether this was his deal, lamar alexanders' other's. he may take the brunt of it. >> what just happened in washington, d.c.? >> reporter: that's i think something that's going to take a lot of time to figure out what kind of repercussions there were. what was interesting was the president tried to touch on this issue of lost trust. take a listen. >> cause there's a lot of work ahead of us, including our need to earn back the trust of the american people that's been lost over the last few weeks. and we can begin to do that by

addressing the real issues that they care about. >> reporter: brian, i think they have done long-term damage to trust in government. one thing that didn't happen anywhere today, not from any leader or from the president, an apology to the furloughed workers, some of them, it will take months for them to recover in their own personal checking accounts. on wall street here today in new york, these indications all day that a deal was coming, that was enough to send all the major indeces up, the dow gained 205 points on the day. earlier tonight, before the senate votes, i spoke with one of the gop veterans in the u.s. senate, senator john mccain of arizona. i started out by asking him about the damage that this entire process has done to his profession, to his party and to the country. >> we have damaged our

credibility very badly, and all of us. the president's numbers have gone down. democrat's numbers have gone done. republican's numbers have gone down only greater. and it has eroded the confidence. you just showed, eroded the confidence on the part of the american people. remember that many of the members of the house were elected in 2010, promising to repeal or defund obama care. the problem with their strategy was that it was a fool's errand. we were not going to defund obama care. that's why we had an election in 2012. that's part of what that was all about. so it was a terrific mistake. we inflicted pain on the american people that was totally unnecessary. and we cannot do this again. we republicans have a hole that we've got to come out of. and obviously we're going to have to do a lot of work. well, he's entitled to his views.

he's entitled to his, to what he wants to do. and he's responsible to the voters of the state of texas. but it wasn't senator cruz alone. part of it was a selling the american people by a lot of organizations that somehow if we held out long enough that we would be able to do away with obama care. and that's not how the american government works when you only have a majority in the house of representatives and democrats governing the senate and a democratic president. and so it was a fool's errand. and that's why some of us became so angry. look, i'll do everything i can to fix obama care and to defund it. i campaigned on that. but you can't do it when the situation is as it was. and so you deceived a lot of americans. and that adds to the cynicism. >> as you're seeing there, the only problem with our replay of our conversation with senator john mccain, you could only hear

his answers, made more difficult because you couldn't hear my questions. the conversation went on from there. we talked about senator ted cruz of texas, who of course by one way of thinking, started all of this. of course in the house of representatives, the problem for speaker boehner was the so called suicide caucus of give or take about 80 very conservative members of the house, a lot of them tea partiers. a lot of them from very safe districts who were starting an all-out push on this and took it to the very end. so a portion of our conversation earlier tonight with john mccain of arizona. still ahead for us this evening. a big scare onboard an airline. an engine failure being described as unusually and especially serious. and later the courageous story behind the salute that's been seen now around the world. la's known definitely for its traffic, congestion, for the smog.

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finally tonight, about that photograph we showed you here last night that generated such a huge response. it showed an army ranger wuded in afghanistan. he was thought to be unconscious in his bed. but he started to raise his hand, struggling with his doctors and his tubing to do so because he was forming a salute. tonight we want to tell you more about his story, a young man from cincinnati who became an emblem for patriotism and resolve. >> reporter: corporal hargis's salute brought tares to mens' eyes. >> it's, i think that's why it's gotten so much attention, because it's moving people. i mean, it's just such an

amazing thing that he's done and that he did. >> reporter: it's the salute seen round the world. >> i was just amazed. i was just overcome with pride. that's my husband. he's an amazing man. >> reporter: because of a high school injury, he was denied into the army several times. when the army finally let him in, he blew through basic training and into ranger school, the army's elite infantry. he was on his fourth tour of duty in afghanistan. that salute didn't surprise his comrades. >> everyone who knows josh is not surprised. that's just the kind of man he is. >> reporter: corporal hargis and his unit were on a mission in kandahar when an ied erupted leaving hargis and a dozen others injured. four americans were killed that day. pfc cody patterson, joseph peters, jennifer moreno and

patrick harkins. she hopes the picture of her husband serves as a reminder. >> i think it's hard for a lot of people to understand because it doesn't directly affect them. they don't know that they're still, that there's still guys coming home injured with life-altering injuries. there are some who are not coming home. they've paid the ultimate sacrifice for their country and they don't know. >> reporter: he is recovering in san antonio where taylor has been at his side anticipating a blessed event next springs. >> we're very excited. i'm very early in my pregnancy. it's still very early to us. i feel good. >> reporter: she says her husband is in good spirits. that he's a strong guy. that he's doing well and that they are thankful. >> i'm fortunate that he's here. i'm fortunate that he's still

alive and that we still get to have our life together. >> reporter: harry smith, nbc news. that's our broadcast on a wrens nigh wednesday night. thank you for being with us. thanks for joining us on this wednesday. i'm raj mathai. i'm jessica aguirre. this is a live picture of the capitol where the house will soon vote on a bill to end that government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling. in the past hour, the senate passed the bill 81-18. then president obama addressed the nation moments later, thanking lawmakers for getting the deal done. >> once the agreement arrives on my desk, i'll sign it immediately. we'll begin reopening our government immediately. >> 800,000 furloughed federal

workers will be back on the job tomorrow. that includes workers right here in the bay area. nbc's kimberly tere is live with more on how devastating the effects have been, kimberly. >> jessica, we've heard a lot about government employees, but contractors are also deeply impacted. in fact, federal agencies give more than $500 billion to contractors whose workers are ready for a resolution in washington. darren stevens was supposed to start october 1st. the same day the federal government shut down. >> it's been really tough. it's been hitting work here and there. but not constant work when i was at nasa. >> it was guaranteed work for two years. now stevens is among the tens of thousands of contractors waiting for the back and forth in washington to end. >> i'm basically the sole provider. it will helput