that the president will stay here during much of the shutdown, although we did here earlier from todd gillam of the dallas morning news that first lady melania trump and her son are already in west palm beach, florida. any indication on where things stand in the house? >> the house came in around noon and i would expect that following what just happened on the senate floor that the house has a couple of pro forma sessions and maybe bring lawmakers back into town for the 27th or lets them stay back in the districts for the holidays. when i was speaking to pete sessions earlier today he was on his way to the airport to head back to texas. he said there is a strong possibility that if a deal is through true unanimous consent that doesn't that require all lawmakers to come to town for a rollcall vote. >> remind is what congress needs to pass in order to reopen the federal government. >> every year we have 12 spending bills. first fiscal 2019 back on october 1. that allocation was roughly $1.24 trillion. of those bills, five were passed on time which includes the department of defense, the legisl

suspect that the president will stay here during much of the shutdown, the we did here earlier from todd gillam of the dallas morning news that first lady melania trump and her son are already in west palm beach florida. where thingsn on stand in the house? >> when i was speaking with the house rules committee chairman, he was wheeling 2 -- to the capital building and said there it wouldng possibility have to move through true unanimous consent that doesn't that require all lawmakers to come to town for a rollcall vote. can that your primary responsibility is covering the budget process, remind the audience what this debate is about, what they need to pass to reopen the federal government. >> every year we have 12 spending bills. on octoberthat began 1. that allocation was roughly $1.24 trillion. of those bills, five were passed on time which includes the department of defense, the legislative branch, the military construction funding as well as the the a. the partial shutdown we are in right now affects the remaining bills which is around $300 million. partial government shutdown right now inc