US government shutdown deadline looms

US lawmakers have until midnight Friday to pass a spending bill to avoid a government shutdown.

The House of Representatives passed a bill late on Thursday - but the Senate is still hugely divided on the issue.

Our Washington Correspondent Harry Horton reports.

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