Good morning, everyone. I'm Erica Hill. We made it. It is Friday, March 27th. Here are the five things you need to know to start your day. Number one, the TSA payday. Senators pulling an all night or two finally and unanimously pass a bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security.

That vote coming just after 2 a.m.

It funds most of DHS, as I noted.

That is welcome news, of course, for TSA agents who are set to miss yet another full paycheck this weekend.

Not funded in this, ICE enforcement operations and some areas of customs and border protection.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune says lawmakers will work to fund the rest later.

The leaders of both parties continuing to point fingers across the aisle.

Democrats didn't actually want a solution.

They wanted an issue.

Politics over policy.

In the wake of the murders of Renee good and Alex

Freddie Senate Democrats were clear no blank check for a lawless ice and border patrol

next stop for the funding is the House which of course must also approve the plan

and the clock is ticking for that lawmakers are set to leave town today for a two-week recess and of course must also approve the plan, and the clock is ticking for that.

Lawmakers are set to leave town today for a two-week recess. And of course, the stress isn't over yet for TSA. Even with that overnight vote on the Hill, it's not clear when these agents will see

a paycheck. Prior to the Senate vote, President Trump declared an emergency that those agents could

be paid using money from the sweeping spending bill Republicans passed last year. Number two, the 10-day pause. President Trump once again changing

his deadline on action against Iran, this time for his threat to strike Iranian energy sites.

So that initial five-day reprieve announced earlier this week, that was to leave room for talks

and that five-day window was

set to expire today. But now Trump is giving Iran 10 more days through April 6th, because he

says the negotiations are, in his words, going very well.

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