are volunteering to come to work without pay. they are not volunteering. the trump administration is requiring them to come to work without pay or they will lose their jobs. the president s commerce secretary today said he is absolutely confounded as to why federal employees might be starting to go to food pantries and soup kitchens to feed themselves and their families now that they re going into a second month with zero-dollar paychecks. billionaire commerce secretary wilbur ross said today when he was asked if he understood that federal workers were doing that. he was asked about that today and he replied, quote, i don t really quite understand why. why are they doing that? then the president himself commented that as far as he understands, local people, that was his phrase, local people and specifically local grocery stores are undoubtedly happy to help people out in circumstances like this. if people are working for free now and they can t pay for groceries, don t grocery stores
the democrats so that they could get 67 votes, so that even when the president vetoed this bill it would be a veto-proof majority and the government would re-open. mitch mcconnell could do it. the president could do it by admitting that the government should re-open and dropping his demand, or mcconnell could work around him. but that s kind of it. that s it. and we really are in the coping stage, as long as neither of those two men do either of those two things. hundreds of thousands of government employees are about to miss their second paycheck since this whole disaster started. some are hoping better than others. today the already troubled commerce secretary had his moment in the spotlight, going on tv to say he just cannot understand what the problem what the problem is with government employees not getting paid. he cannot wrap his brain around why people who haven t been paid money for weeks might need to go to food banks to feed their families. why would they do something so i
the senate. she tells bloomberg that she wants to move forward with her campaign and be honest about her past now that all of these details have come out into the open. before she was ready to talk about them. you can see her strength in the face of it all. i really appreciate you coming in. really amazing. as hundreds of thousands of federal workers continue to struggle to put food on the table during the government shutdown, billionaire commerce secretary wilbur ross suggested that they should get a loan. i m going to play what he said for you and you decide what to make of it. that s next. we know what s around the corner is always worth the trip. we know the only thing better than the last adventure is the next one. we know the great outdoors. we love the great outdoors. bass pro shops and cabela s where incredible selection,
billionaire commerce secretary wilbur ross is suggesting that air traffic controllers and other federal workers take out lobes to bridge the gap until they get paid. those remarks are going viral. do you worry about safety? i do worry about safety. it s kind of disappointing that the air traffic controllers are calling in sick in pretty large numbers. depending on the many of them can t afford to support their families, though. well, remember this. they are eventually going to be paid. put it in perspective. you re talking about 800,000 workers. and while i feel sorry for the individuals that have hardship cases, 800,000 workers, if they never got their pay, which is not the case, they will eventually get it, but if they never got it, you re talking about a third of a percent on our gdp. so it s not like it s a gigantic number overall.
pelosi on the state of the union speech as cnbc asks the self-proclaimed billionaire commerce secretary about the plight of federal workers. mr. secretary, there are reports that there are some federal workers who are going to homeless shelters to get food. well, i know they are, and i don t really quite understand why. [ crying ] i m going to lose something right now. and country in chaos. president trump recognizing venezuela s young opposition leader, warning that maduro regime against violence. will the u.s. be drawn into the conflict? reporter: are you considering a military option for venezuela? we re not considering anything but all options are on the table. reporter: does that mean you re considering all options, always, all options are on the table. coming up here we ll talk exclusively to senator marco