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Point of why they cant move forward with an agreement. whats your take? >> ive been there, done that. we went through this back in 1995 and early 1996, i remember correctly. the sky did not fall then when we had a partial government shutdown for a number of days, and the sky is not going to fall now if we have a partial government shutdown for a number of days. it has to do with whether or not congress is ready to do what the american people demanded of it in the last election and that is to sta...

Health services. republicans want to shut down the government because they think theres nothing more important than keeping women from getting cancer screenings? this is indefensible and everyone should be outraged, men and women should be outraged. the republican house leadership have only a few hours left to look in the mirror, snap out of it and realize how positively shameful it would be, mr. president. for months this conversation has been about billions and trillions of dollars. its been a...

If were able to reach agreement before midnight, then at least theoretically, both bodies, the house and senate, could pass a very short term, two or three day stopgap measure in order to have the time to complete the work on the full measure and then adopt that sometime next week. or -- and that would avert a shutdown. its possible also that because in the senate it would require unanimous consent, somebody might disagree with that process and would object. in that case, it would take a few da...

Taking place as we have our countdown clock as were watching this ticking off every second. >> reporter: i guess the good news is we still have 12 1/2 hours to come to an agreement. in case it isnt obvious, two possible scenarios. a last hi-minute agreement down the wire. others might interpret that as 11:00 tonight. or the other possibility is we have a shutdown and that raises more questions. will this be a shutdown that simply lasts over the weekend and all sides come to an agreement after th...

Replace bill through the house? folks, its a razor thin margin. this will go down the wire again. welcome to "early start". it is wednesday, may 3rd, 4:00 a.m. in the east. nice to see you all this morning. lets begin here. president trump and his administration are facing a major public rebuke from an official fired from president trump himself. former acting attorney general sally yates is prepared to testify that she warned the white house michael flynn was lying about talking to the russia...

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Resigning . >> grilled on two growing scandals. how long can eric holder our attorney general holder on. >> and a graduation message that most of the case couldnt understand. >> the class valedictorian gives the address in spanish. oh, boy, "fox and friends" starts now. by the way, the term valedictorian is a sore spot with me. >> why? >> i was so close and it came down the wire. >> and you sit next to me. >> did you do your address in english or swedish . >> it is not my native tongue. i did do...

Up in a few minutes. in the meantime senator chris koonce is a member of the budget committee and he joins me to talk about whats taking place in washington, d.c. sir, its good to see you. youre relatively new to life on the hill so how surprised that house republicans and your leadership for that matter cant figure this one out. >> im frustrated and embarvááq" frankly by where we are right now in the united states congress as we move, i think, towards shutting down the federal government this...

The cushion? well hear now from senator reid. >> the time equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or sdigys. mr. president, were very hopeful that we can reach an agreement on the budget today. ill have more to say in a few minutes. senators will be notified when votes are scheduled. i now ask that the senate recess from 1:00 this afternoon till 2:00 this afternoon in order to allow for a special democratic caucus meeting. >> without objection. >> mr. president, theres two bills a...