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Wall funding or democrats have to blink and start moving toward the president or fund the wall or at least put money toward that. the latter is not an option from democratic perspective and the president hasnt shown any sign he wants this fight to end any time soon. with all of that in mind as lawmakers went home on friday and decided whether or not theyll come back on saturday, 25% of the government is shutdown. theres a very real possibility this goes on not for hours, but potentially, for day...

Wouldnt get paid. their paychecks would be delayed, and that would happen over the holidays. weve been talking to some of those folks who say theyre quite concerned about that, about what the real world impact would be, what the impact would be on their bottom line. so you have essential services like dhs that will still be up and running, but park services for example, wouldnt be. your mail would still be going, craig, but this would have a significant impact not only on federal employees but r...

That is in the congresses court right now. the house passed several bills. over the years to authorize the construction of the wall. when you look at the mass of illegal immigrants. there came to at the southern border right now. by mob action. you realize how important a wall is not just to protect law enforcement that are putting their lives on the line. but also to protect the lawbreakers whose actions would otherwise force it. >> isnt the department of homeland security one of the agencies t...

Year period. but heres my question. i have to give lindsey graham credit. heres my question. everybody seemed to fear a government shutdown. dont essential services continue? the elderly will get there social security checks, medicare continues, so why the big fear about the shutdown? >> essential services continue during any shutdown, and at this point about 70% have been appropriated. now i personally hope we dont have a shut down but i the president is absolutely right to say the american peo...

Graham credit. when he stood up to justice kavanaugh in that case with what was happening to him. heres my question. everybody seemed to fear a government shutdown. dont essential services continue? the elderly will get their social security checks, medicare continues, so why the big fear about the shutdown? on somethingo as important as or national security. >> essential services continue during any shutdown, and at this point, about 70% have been appropriated. we are fighting over about 30% of...

Out. theyve been suffering from financial losses the past 12 years. what did they propose? i want to take a focus on four major points. theyre saving considerable markups for anything not deemed an essential services. you could see an increase in shipping rates. and then cutting costs, removing collective bargaining. you also have the fact that retirement obligations, the postal service still pays in to the retiree benefits fund. that cost them a lot of money. the last but not least, the board o...

In many countries democratic socialists work alongside other parties in broad coalitions. their goal is to control prices of essential services like affordable session and the ability to work. all sounds reasonable. all of that is in the effort to minimize economic inequality and allow everyone in society to not just survive but have the ability to thrive and enjoy life. a concept they call bread and roses. if you think some of these ideas are too alien to american culture, make a look at this. ...

Partisan activity. thats what the trump administration is trying to do. >> sandra: democrats fighting back over fears that the new citizenship question on the 2020 census could put the party out of power. this has more than a dozen states plan to file lawsuits against the trump administration over census change. here now is baltimore mayor pugh a democrat task force who says the white house has politicized and compromised a process mayors rely on to deliver essential services to their cities. ma...

Include a question about citizenship on the 2020 census. it was dropped decades ago and adding it back already has prompted lawsuits from some states. here to discuss, vanita gupta, the former head of the civil rights justice department and michael higenbothum, professional of constitutional law and author of "ghosts of jim crow." thanks for joining us. lets talk about this, michael. you believe this is a bad idea and politically motivated. why so? >> i think its a real bad idea, don. the census...

If the government were to shut down at midnight tonight, where would the essential services be for a march thats scheduled to take place tomorrow? >> these marches all over the country and in richmond. i am looking forward to be in richmonders tomorrow. >> thank you so much, senator. also tomorrow, as we approach the 50th anniversary next month of the assassination of dr. martin luther king jr., a new nbc news documently, "hope and fury -- mlk, the movement and the media" explores new social m...