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Tweeting: "we must get the dems to get tough on the border, and with illegal immigration, fast!" as we told you a moment ago, we are two business days away from the prospect of another government shutdown. the clock runs out at midnight thursday. mike emanuel tells us from capitol hill neither democrats nor republicans seem to have the will to make any kind of long-term commitment. >> the only reason we do not have a full budget agreement is because democrats continue to hold funding for our gov...

Is have to wait to see if republicans and democrats can strike a deal to reopen the government. we want to tell you what this shutdown means. hundreds of thousands of nonessential employees are furloughed. if this lasts long enough, they will be without a paycheck but likely be paid retroactively. the military is considered essential, but again, they could potentially not be paid during a shutdown as well. guess who still does get their paychecks, congress. its written into law. national zoos an...

The irs is closed except for essential services. >> you mentioned the president. what is the presidents role in all this? this is clearly a choice the democrats have made. but this president was elected on draining the swamp, on cutting deals. he is doing neither. what has his role been here? the president has been all over the place, frankly. we saw some of these tweets where he is talking about using the nuclear option, returning the senate to a simple majority rather than the 60-vote threshol...

Illegal immigration is going to be something outside of the cr, and that we need to take care of our military personnel. we need to take care of the essential services for people all over this country who depend on the federal government in one aspect or another. thats literal hundreds and millions. we need to open this thing back up, and its kind of irresponsible -- not kind of -- it is irresponsible to try to leverage the funding for the military and everything else that the federal government...

Country to do that. about 16,000 of our workers will be immediately furloughed and another 28,000 will come to work but wont receive paychecks. neil: va workers? >> va workers but fortunately the essential services, healthcare services getting our veterans our checks will continue uninterrupted because the last time we had the shutdown, congress has authorized us in a advanced appropriation money ahead of time so that we dont disrupt the essential services to our veterans. neil: all right now mi...

Joe walsh. youve been on both sides, really, of the president throughout this entire year and even during his candidacy. this is what the president treated out a couple hours ago, this is the one year anniversary of my presidency and democrats wanted to give me a nice present and he continued from a couple of hours earlier, dems want a shutdown in order to help diminish the great success of tax cuts and what they are doing for our booming economy. do you agree? >> yeah, you know, ive got to tell...

People coming to monuments. its not clear how successful theyll be at that sort of thing because they dont seem to be particularly organized or well-prepared for what is now taking place, but that is a goal of theirs. >> and in your experience as a journalist and in reporting on this story and researching this story, what to you are the major, most visible aspects? what would we see happening tonight? would we see anything shutting down, grinding to a halt other than not being able to visit the ...

President and he said here is the truth, the government doesnt shut down, all essential services continue, dont believe the lies donald trump said. and there was the sound of the president, which i think we have, talking about how the president ultimately gets the blame for a shutdown. listen to this. >> and the president in all fairness, hes the leader, hes the one that has to get everybody in the room and get it done. theyre not going to be talking about boehner and reid. theyre going to talk ...

E e e extension. calls are in place to make sure the agencies have a plan nf place to deal with the shutdown. president trump says democrats will take the worst political hit in the event of the shutdown. here is their primary argument. >> if for any reason it shuts down, the worst thing is what happens to the military. >> the president made that comment outside the pentagon. the fact is a shutdown would not stop the military from operating since it is considered essential. >> the president kn...

>> we know the military have been paid on the 1st and 15th of the month. a long shutdown would hurt them. military readiness is not affected by the shutdown. it is interesting. the last time there was a shutdown was 2013. there is always a tweet. the president, then citizen trump, said this. the truth is the government doesnt shutdown. essential services continue. dont believe the lies. where is the president on this? >> thats an issue that is aggravating republicans. including mcconnell in my o...