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Mitch mcconnell said he doesnt know what the leader of the whole party wants. doesnt it fall on the president? >> we could have the government shutdown in a couple of days. i think the two parties are far apart. ive lived through probably five or six of these shutdowns. the first thing i want to relate to yours, its not a huge deal with the government shuts down for a day or two. the essential services are funded but it comes down to a blame game. which party does the public believe is in the wr...

The military will see their paychecks delayed. >> our men and women in uniform are not bargaining chips. >> reporter: essential services would continue. youll still get your mail. social security benefits would go out. tsa and air traffic control would keep working. but in the middle of this deadly flu epidemic, the cdcs program tracking the spread of the virus could be shut down. as for members of congress, the ones most directly responsible for a shutdown, their paychecks would keep coming. >>...

A partial shutdown that means the essential services off the government will remain the justice department will keep working although with less workers social security checks will continue the military operations will continue and of course to congress will be working especially to end this shutdown some federal agency is that will be closed are the department of education and the environmental protection agency also the funding for the childrens health insurance will be put on hold until it can...

Donald trump. the government doesnt shut down, all essential services continue. dont believe the lies. now president trump says a shutdown would be, quote, devastating to our military, accusing democrats of demanding, quote, illegal immigration and weak borders. hes said to be working the phones non-stop with the one-year anniversary of his presidency tomorrow, not something he wants to mark that with. ryan nobles is on capitol hill. how are things looking this morning? >> reporter: not very goo...

Could admit individuals and employers in their states and congressional districts would benefit from this. >> live on "fox and friends" at the top of 7:00 am. jillian: here is what it would look like for you. essential services that include defense, national safety and security would stay up nonessential department like education and the epa would close. nasa, the national institute of health and the smithsonian would shut down, so with national parks and monuments, social security, medicare and...

Rescue from two major natural disasters in the americas. a fourth day of frantic searches for survivors of tuesdays earthquake in mexico are under way. but there are new fears this afternoon those still trapped alive in the rubble are running out of time. the death toll stands at nearly 290 but so many will be missing. at least 1,000 workers have been removing rubble in hopes of finding a miracle. in purt rekoeshgs the entire island is without power. floodwaters have left many roads impassable...

Hurricane belt. we are very familiar with hurricanes. and we prepare every year. were happy when we go through a year and when theres none. and when we do have, weve developed a really serious good construction industry. and we feel proud of how were able to withstand these winds. but i think it was very, very clear when we heard the warnings from the national hurricane center that this was going to be the worst recorded storm in history. and it was the first time that even i myself needed to hu...

Restored from -- in the very -- the keys, key haven through key west. weve got about 42% of power restored in the upper keys. we have water pressure all the way down to marathon, but we are still under a boil water order, so for -- in terms of our health concerns, the folks dont have power to boil water or fuel to boil water were really concerned about health which is part of why, you know, were not inviting everyone back yet. that compounded with the fact that we have a lot of essential service...

The only score that really matters is will it bring down health insurance premiums. this bill doesnt do it. it doesnt really create competition. it allows the government to come in and prop up the insurance companies and it wont drive down costs. thats what we have to do. thats my major objection. if it lowers costs and provides those essential services and a safety net for those who need it, im all on board. i can tell usec tear price yesterday and the vice president agreed we need to go ahead ...

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