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>> chris, for the president who is about to meet as you mentioned with the secretary of homeland security, the fema administrator as well as his homeland security adviser, this is one of those moments at a time when this country is so divided politically, and where it can often seem in washington even the basics of government functioning can take a lot of work and effort and brinksmanship. its a moment where the president wants to highlight the ways in which government can work as its intended t...

Community, and i think, you know, weve done pretty well. to keep government functioning at the most basic level, and then it was a big deal to get additional support. we have always been able to get the vaccines out, never able to get the quantities we needed. now were in the strange position of we can vaccinate more people if they would just come through the door. 93% of the population over 65 is fully vaccinated. and 99% of them have one dose, and of our whole eligible population, we have hit ...

Than capitalism. the 2020 election is going to be a fight between the free market and socialist policies. bernie sanders believes in marxism and communism. he has praised communist russia, as you just saw, with the quote there. he thinks that bread lines are an example of a government functioning. he wants america to be like venezuela. hes on the side of maduro right now. he doesnt want the united states go on behalf of the people there and bolstering him. we should take them seriously. he wants...

Down ended. they want to see me continue to advocate that we end the shut down. we we created talk about the crisis in the country, we have hundreds of thousands that are working in public service are at home. and their work is not getting done. >> do they want to see you fund the wall to open the government? >> they want to see government functioning and people talking to each other. it was not demands of i must do this this way or that way, i searchly do not want to begin walking down a path o...

Stipulations on what that money would be used for. whats changed is the president has proven himself to be a totally unreliable negotiator. back in december he told mitch mcconnell if they passed the pending bills, he would pass them. the senate passed them unanimously and he said i still want my $5 billion. as chuck schumer said its like negotiating with jell o. i think theres a bigger problem in this situation. that is that the president seems to think that getting the government back open is ...

800,000 federal workers have become pawns in an unrelated policy fight for congress. immigration is not the issue when youre talking about government funding. its simply to keep the lights on, to keep government functioning. whats happening now, about half of these 800,000 federal workers are going to continue to have to work, not getting paid for the duration of the shutdown. but your previous guest was right, its going to take the rest of the american public feeling the negative impacts of the...

Pay. you are a federal contractcontr you dont work, you dont eat. they will never recover. you have private companies that contract with the government. they may have to lay off people. the cascade affect on ordinary people on this is extraordinary. i want to say this. we call it the government. the government. this is americas government. we are not talking about the government on the moon or some other country. he wont keep americas government functioning. i dont know how you say you make amer...

Tone-deaf and zis connedisconne. its not just the coast guard. the federal workers not being paid. they are begging not to cut off my heat. and the federal contractors -- youre a federal employee. you might get back pay. youre a contractor, you dont work, you dont eat. theyre never going to recover. the private companies that contract with the federal government, they are not getting paid. they have to lay off people. the cascade effect on ordinary people is extraordinary. we keep calling it the...

Welcome back. today is the day that house democrats have been waiting for for a long time. they are soon, in a matter of hours, in control of congress, ready to take on the trump administration. lets talk to one of them. joining me now is the democratic congressman from vermont who serves as the chief whip. it is a new congress. it is a new day. history has been made. what is your number one priority this congress? >> well, it is turning the lights back on. weve got to get government functioning...

Friday at midnight, parts of the government shut down. the president wants $5 billion to fund his border wall. democrats say that is a nonstarter. what happens next? joining us now is democratic-elect. last month she made history when she became money of the first muslim women elected to congress. thanks so much for being with us. >> thank you so much for having me. >> you will show up as your first official day as a member of congress. it is likely that part of the government will be shut down....