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New jersey state parks and beaches are shuttered unless, of course, youre the governor. today marks the third day of a government shutdown with state officials like the dmv and courts closed and tens of thousands of state workers set to be furloughed. the state assembly speaker, a democrat is blocking a vote because he believes its bad policy. now hes derided the shutdown as the governors hostage crisis. >> if they sent me a budget today the shutdown would be over. it is the legislature thats ch...

Meeting with many foreign leaders during his european trip this week to reaffirm key united states military alliances. the secretary is in denmark to cohost a meeting with the danish minister of defense with senior leaders from 15 countries that are key contributors to the isis military campaign. while there, second james mattis will meet separately with the minister of defense to discuss european security and the importance of the nato alliance. and with the danish prime minister to reaffirm th...

Order. youve got people like karen handel, the former georgia secretary of state, and people like bob gray, who actually hired some of trumps state workers to work on his campaign. both of these gop candidates say there is no way ossoff is going to pull out a win here. kate? >> todays the first step and then well see what happens after that. do they go to the runoff in june? tbd. great to see you, jason. thanks so much. lets talk about this. cnn politics reporter and editor at large chris cilliz...

Simply co-opting issues that attract democrats. it is about creating an opposition that appeals to democrats and republicans like the press, for example. >> i think the media is the opposition party in many ways. >> you saw the perfect example of that in steve bannons recent comments that sometimes the media needs to just keep its mouth shut and listen for a while. bret? >> bret: kevin corke in the white house briefing room. what do you think of president trumps political instincts and how he ha...

This covers 17 plaintiffs. on monday night, the mayor apologized to the victims families. in just hours, more criminal charges are expected in the flint drinking water investigation. the mayor is expected to announce more charges at the news conference at 10:30. details are closely guarded. eight current or former state workers and one city of flint employ charged with negligence. the california judge in the brock turner sexual assault case has been cleared of misconduct. thousands of compla...

New this morning, a lead poisoning alert near a major american city. residents in flint, michigan, under a state of emergency, being told, dont drink the water. dont even touch the water. right now response teams are going door to door to help. >> state workers are delivering bottled water and testing kits so people can drink, cook, even brush their teeth. its a crisis residents say has been unfolding for more than a year now. state officials changing the water supply in order to cut costs. afte...

And there are economists who are very briskly arguing whether that could improve the poverty rate, but mean less job creation. not necessarily throwing people out of work but less job creation. so it is still a very, very big debate. ill tell you, there are two parties here, and they have very different views on this. youve got democrats who want to raise the minimum wage. the president wants to raise the minimum wage. we just heard from the new york governor for state workers. he wants to raise...

Debate a few weeks ago, theres nothing for free. what they forgot to tell you is they were going to raise your tax rates from 70 to 80 percent in order to provide all of that stuff. if you listen to hillary clinton, and she is made it very clear, she believes she can make decisions for you better than you can make them for yourself. the greatness of america is in the american people. what we need to do is get the government the hel out of the way and let the american people win once again. >> wh...

>> that implies 80% unemployment. many teens who dont have a job are not looking. the unemployment rate still high, obviously, is 25%. not 80%. not exactly what low age protesters, by the way, were hoping to hear from republicans. they would like these low wage workers, many in the stroot yesterday, theyre fighting for a $15. the organized strikes around the country on tuesday. these are fast food workers him home care, child care workers. interestingly, new yorks governor andrew cuomo announced...

Age bracket 28.68%. not what protesters were looking to hear. the fight for $15 is around the country. health care workers are rallying for higher wages. new yorks democratic governor andrew cuomo announced a $15 minimum wage for all state workers. which is interesting there. there is this move across the country for higher minimum wages. there is a big debate. many of the candidates would like to see a higher minimum wage. >> at lo of people being judged. not the candidates, but folks who ran t...