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An acting title, at some point well have an active interior secretary, we have an acting epa director. there are no deputies at the department of homeland security, at hud or the va. this is an incredibly vulnerable time for this administration to have all these positions unfilled or staffed by people with acting titles, alex. >> it is quite extraordinary. i hadnt thought about it in that perspective, but i agree 100%. lets also talk about the latest offer from the white house to reopen the now ...

Look at the numbers. talking 420,000 federal employees would work without pay, very difficult in this holiday season. 380,000 put on leave without pay. essential services would, however, continue. youre looking at u.s. customs, border patrol, tsa agents, those that have to be at work, considered a critical job. also, those jobs and departments impacted at justice, homeland security, state and hud. i talked to steny hoyer this morning who said he is hopeful that there will be a deal perhaps soone...

Democrats, and hes put himself into a horrible place. now hundreds of thousands of federal government workers that are going to walk the plank for this wall that is racist, bigoted, a failed policy, experts said the wall would not work and now stuck in a corner. >> the food and drug administration, important things, the department of homeland security and transportation, youll have people at tsa having to work for free, the agriculture department, hud, all not working, john harwood. you had joe ...

Looking at that small base and theyre all in. theyre all enraged. i mean, it is just, it just shows you the bigotry and racism behind it but the thing about it is republicans are co-signing this and enabled donald trump. we are in this place because the republicans have not stood up against him. >> john harwood, theyre going to shut down homeland security, the department of transportation, the commerce department, the interior department, stuff a lot of republicans care about, the agriculture de...

Homeland security, state, hud, transportation, treasury, ag, commerce and interior. again, that meeting coming up with republican senators here within the hour as we get details well pass them along. for now back to you. >> julie: thank you very much. >> jon: lets bring in hugo gurdon, "washington examiner" editorial director. hugo, you have said that this shutdown actually serves the interests of the politicians involved. how can that be? >> its true, jon. there is nobody who is involved in thi...

Hearing, by maybe as early as mid-february. or early march. so i think that they will be a little careful there. but the oversight is very concerning. i think to the trump administration. and one of the big investigations that no one is talking about is probably going to be into hud. i think theres been a lot of talk that doesnt make it into the news cycle. but i think that oversight investigation could be very damaging to this administration. >> speaking of the news cycle, lets talk about what ...

Donald trump more than most presidents cares about how people perform in those type of settings. shes going to come under fire, and if she doesnt perform well, trump could be very quick to want to push her out. finally, hud secretary ben carson is somebody i think that will come under scrutiny. particularly from earlier in the year there was a controversy over the $30,000 dining room table that he says his wife authorized a purchase of. congress will look at what spending will be at hud and what...

Agenda. what im saying is this project in spirit could be great. but we need to take a much closer look and continue to ask questions, whether its from the state governors, hud or the treasury department, please help us understand just chose these zones and to what you said in the beginning, what disclosure is needed? they dont have to report much. its our job to keep asking the questions. >> the questions raised, are there any mechanisms in place in terms of reporting? >> very, very little. >> ...

Nothing as the clock runs out next couple of weeks. considering their record of oversight on the white house thus far. listen to rahm emanuel, former chair of the democratic caucus in the house and his advice to congressional democrats. >> dont focus immediately on trump. focus immediately, you have something with secretary of labor, you have with epa, you have interior department, you have it at the commerce department, you have it at hud, he has brought the swamp to washington and flooded the ...

The chair of the democratic caucus in the house. he has advice for house democrats taking control in january. >> dont focus immediately on trump. you have something with with a secretary of labor, epa, interior department, commerce department, at hud. he has brought the swamp to washington and flooded the plains and i think mueller will deal with trump >> and hes begun to turn over his cards. >> you have an entire government not on its game protecting the american people. >> and that was previou...