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Here in the nations capital, a major new deadline, an important one, hangs over members of congress. And millions of americans could see their paychecks hanging in the balance. Just one week from today the federal government will face a midnight shutdown unless some kind of funding bill can be passed and then signed by the president. They are running out of time. With every passing hour, it seems more unlikely that they will make a deal in time. So federal agencies have started Contingency Planning for a shutdown for millions of federal workers and military personnel. Their paychecks could be delayed, possibly for weeks. Today the House SpeakerKevin Mccarthy conceded he has to win over republican hardliners, but is hopeful that theyll fall in line at some point to pass a Stopgap Spending Measure and prevent the shutdown. Cnns Priscilla Alvarez joins us at the white house. How is the Biden Administration preparing for the possibility of no deal up on capitol hill . It sound like the Office Of Management And Budget, which is a percent of the white house, has started to tell these agencies you got to get ready. Reporter thats exactly right, jim. The white house is essentially telling federal agencies to dust off their plans for a potential shutdown. Just yesterday the Office Of Management And Budget formally initiated that process. And now every agency is looking at their plans, and that includes, for example, how many people get furloughed, who is essential and will have to work without pay, and also what activities have to come to a halt, what services may be disrupted. Of course there are services that are going to continue, be it bored protection, federal Law Enforcement and air traffic control. But the White House Press secretary when talking about it this week put the blame at the feet of republicans and said they have to get their act together. Take a listen. Republican shutdown does not have to happen. They can do do their job and keep these vital programs continuing, keeping the government open. Our message is this should not be happening. We should not be putting American Families lives in turmoil. Reporter now we heard from republicans today who tried to project confidence in a path forward, but the reality is they still dont have the votes. And priscilla, what about this surge of migrants at the u. S. Mexico border . I guess what happens next with that . Reporter well, that is something that we saw play out over the course of the week. To give you context here, the federal border authorities were encountering over 8,000 people a day. Compared to a few months ago when it was 3,500 a day. You see the marked increase this. Places an immense strain on federal resources and also creates logistical and humanitarian challenges for this administration. Its also political. The timing here, republicans talking about border security, trying to include that in their bills as we talk about the shutdown, and the white house saying that that should be a separate matter, that this is a challenge that theyre facing as there is mass migration in the western hemisphere. But on the ground, those federal authorities still dealing day in and day out with a new surge of migrants. Jim . All right. Priscilla alvarez live at the white house for us. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Joining us to discuss, Cnn Political Comment tear andy navarro and trump White House Press secretary stephanie grisham. What do you think, are we going to see a shutdown, and what happens to Kevin Mccarthy . Does he survive this . You know, i sure hope we dont see a shutdown. It seems very likely right now because Kevin Mccarthy does not have the votes, does not have a path to get the votes. And because the majority is so incredibly slim that its hard to see where he gets the votes. This is not going to be good for the republican party, its not going to be good for Kevin Mccarthy, its not going to be good for public trust in our institutions. Were going to see even more dysfunction in congress. But ultimately its not good for americans. Its not good for the country. Its going to affect all of us, all of our economy. Were going to see people hurting and hurting for real while Congress People are still getting paid. You know, i dont think this helps anybody. And the person thats going to look the worst out of this is Kevin Mccarthy. Will he remain speaker . The thing with Kevin Mccarthy remaining speaker is that there doesnt seem to be a better alternative. It took 15 times to make him speaker the first time. If there is a motion to vacate and he has to do it again, were going to be taking votes for this many, many times over again. And i dont see how he does it without democratic help. And stephanie, we were talking to leon panetta, the former defense secretary and Chief Of Staff in the last hour, and he was saying back in the 90s when he was the Chief Of Staff over at the white house and you worked in the white house, stephanie, back in the 90s panetta was saying a republicanled government shutdown, Newt Gingrich was the one who essentially put the government into shutdown, that that helped bill clinton win reelection in 1996. What do you think about how this might i guess backfire on the gop . Well, i think that these last midterms show that people there were races that republicans should have won and they didnt. And i think people were showing by and large that theyre tired of the dramatics and the theater and the people trying to just be stars. And you know, these people like Marjorie Taylor greene and matt gaetz, and i dont like to say their names, but that is what theyre doing. Theyre not thinking of the country. Are they thinking of the districts that they work for . No. Theyre trying to get sound bites, and theyre trying to get a slot for vp, et cetera, if trump were to win the nomination. So i think this will backfire, but i dont know that they care. Kevin mccarthy knew what he was getting into. You know, ive been watching this and just shaking my head. Now i agree with ana, Kevin Mccarthys probably the best thing we have right now, but its unfortunate because this is not good for our country, and its unfortunate that theres such a small group of republicans that dont have the majority of the republican ideals and that care more about, you know, their own political careers or whatever it is rather than our country. Ana, i wanted to get your take on whats happening with democratic senator bob menendez. Hes facing these growing calls to resign after being accused of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for influence. He says hes not resigning, but ana, as you know, you worked in politics for a while, when prosecutors are showing pictures of gold bars and a mercedesbenz on the 6 00 news, thats not good. Well, it doesnt seem to make a dent in George Santos resigning, does it . And its incredibly ethically pointing at questions of Clarence Thomas, and he doesnt seem to have any intention of resigning either. Look, i know bob menendez. Ive known bob menendez for i will tell you almost 30 years, have worked with him on a number of issues. Hes been an incredibly strong, Vocal Voice For Freedom in places like cuba, nicaragua, latin america, and for almost any issue involving latinos in the United States hes been on the forefront. So this is very painful for me, and its personal. Hes gone through this before not resigned, confronted it, and came out on the other side with a mistrial and ended up back chairing the Senate Foreign relations committee. Im looking at all of this, honestly i will tell you i dont know what to think or how to explain it. It just you know, its very difficult to understand whats happening. But bob menendez is as tough as they come. And i dont think hes budging or going anywhere. Doesnt look like it. Stephanie, what do you think . Because i mean, there are some growing calls in the Democratic Party for menendez to step down. John fetterman, senator from pennsylvania, calling for menendez to step down. I suppose those calls are only going to grow as the days go on. But ana makes a good point, weve heard this at other points during this program, that is donald trump, you know, hes not exactly going anywhere. George santos, not exactly going anywhere. And so youre going to have some democrats who are going to say why should bob menendez go anywhere even with all of these allegations that hes facing right now. Yeah. A little while ago i was thinking that, i was thinking yet another thing that trump has brought to the table is just kind of the way that people are so defiant in saying im not going anywhere. Look, i do believe that everybody is innocent before proven guilty. Ive said that about trump who i not a fan of. And so i think he did the right thing by just stepping down from the Foreign Relations committee. But i think that, you know, weve got to let it play out. Weve got to see whats going on. I say that about everybody. I say that about trump, hunter biden, about joe biden. I think weve got to let it play out because sadly in this day and age now with politics, everything becomes so visceral and all you have to do is Lob Accusations at somebody and theyre immediately guilty. Ana, i have to get a quick if i may add, it brings up the bigger issue that nobody in Congress Wants to address because they are, frankly, reaping the benefits of it. But its the bigger issue of relatives cashing in on the names of their relatives in power, right. Whether its Jared Kushner and ivanka trump or whether its hunter biden or senators child or cousin or stupid brother, you name. It happens, it happens too often. And i think there needs to be or whether its Clarence Thomas. There needs to be clarifications, and this needs to be tightened up so people know the difference between legal and illegal and they dont get they dont cross those gray areas. Is the solution term limits . I mean, if this town sticks to high heaven as it seems to really stick to high heaven these days, is it time for term limits . Not just on capitol hill but for justices on the Supreme Court . I mean, the allegations you just mentioned, allegations against Clarence Thomas are just growing. Im not im not a fan of term limits because i think it then opens the door for a bunch of people who are not who dont know the institution, have no institutional for example were looking at mitt romney who has imposed term limits on himself because of his age. The problem is that the people the younger ones arent all that good either. A lot of them are crazy and dont know squat about legislation. So im not a fan of term limits. What i am a fan of, though, is emoluments closes, Ethics Rig Lousily and strictly rigorously and strictly enforcing roles itch think there should be a commission so any time a relative of somebody in congress is going to accept a Consulting Agreement or do lobbying for anybody it has to go through review and be approved. Believe you me, this is not the only case of a noshow job for a congressional spouse or relative. You and i know them. We all know them. Yeah. No question it needs to stop. Its disgusting. You know, and if its not going to be illegal, it should not be allowed and should be very well you know, articulated as to what is and is not allowed. Yeah. Well, youre right about that. All this rain that were getting this weekend, not enough to wash away all the stuff youre talking about here in this town. Youre absolutely right about that. Ana and stephanie, great to talk to you. Thanks a lot. Appreciate it. In one dimension . Think again. Flex any style. With hairspray that flexes with you. New w tresemme hairspray. drumroll by lonis, Little League this just in got the keys to what you want and what yoneed something new Something Sweet ming to a different beat okay now what . can i get a get a drumroll . what . can i get a drumroll drumroll . what . can i get a can i get a drumroll please oohh thats nice yahh ya, can i get a drumroll, can i get a drum thats nice and mines unlisted. 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