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Nice to see you, sir. >> the house approving a my uh any spending bill to operate the national parks. now the parks and monuments are closed except for one. today the national parks service announced it will keep the world war ii memorial open during this shutdown for veteran visits only. that news after more veterans defied the shutdown breaching barricades to get to the memorial. >> it's crazy seeing those people out there wanting to come in and can't come in. you're meet the senators out here and they are causing the damn b problems. >> it's a granite sidewalk. the sidewalk. they spent extr...

That was 24 hours ago. my next guest is getting credit for making that happen. republican louie gohmert from texas is with us. >> good morning, bill, good to talk to you. bill: michele bachmann was on with us last hour. she gave you credit for removing the barricades. what happened yesterday? >> we had a group of 85 to 98-year-old veterans that were from world war ii. they were going to be out at the world war ii memorial and, bill, it is a granite sidewalk. it's a sidewalk. they spent extra money to go find barriers to put up in front of these world war ii vets. bill: who was they? >> so when...