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A sensitive system. the evergiven, the ship that blocked the suez canal for six days in march, caused massive backlogs, but it's covid that's done the real damage. container lines are run like train lines. they have schedules, and they're meant to call at fixed times for fixed durations, and that'sjust not happening, because they can't. and the of sending shipping containers by sea has risen dramatically. it has absolutely gone crazy this year. so if you're looking at short—term freight rates from asia to europe, you're looking at a 366% increase. longer—term rates, locked in 12 months in ...

So you can see there that we've lost, for a seasonal business... you know, this is stock that people can't buy, until the last minute. it really hurts for a small business like ours. this is where the container came from, ningbo, nearshanghai. the trouble is, there aren't enough empty containers in china to meet the demand for sending goods around the world. covid shutdowns and delays have put global supply chains out of kilter. we already know it's a sensitive system. the evergiven, the ship that blocked the suez canal six days in march, caused massive backlogs, but it's covid that's done the...

Severely impact. there are tens of thousands of immigration officers and agents working without pay, bruce. the immigration courts were already facing massive backlogs, and many of them have been furlough the, and what about that e-verify system. that is down. that's what employers use use to check the immigration status of new hires. is this about trying to avoid -- and, you know, let alone mexico paying for the wall, right now you have 800,000 federal employees that are paying for the wall. >> all the reasons, everything you stated that everyone needs to come together, the house come togethe...