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Tonight i'm obsessed with seinfeld and the shutdown countdown. jerry seinfeld said we root against a player on the other team and for him when he's traded to our team. the player hasn't changed only his clothing has. he put we're just rooting for laundry. that is what our politicians are doing right now. take nancy pelosi. ready to shut down the government. here she was in 2013 in the face of a republican shutdown. >> you do not use the threat of shutting down government to try to advance your policy agenda. that is just not the way it works. >> senate minority leader chuck schumer could hold ...

And get our job work done. >> senator, i'm guessing the blame game, that is what the two parties do best. >> i hope we know how to resolve and talk to each other and work together and listen to each other and keep government open and resolve these issues, i think -- >> i think a lot of people want to see that. senator cardin, thanks for coming on. up ahead, why the shutdown countdown is reminding me of seinfeld. serenity now. n i can get it. i need my blood sugar to stay in control. i need to cut my a1c. weekends are my time. i need an insulin that fits my schedule. ♪ tresiba® ready ♪ (...

In the course of the hour. in addition to the shutdown countdown, there was a big, big story about the most powerful interest group in conservative politics over the past several decades. the n.r.a., there has always been something unexplained and intriguing about the huge spike in spending the n.r.a. had for the 2016 presidential race. they massively increased their political spending in the donald trump presidential race in 2016. it came from a very specific part of their organization. there is always a little inkreeg. mcclatchy breaks news the fbi is looking into that financial spike that b...

Tonight? >> i am, as is my boss, especially optimistic that congress, even howls republicans at the 11th hour will understand that the right thing to do is to pass a bill that funds the government and keeps it open so that we don't have all the negative effects that i and others have talked about today. >> jay carney, the white house press secretary, thanks very much. >> thank you, wolf. coming up in our special report, republican senator ted cruz, his response to the president's harsh warnings about the looming government shutdown. senator cruz will join us live. the small but influential...

The lewinsky afavored started up. telling how monica, the unpaid intern was at the white house working since paid employees had been furloughed. it was the second day of the shutdown when she found herself alone with president clinton. >> she questioned she had a crush on him. she also showed him her thong. >> from there things progressed. the movie line that was big in 1995 applies just as well today. >> houston, we have a problem. >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn, new york. happening now, a "the situation room" special report, the shutdown countdown. president obama warns americas about the c...