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Hello again everyone. So muce this sunday. Im fredricka whitfield. We begin this hour with growing pressure on capitol hill to avoid a crippling Government Shutdown this week. Time is running out. Lawmakers now have just six days to pass a Spending Bill to fund the government. Federal agencies have already started the formal process of preparing for a shutdown and if that happens millions of federal workers could have their paychecks withheld until a deal is reached. But with the clock ticking, it is clear House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy doesnt have the votes to pass a stopgap funding bill. House...

They'll debate amendments. there are four republicans on this committee. so despite the idea that republicans are saying this is all done in secrecy, republicans are in every one of these depositions, every one of these committee meetings, he evevery f these hearings including this one. but jeff, this will probably mark the first official act of an impeachment inquiry. would that make sense? >> you are right about this. and -- and democrats say this is important because this really establishes the rules of the road for turning in this private fact finding mission. what had been a close-door te...

About as more -- >> but i think what people are being so quiet about, especially on the republican side, exactly what happened, there must have been some -- whoa, there must have some moments. so i've got to ask you this, this threatening, because i've been talking about representative gaetz, what is that? >> witness intimidation is what it is. it's somebody who's trying to harass a witness, to try to influence or tailor the scope of the testimony, either to withhold some information or to be forthcoming or at least to be on edge and nervous about the entire testimony process. now, that's what...

Representative gaetz. what is that? >> witness intimidation is what it is. it's somebody who's trying to harass a witness, to try to influence or tailor the scope of the testimony, either to withhold some information or to be forthcoming or at least to be on edge and nervous about the entire testimony process. now, that's what happens when you talk about witness intimidation. it's not always an instance of somebody physically threatening somebody. it's not about putting a gun to somebody's head or even trying to allude to physical violence. sometimes it's just a matter of, listen, when you sho...