better place. and you can say, leaving out slavery, everybody is an immigrant. right. you know, native americans were here before everybody. and people came from other lands to come to the land of the free. yeah. but, if you re brown, stick around. that s my next question. we could talk for hours. but the whole thing, the title is ironic. it ain t for everybody. it talks about people of color. the racial incidents in this country, about gun control. all of those issues. and in the clip, brandon talked about what the inspiration was, sandy hook. and he mentioned trayvon and eric garner, too. what do you think of the whole border wall situation, he s asking for $5 million more from congress, 800,000 people
and he mentioned trayvon and eric garner, too. what do you think of the whole border wall situation, he s asking for $5 million more from congress, 800,000 people not getting paid. let me tell you a story. in brooklyn, on our block, we played sports. no matter the season. there was always this one guy, one kid who can t get his way. well, i m taking my ball. i m shutting it down. that s what this is. but he s a dope. supposed leader of the free world. he s not getting his way, so he says, he s saying, f it. i m shutting it down. now, 800,000 americans who might have been living check to check even before this thing. i mean, it s bananas. it s crazy. yeah. brandon called you up, from the killers, because he saw black klansman.
third time in five year he s been furloughed. they re doing the best they can but just feeling caught in an unbelievable situation they really have no control over and nothing they can do about it. it s just really amazing when you come out here and talk to real people about what s going on with this government shutdown. guys. ron, thank you so much. i want to talk to workers going to work every single day keeping us safe, thank you. now a tragic development in syria. the images you re about to see are disturbing. central command confirming four americans including two service members were among the 19 killed in a suicide attack at a syrian market yesterday. an attack that isis quickly claimed responsibility for. hours after the explosion rocked the city, vice president pence echoed the president s earlier claim that isis is no longer a threat. thanks for the leadership and the courage of our armed forces,
every day, we talk to restaurant owners, newspaper vendors, who are saying my business is down 80 prl 80%. talk to me about the broader long-term impacts. the ceo of jpmorgan has us pretty scared. he talked about the first quarter growth could wind up being close to zero because of this. it s not just the 800,000 workers getting paid, it s all the government contractor whose business isn t getting done. it s the communities surrounding those contractors who don t have business. everybody else. that goes on down the line. the bigger picture not just the shutdown, it is the fundamental view setting in to consumers and businesses that the american government simply doesn t work. they can t find any agreement on this over some ridiculous border wall situation. then you have the march 1 deadline to get a deal with china on trade. then you have the debt limit coming up in the summer. if people start to think this government is broken, cab not serve the american people in any significant wa
really another thing to talk about individual people. mothers and fathers, workers. working hard all over the country. here at the airport, we ve been talking to some of the tsa workers. everything looks normal and fine. people going to their flights. because the workers are here, showing up, they re on time. doing their jobs. they re stopping terrorist attacks perhaps. and they re of course not getting paid. we want to introduce you to a young couple. tyrone, his wyche ebony and their little boy, 7 months old, josiah. they just bought a house. they missed one paycheck. they ll miss another one next week. the way he told it, i can t tell the mortgage brokers, the folks at the grocery store, i ll pay you in a couple weeks. they need cash now. here s some of our conversation about how they re feeling. how tough a situation is it for you? takes on many forms. physical frustration. mental frustration.