Preparations for a shutdown have already begun across the country. One week before funding for the federal government runs out on September 30th at midnight. The White House Office of management and budget has already reached out to leaders of federal agencies to coordinate with them. About what they and their staff can expect if they are forced to shut down. Next week. Like the last time the government shutdown, which lasted for 35 days from the tail end of 2018, until the first weeks of the 2019. Millions of americans lives will be disrupted as various federal services will be shuttered, and work will be followed, and workers will be furloughed, and wont be paid for the direction of the shutdown. Workers who are considered essential, like Border Patrol agents, federal law enforcement, and air Traffic Controllers, will continue working. But also will not be paid until congress results the dispute. Federal employees will be eligible to be receiving back pay, but an impending shutdown p
Our economy. Heres a snapshot of the last Government Shutdown. This occurred between the end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019 on trumps watch. A stretfo 34 days, 300,000 Government Workers were furloughed and. It costs our economy 11 billion dollars. Its not Monopoly Money, folks. Its not Monopoly Money to republicans who think that we have too much debt in the country, 11 Trillion Dollars for no particular reason, seems foolhardy. I should not be complicated. Funding the government is a basic power given to congress in the constitution. Its one of the few things that the United States constitution actually says that congress has to do it, its not optional. They have what you commonly here as the power of the house under the leadership of the speaker, Kevin Mccarthy, tenuously the ship though it is. He is choosing chaos over governing. For a party that touts fiscal responsibility, its just not responsible to hold the Economy Hostage over hard line policy requests that stand zero chanc
In for alicia menendez. American voices will be back tomorrow. Welcome back to a Special Edition of velshi. We begin this hour with dysfunction in the house of representatives. The federal government will shut down one week from tonight, if House Republicans cannot figure out a path forward to perform their basic constitutionally assigned duties. This chaos and disorder is 100 avoidable in congress if they just do their job. Shut down now seems all but certain if speaker Kevin Mccarthy cannot find convince a faction of farright republicans to sign off on a deal from the government. Today on capitol hill, members of the Roads Committee discussed the path forward for Appropriation Bills that mccarthy plans to put on the house floor on tuesday. Speaker mccarthy is not relying on hope to somehow pull a rabbit out of a head for a solution. I always believe, when you get to the final deadlines, thats when the real crunch. Comes on believing in Human Behavior furthest that have been holding o
of absolute destruction. the rare inside look at how the idf is fighting comes at a consequential moment in this war. as the american president says that his trip to maine hospital must be protected. now, israel says, the very same facility houses hamas command complex below it. cnn reported this story that you are about to see, under israeli defense force a square at all times, but, cnn did not submit its script or its footage to the idea. cnn retained editorial control over the final report that you will see now. driving into gaza, with the israeli forces, it is a war zone. the conditions of our access, only show officers, no faces of soldiers, and do not show sensitive equipment. we are passing mile after mile of destruction. buildings blown, collapsed, nothing untouched then the fury of israel s hunt for hamas. streets here, crushed back to stand. shops, everything we see, no sign of any civilians here. the soldiers have been telling us that even inside the store, they
good evening, i m abby philip in new york. and tonight, new and heart-stopping video from the front lines of the israel-hamas war. cnn nick robertson and his crew got an up close view of the ash, the bullets, the trail of absolute destruction. the rare inside look at how the idf is fighting comes at a consequential moment in this war as the american president says the strip s main hospital must be protected. now, israel says the very same facility houses a hamas command complex blow it. and cnn report the story you are about to see under israeli defense force escort at all times, but cnn did not submit it script or it s footage of the idf. and cnn retained editorial control over the final report that you will see now. [sound of artillery] driving into gaza with the israeli forces. it s a war zone. the conditions of our access only show officers, no faces of soldiers, and don t show sensitive equipment. we are passing mile after mile of destruction, buildings blown, collapse