Boris sanchez joins me from the white house where President Trump will remain until the new year. Boris, the president just tweeted on the whole shutdown. What did he say . Reporter thats right, martin, we were waiting for it, anticipating the tweets that come when he is here at the white house alone. As you know, the president deciding to spend the holiday here not with his family, the first lady melania is in palm beach for new years eve. The president tweeted a few moments ago about the shutdown. He writes, quote, i am in the white house waiting for the democrats to come on over and make a deal on Border Security. From what i hear, theyre spending so much time on president ial harassment that they have little time left for things like stopping crime and our military. Two quick points there. The incoming acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney spoke with reporters at the white house, he was asked if there was a plan for democrats to visit the white house, he said they were not invited. H
Was listening to the ann coulters, the bill oreillys of the world. This is the consequence of a president who walked away from the deals that the republicans and democrats together had agreed upon. Good saturday morning to you. Im victor blackwell. Im leyla santiago in for christi paul this morning. For the third time this year alone the government has shut down at least partially. This after lawmakers tried and failed to pass a spending bill with border funding for the wall that the president wants. Midnight came and went. So the question now how long will this shutdown last. Thousands of federal workers may have to wait. A lot of them continuing to report to work when all they opt that christmas list, a paycheck. Now the week after he told Democratic Leaders that he would be proud to take the blame for a border wall shutdown, President Trump says its the democrats fault. The shutdown caps a rough week for the white house after a Dramatic Court Appearance from a former National Securi
The nation’s wildland firefighters have once more been left to hang. Although the roughly 19,000 federal firefighters last year received substantial pay bumps of either $20,000 or 50 percent …
irs for decades. even though we have to make our necessary living expenses and we re trying to figure out how to do that, but it s also expenses beyond that. for example, i recently had a total knee replacement surgery, and i have physical therapy. so at this point i have to make the hard decision this week, do i continue to pay the $90 a week copay, or do i pay a bill or buy food? what do i do? we have those type of things. what i would like to say is that as federal employees we are committed to servicing the american people, but we can t do that if we re sitting at home. randy irwin leads the national federation of federal employees which represents 100,000 federal employees. we spoke two days after christmas, now we re coming up on new year s eve. what are you hearing from your members and how are they holding