Remarks from Mitch Mcconnell and travel schumer shortly before the senate voted to limit debate on the bill and push final passage. We enter the third day of the trump shutdown, the first ever real shutdown to occur when one Party Controls the entire legislative process. The republican Party Controls the house, the senate, the presidency, and yet they were unable to keep the government open for the American People. Leader mcconnell knows it takes 60 votes to win passage of a spending bill, and yet he moved forward with a lastminute extension that he knew lacked the votes. Both democrats and republicans voted against that bill. The reason the republican majority had such difficulty finding consensus is they could never get a firm grip on what the president of their party wanted to do. These days with these days you never know who to deal with when it comes to the republicans. The Republican Leaders told me to work out a deal with the white house. The white house said work it out with Re
The first ever real shutdown to occur when one Party Controls entire legislative process. The republican Party Controls the house, the senate, presidency, and yet they were unable to keep the government American People. Leader mcconnell knows it takes 60 votes to win passage of a spending bill and yet he moved forward with a lastminute extension that he knew lacked the votes. Both democrats and republicans voted against that bill. The reason the republican majority had such difficulty finding consensus as they could never get a firm grip on what the president of their party wanted to do. These days, you never know who to deal with when it comes to the republicans. The Republican Leaders told me too work out a deal with the white house. The white house said work it out with Republican Leaders on the hill. Separatelyra President Trump turned away from that one but two bipartisan compromises. Each wouldve averted the shutdownar. Each would have led to a deal on the budget and health care
Today, we entered the third day of the trump shutdown, the first ever real shutdown to occur when one Party Controls the entire legislative process. The republican Party Controls the house, the senate, the presidency, yet they were unable to keep the government open for the American People. N people. Leader mcconnell knows it takes 60 votes to win passage of a spending bill, and yet he moved forward with a lastminute extension that he knew lacked the votes. Both democrats and republicans voted against that bill. The reason the republican majority had such difficulty finding consensus is they could never get a firm grip on what the president of their party wanted to do. These days with these days you never know who to deal with when it comes to the republicans. The Republican Leaders told me to work out a deal with the white house. The white house said work it out with Republican Leaders on the hill. Separately President Trump turned away from not one but two bipartisan compromises. Eac
Federal employee from fairfax station, virginia. Good evening. Caller good evening. Host you are on the air. Caller i thought it was a big waste of time because we have about 11 days until we meet this challenge again. I dont think theres going to be anything that will happen within that 10 days that will stop this from happening again. Host where do you work . Caller department of defense. Host did you have to report today . Sign any forms . And andwe had to report we had to sign a form that was. Ot ready i fear thats going to happen again. Everything will be done at the last minute. Host back to work tomorrow . Yes. Ost thank you for calling allen is joining us from windsor, connecticut. Caller im a former veteran , im anegro and im very ashamed of my country. A country ofis was we the people. Obviously this is a country run by donald trump. For that reason alone, i feel the democrats were wrong in giving in to donald trump. Supposed to be individual senate and houses and executive b
Ballistic missiles at a massive military parade one day before the Winter Olympics kicks off in the south. Tensional streets in bangladesh as a former Prime Minister is jailed for five years for corruption plus. Im done for him there in the far north of argentina where ten thousand people have been evacuated because the flooding roads are impassable communities cut off this is as far as we can get. And im Tatiana Sanchez and with all the sports news the including the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics might not start until friday but action in some sports is already got underway the latest from china later in the program. Syrias government has attacked the u. S. Led coalition for a rare airstrike on pro assad forces branding it a war crime and a new effort to support terrorism a us military officials of the strikes in their resort province killed about one hundred pro assad fighters who are attacking the Syrian Democratic forces and Coalition Says it took the action in self defens