Doing what is considered one of the most stressful jobs ever and theyre doing it without getting paid. These are just some of the 800 thourn thousand federal workers being affected by this shutdown. Across the country. These pictures youre looking at are from washington, d. C. , new york, kentucky and florida. Many People Holding signs exclaiming we want to work. All of this is happening while President Trump is flying to texas to push his 5. 7 billion border wall in what is mostly going to be a photo op. Said so himself. Correct. Hes going to be taking part in a roundtable on immigration at border station in texas. Joining him, republican senators john cornyn and ted cruz along with Homeland Security secretary kirstjen nielsen. President trump warned if there was no compromise with congress, hed be declaring a natural emergency to get his wall. Our reporters are talking to federal workers and their families. Nbcs tom costello is with the air Traffic Controllers in d. C. First of all,
Declare a National Emergency. I havent done it yet. I may do it. If this doesnt work out, probably i will do it. I would almost say definitely. [ inaudible ] . This is a National Emergency. [ inaudible ]. Because i would like to do the deal through congress and because it makes stoe s sense t through congressing. But the easy route for me would have been to call a National Emergency and do it. And i will tell you, this is a tremendous crisis at the border. Look at president obamas statements from the past. Numerous statements where he calls it a crisis. This is a crisis. You have Human Trafficking. You have drugs. You have criminals coming in. You have gangs, ms13. Were taking them out by the thousand and bringing them back. This is a crisis. And they dont come in at the checkpoints which they do also, but they go in between the checkpoints where you dont have any barriers. Mr. President go ahead. [ inaudible ]. If we dont make a deal, i mean, i would say 100 , but i dont want to say 1
An optimist s guide to the 2024 Cleveland Browns yardbarker.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yardbarker.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.