Andinting recognition caused by the ongoing shutdown. He was asked about reports of air Traffic Controllers not showing up to work. Do you worry about safety . And i do worry about safety. Its kind of disappointing the air Traffic Controllers calling in sick in pretty large numbers. Depending on the week many of them cant afford to support their families though. Remember this they are eventalty going to be paid. There are reports there are federal workers going to homeless shelters to get food. And i know they are and i dont understand why. Theres no real reason why they shouldnt be able to get a loan. Sglrsz get a loan . He said he wanted to make sure federal workers were aware they had options. He doesnt understand why they have to that. Is this the let them eat cake kind of attitude or call your father for money or this is character building for you . Its all going to end up very well as long as you dont get your paychecks. I can dont quite understand why as hundreds of thousands of
Burgdorf. The head of the House Intelligence Committee says President Trumps handpicked nonsenate kmirconfirmed head of Justice Department should let Robert Mueller finish his investigation. Watch this. Now since you have received your briefings, is there anything youve seen or read that gives you concern about special counsel Robert Mueller or his investigation . Ive been fully briefed on the investigation. And, you know, i look forward to director mueller delivering the final report. And i really am not going to talk about an open, Ongoing Investigation otherwise. The statements i made were as a private citizen, only with publicly available information and im comfortable that the decisions that were made are going to be reviewed, you know, either through the various means we have but right now the investigation is, i think, close to being completed and i hope that we can get the report from director mueller as soon as possible. A few hours later House Intelligence Committee chairman
It was a late night on twitter. An exchange between President Trump who backed down to House Speaker nancy pelosi on the state of the union this tuesday. Acknowledging that she controls the real estate on capitol hill. A tweet sent after 11 00 p. M. In washington, the president wrote, as the shutdown was going on, nancy pelosi asked me to give the state of the Union Address. I agreed. She then changed her mind because of the shutdown, suggesting a later date. This is her prerogative. I will do the address when the shutdown is over. I am not looking for an alternative venue for the address because there is no venue to compete with the history and importance of the house chamber. I look forward to giving a great state of the Union Address in the the near future. A response, i hope near future you mean you will support the housepassed package to end the shutdown tomorrow. Ploez accept this proposal so we can reopen government and pay federal workers and then negotiate our differences. Ear
Along with his favorite tv shows. Negotiations between congress and the white house all but off as the two proposals that could have reopened the government failed in the senate just in the last hour. The president s slow motion catastrophe so grave and so potentially dangerous that his former chief of staff john kelly is piling on. These joining other former Homeland Security chiefs to put out a letter warning that the shutdown now poses a serious security threat. They write, quote, dhs employees who protect the traveling public investigate and Counter Terrorism and protect Critical Infrastructure should not have to rely on the charitable generosity of others for assistance feeding families and paying their bills as they sit fastly focused on the information at hand. This is unconscionable. Were awed by the sacrifices the men and will of dhs and their families make every day in their Extraordinary Service to our nation. We call on our elected leaders to restore the funding necessary t
No question about that, dana most likely to fail but some sources relieve that the senate is finally voting. We know three moderate republican senators vote yes and lisa collins, Susan Collins and sir cow skip alaska and cory gardner of colorado to cut a deal to end the partial shutdown. Trying to figure out a way to get the government open. I respect the president s priority and the emphasis of Border Security, and i support him on that. And i want to figure out how we address the priority. But we cant continue after 34 days. And a partial shutdown mode. The Senate Democratic leader urging support for the second bill will. The two votes are not the same. They are not websites of the same coin. The first vote is partisan and onesided. The second vote seeks to be down the middle and reopen government and received overwhelming support from both sides before President Trump said he wouldnt do it. Kevin on the house side Speaker Pelosi urged senators to propose to reopen the government for