i worked out today without a towel. i worked out today without a towel. i went to work wet. i tried to use newspapers to dry off. wouldn t recommend it. newspaper print, bad. bad for your skin. you need to moisturize after that, lizz. always. these guys don t even know to exfoliate. but it does prove these guys are complaining about towel service not happening and there are death gratuity benefits that have been held from families who have lost loved ones who are fighting for us. and they re surprised that the government this is the part that s really in the overarching thing of insanity. it s that they were surprised that the government would shut down when they let the government shut down. it s though they don t even know what government is, what branches of the government control what. oh, the national parks are part of the government? well, i like those. and when it gets to that point, first of all, i don t know why anyone is surprised.
and of itself. and so it s no surprise to see sort of the comedy sharks just kind of start flooding the waters. but, you know, it really has for us and for the on81 and a lot of people, for the daily show comedy becomes this entry point for hopefully most of the nation that doesn t pay attention quite as much as they should, this becomes a little bit more of an easier entry point into learning exactly what s going on here and why this is all happening. you know, it really does demonstrate a great out of touchness that our elected leaders have that are sent there to represent the american people. although it is great comedy fodder. jimmy kimmel poked fun at the fact that the congressional gym is open. i m not sure if they still have towel boys, but take a look. the gym is not fully operational because towel service is no longer available due to the shutdown. so everyone is suffering.
open for business. it was deemed essential for the members who voted to shut down the rest of the government. the electricity, the hot water, the towels, they are not provided by gym fairies! they are provided by taxpayers. reporter: though, some want to hold on to their exercise routine find it ironic to shut down the gym because it s where we come and talk about building relationships. there is no towel service. reporter: meanwhile, federal workers are getting whip lashed who is in and who is out on the essential list. tens of thousands have applied for temporary unemployment insurance. the intelligence community which furloughed 70% of its staff last week decided some cia staff are necessary after all. those who carry out, quote, core missions like foreign intelligence and covert actions. but over at the nuclear regulatory commission, the money
well, think again. last night we pointed out in my off the record commentary that the world war ii memorial is closed but the gym in the house of representatives is open. president obama has the authority to open the monument and speaker boehner has the authority to close the gym. whether either does exercise his authority to do the right thing now speaks very loudly, doesn t it? well, if you think that s bad, listen to this. they must not have been down to the gym lately there are hardly there is hardly anybody working down there. there is no towel service. no towels? no. so we are doing our own laundry down there. and we pay a fee to belong to the house gym. greta: anyone in washington using any common sense? former new hampshire governor john sununu thanks for expwroing joining us. good evening, governor, how are you? how are you, greta? greta: i m doing well. that is brice bailey a democrat from iowa. they do pay some fee to the gym, members of the house but they do
the towels were no fresh towels. yes. apparently our intrep aid produr reported that yes, congressional members can work out but towels are no longer. i m the towel service at my house. just saying. essential employees. the doors are open in the capitol, the doors are open in the gym. they re going in there. i saw that the senator was joking although not so funny in the hallway that you know that the shutdown is going to end when it just gets too stinky in there. thanks to dana and gloria. i m jake tapper. i ll be back here tomorrow night at 11:00 p.m. have a great. crossfire begins right now. tonight on crossfire tough talk. let s stop the excuses. and calls for more talk. the president said today was if there s unconditional surrendering by republicans,