Republicans are mired in a fight with one another that has set us on the path towards a devastating Government Shutdown that is now just six days away. A small group of House Republican extremists are continuing to hold up any sort of meaningful action on the matter with their refusal to even consider a short term funding bill, known as a continuing resolution. That is a measure that could realistically be brought to the floor of congress over the next few days before the funding runs out next saturday at midnight. Instead, republican holdouts want to consider each appropriations bill separately. A more time consuming an extensive process that would definitely take more than a week. Ahead of a call with republicans yesterday afternoon, Speaker Mccarthy expressed a bit of hope, telling reporters what he thinks when it gets down to crunch, time the holdouts will, quote hopefully move off. A few hours later, however the louisiana congressman this man here and ally who wasnt struggled in the Debt Ceiling Negotiations a few months back had tougher words to share. He compared the holdouts to arsonist who burn their own houses down, then want credit for putting the fire out. He had a quote anyone who says we are going to finish all 12 Appropriation Bills between now and next saturday is absolutely hallucinating. Those are his words. In short, not much progress has been made since Speaker Mccarthy sent members home on thursday afternoon after it became evident that his conference had reached an impasse. This is just the latest incidents of discontent among the republican ranks in what is turning out to be a turbulent session of congress. Speaker mccarthy and the vast majority of House Republicans have failed to pacify a small but loud group of hardheaded farright republicans, although it is doubtful anything could actually pacify that group since their only discernible strategy is chaos. In fact, the speaker has already caved into a number of their demands, including opening an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, which is an effort rooted in the politics of, revenge and grievance, of the former president donald trump. The twice impeached multi indicted former president remains the frontrunner for the republican president ial nomination, despite the multitude of legal problems that he faces including the 91 criminal counts for which he has been charged. Trump is said to be the defendant in multiple trials as you know over the coming year, including a civil trial against him and his Company Brought by new York State Attorney general Letitia James which has been scheduled for october 2nd but may get the lead. Trumps campaign for the presidency this time around is also triggeng a constitutional cris sorts. Various election officials, scholars, legal entities try to determine if he is even constitutionally eligible to run for president. But to emphasize his confidence in securing the republican nomination, trump and his campaign have already begun to pivot to the general election. He will be skipping the next republican primary debate which will be held at the Ronald Reagan library in california this coming wednesday, instead donald trump is going to rally in detroit. A calculated move as he tries to cultivate support from autoworkers in the area. Some of whom have already been on strike for the past few weeks. This weekend, they extended the strike from 30 warehouses across 20 states as the summer of strikes officially extends into the fall season. It is not the only strike going on. The Writers Guild of america is now on day 146 of its strike. Despite some news of progress in the last couple of days, no deal has been reached yet. The has also been on strike for months now, which is all but put a stop to most of the film and Television Production in america. The United Auto Workers strike has the potential to cause the most widespread disruption to american lives and the entire Auto IndustryNorth America if it isnt resolved quickly. The uaw has already heard the sport of President Biden who will be traveling to michigan this week, and he says he will quote join the picket line, and stand in solidarity with the Men And Women of the uaw, as they fight for a fair share of the value they helped create. Joining me now is the democratic congresswoman Debbie Dingell, syrup isnt the sixth district of michigan which encompasses the studies of where to General Motors warehouses are located whose workers are now on strike, also the former president of the General Motors foundation. Congresswoman, good to see, you thank you for being here. I heard you telling Andrew Mitchell that you were not sure that it made sense that joe biden show up at the picket line. Tell me, i dont know if i got who you were talking to right, but did i get what you said right . Well, quite frankly, he is coming. But i do believe that too many people are trying to make this about trump versus biden versus what the strike is really about. I do not believe the president belongs at the bargaining table. I believe that is between the workers, and at the companies. I think the president on down, we need to understand what the issues are. Help them transition from internal combustion engines, up to electrically echols, and we need to help make sure everybody is listening to each other. It is about the workers. I do think it was a question in not of people were asking, and i think it is great that he is showing his standing with the workers. There is another way to do so, but i think President Biden has been trying to do so, stand for workers, so i just think got it. What i really care about is what is happening at the table, and i think that is between the workers and the companies. I think in his tweet, he said it well. The workers need to be paid a fair wage. They are an important part to the backbone of these companies and the economy, and we need to make sure the companies are doing well as well, because if they will, not we will not have jobs. About the workers. You are one of the members of congress who follows union and wage issues very closely for obvious reasons. One week earlier this summer, we had this discussion between the potential strike of the teamsters with the uaw, it had a similarity to it. They were asking for what the company thought, were outsized wage increases, and the argument they had is, we take hits when times are tough, the Auto Industry workers tickets when the industrys times are tough, a they would like to make some of that back, and be, Corporate Leaders in america make many, many, many times what the average worker in a company makes. What the uaw has said, our Corporate Leaders in particular have received these sort of outsized gas in the past. It is an interesting argument. You look at the kind of money we have on the screen right now, these bosses make. I dot know, what do you think of the argument . I will come back at you a different way. By the way, if you remember, i warned everybody, u. P. S. And do a w or looking a potential strikes. People say 25 , 30, percent 40 that is a lot of money. But what is it . If you take the ultimate Battery Plant in ohio, that just gave an interim of 25 raise. It is 25 of 16. 50, there are now making 20. 50 an hour. They can go to the mcdonalds down the street and make 23. The workers, in 2008, in 2009 when the Auto Companies all went bankrupt, the workers wanted those jobs. They wanted to support the company. They gave up the cost of living. They havent had cost of living restored until now. In real wages, they are making less than they made in 2008 and 2009. So they are asking for their asking to have cost of living, so that their wages keep up with they put you have people working on the line, who have been working the same job with huge salary differential, and employees that are working eight or ten years still as a temporary and not getting benefits. Those are things that need to be addressed. What do you think is going to happen here . Because we were all looking at the potential teamsters uaw strike, im sorry teamsters u. P. S. Strike and the potential knock on effect. If you pias4 to stop, that would have a major effect on the economy. The auto workers and you understand that it is not just the autoworkers and the factories, it was all the knock on effects to the shop that support those workers, the dealers network. What is your sense of this . So i have sense since the beginning, the strike, america is going to quickly be reminded the american Auto Industry is still the backbone of the american economy. Out of every eight jobs in this country, it is impacted by the Auto Industry. I think this is where the rubber hits the road. Too many people go and have this talking point discussion, they handed to them, they dont understand it. Those Men And Women, i talk to them every single weekend when im home. Im in the halls talking to them about how they feel. When i go home thursday morning and in three or four hours, just talking to, them they are people that love ford motor company. One of the guys family has worked for ford for 100 years. But they are feeling the pain. He is working three jobs to be able to support his family the way he used to. So, i hope it is a short strike, i hope we will just have to see what is going to have been. This is a very serious moment, and this is where the rubber hits the road. I want to talk to you about what is going on in congress for a minute, i spoke to your colleague last night, a democratic congressman from pennsylvania, hes on the budget committee, he says we have a new talk talk about, this republicans come on my show and they worry validly about a 33 Trillion Dollar debt that this country, has but we actually have a process in congress, in which that debt and budget and appropriations can be discussed. There are very few things in the constitution that demand that you and congress, do one of them is get a budget and appropriate funds for it. This is something that Kevin Mccarthy seems to have some serious trouble doing, because of what a previous small band of holdouts. He has a dysfunctional caucus. A number of his republicans are absolutely furious. Agreed with every word he said. And, if we have a Government Shutdown, it is going to reflect squarely on speaker Kevin Mccarthy and his caucus, which is why so many Caucus Members are becoming concerned. He cant be he is being blackmailed. It is unacceptable. We have six days to the Government Shutdown, and it affects our National Security. So many other different things. We cannot take our Government Workers for granted, we keep us safe and so many ways. Every single way from the sky, to the food we eat, to just everything. And, i hope we dont shut down the government. That is going to be another head to our economy as well. We have some real crisis going on this week. It is not going to be a doll week. Kevin mccarthy needs to stand up to a small group of people. You spent a lot of time in house leadership, the democrats will entail him out of the spine . Well it depends what we are being asked to do. I think none of us want to see the Government Shutdown. By the way, Mitch Mcconnell as you know what was going to be brought up this week, it was unacceptable. It would cut everything. It would have cut childcare, it would have cut senior services, it would cut food programs. That is not acceptable. We had tough negotiations, we agreed to things earlier this year when we had to flip the debt ceiling. Lets see what comes. I do not want to see a Government Shutdown, and i will do whatever i can to keep the government, open but i will not do stupid things to destroy this country. Thank you for joining us, we always appreciate talking to, democratic represent Debbie Dingell of michigan. Still ahead, the gop has big plans for the country, including doing away with something the Founding Fathers put in place. Checks and balances. And Ukrainian PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy has become a global symbol of resilience and strength, the truth is, zelenskyy was at a disadvantage when the war began, and partly thanks to a certain former u. S. President. Diabetes can serve up a lot of questions, like, what is your glucose . And can you have more carbs . Before you decide. With the freestyle libre 2 system know your Glucose Level and where its headed. No fingersticks needed. Manage your diabetes with more confidence. And lower your a1c. The number one doctor prescribed cgm. Freestyle libre 2. Try it for free at freestylelibre. Us Ukrainian President , Volodymyr Zelenskyy, receive the warmest of welcomes in my hometown of toronto, canada, last week. Zelenskyy greeted a crowd of roomful of members of canadas ukrainian community, the largest population of ukrainians outside of ukraine. With slava ukrainians, the salute with which he ends every one of his speeches. It means glory to ukraine. The crowd matched his energy, erupting in songs, singing, as you heard, the Ukrainian National anthem. Quite the week for zelenskyy, first address the Un General Assembly in New York City in his signature army green attire. Zelenskyys first inperson address to the annual gathering since the start of russias unprovoked war. He did not mince words, he never does. He warned that russias aggression is not just a threat to his home country, but as he has been saying since day one, it is a threat to the world. The following day, zelenskyy had Even Stronger words for the u. N. Security council, telling the body that it was essentially useless and resolving conflicts as long as russia has veto power, which it does. He said, quote, ukrainian soldiers are doing with their blood with the u. N. Security council should do by its voting, veto power in the hands of the aggressors what has pushed the u. N. Into deadlock. Zelenskyy then traveled to washington, d. C. , to lobby american lawmakers for more aid. He faced dozens of republicans who have voiced their opposition to providing more money and weaponry to ukraine. Zelenskyy met privately with Republican House speaker, Kevin Mccarthy. Mccarthy denied the leaders request to address the full congress. Mccarthy said, quote, we just didnt have time. We just didnt have time. Time to hear the man who represents of people fighting for their Self Determination and their lives, while mccarthy and his caucus of foolish troublemakers fight to figure out their one constitutional responsibility, passing the budget. For his part, im sure there is a host of other things zelenskyy would rather be doing seeing as people are actively fighting for their freedom while mccarthy is fighting with a bunch of yahoo is ready to shut down our government. Yet, he made the time for mccarthy. I digress, thats a different topic. Next up for zelenskyy, the white house, where zelenskyy received friendlier reception from president joe biden, whos been a staunch ally since the beginning of this war. After that meeting, biden announced that an additional 325 Million DollarMilitary Aid Package for ukraine. Nbc news also reporting biden told zelenskyy that the u. S. Will provide ukraine with a small number of longrange missiles to aid them in the war with russia. Thats a significant victory for zelenskyy whos been asking for these weapons. Theyre called atacms, for months. It may be difficult to recall today, but at the onset of russias war on ukraine, some doubted zelenskyys leadership and his ability to fight for his country. When the war began, his relatively new leader, elected just in 2019. He was a popular actor, he was a comedian, he ran a populist campaign against here is the political corruption and ukraines government. The election of this young, charismatic leaders electrorheologically for some ukrainians. Others didnt think a guy whose main job as being a political satirist was up to taking on Vladimir Putin in what we thought then was your second strongest army. Putin, for his part, a grade. He saw nothing but opportunity in this. So, as the showdown began, ukraine needed its biggest, strongest partner, the United States to step up and gave its full backing to ukraine and its brandnew president. What ukraine got instead was donald trump. Donald trump made that infamous, socalled perfect phone call to zelenskyy in which trump made