to, them because they have such good chemistry and stuff, why don t you go sit with them, and i m like, yeah that s great, if it, acadia call you. [laughter] ali. need to blame a r]johnson the republicans in nethe house, because we re still in d.c. because we didn t know government shutdown. that situation. that s how we re gonna do this. when you all are in new york, you noticing? i get up early for this. i want to be on the show with you guys. good to tsee you. have yourself gua good day, and we ll see you tomorrow morning. velshi starts now. by, ali. good morning. a saturday, march the 2nd. amal you ll see in another universe, i would be telling you right now about how we are just two days away from the start of the momentous first criminal trial against a former president. instead, that trial seems like it t.may not happen this year, and if the former president returns ifto the white house, i may not happen at. all major new developments thise week hav
welcome back to the weekend, folks. we re here, and house speaker mike johnson is proving he is actually really good at one thing. kicking that can down the road. congress now has another week to avoid a partial government shutdown. but none of this is normal, and we cannot say that enough. if congress was actually functioning like it should, this would have been a done deal back in september. so, joining us have to discuss this and all other things happening with the government s transportation secretary pete buttigieg. secretary buttigieg, welcome to the program. you are still in washington, d.c.. your colleagues on capitol hill, most of them, have gone home. there s a chance that we re gonna be here this weekend, figuring out if they can continue to fund the government. they kick the can down the road. they bought themselves about a week. can you just give us a sense form your vantage point of what is at stake with the government operating in this way, with congressional