employees should be able to assume their own risk. it is up to them. maybe, very foolishly, but they want to balance the risks presented to their health in a different way and osha says no, you can t do that and that applies when you are on the job, and also when you are not on the job. and for the rest of your life baufz to take these vaccines. unless the testing option is viable. so, what do you say should be at their own risk? i guess maybe if you are out sick because you have covid and are unvaccinated, a company doesn t they don t have to pay you. i do not know how all that gets fed through but what do you make of what he is saying? so, what the justice ston astopishingly seems not to realize is this is not simply about individual risk. if you are look locked in a room forever, yes you can take a risk and not get vaccinate but this is a public-health issue. i mean, would he say, gee, if
debate the details. there was never a reason for the government to shut down right now. he responded to president trump needs to blame? well, i think he needs to come back and do what he originally did. we have to look at why he changed his mind to begin with. he was responding to talk radio. he was responding to rush limbaugh and ann coulter. so, as opposed to responding to his advisers, to people in his administration. everybody had agreed. the house had agreed. the senate had agreed, under republican rule. and so, there had never been a reason to shut the government down. it was accurate that there was the impression certainly mitch mcconnell and vice president pence had the impression, david, that the president was ready to sign the clean spending bill. we all know there was an immigration deal that could be done including border wall funding, as part of a larger package. why are we here? look, i think the president changed his mind, right, right before, aufz seen and
republicans are not alone on this. this is a misnomer that i believe the president and the treasury secretary have been trying to pass aufz on the american people, and it s this, that if congress fails to raise the debt ceiling by $2.2 trillion, that somehow the united states will go into default and we will lose the full faith and credit of the united states. that is simply not true. you would think that a responsible leader in this country would make sure that we encourage bondholders, that we encourage people who held our debt. you don t have to worry about anything. the only thing you guys have to fear is fear itself, because we re going to stand good for it. sure we re going to default, but we re going to stand good for it, whatever that means. everybody should feel better. all of the beltway gang of six excitement today about this plan in the senate is proceeding as if congress all understands that
regard it as a provocation. egypt today saying that it would receive requests through the iranian embassy to the defense and foreign ministries t. but under maritime law, egypt will let any ship pass through, as lot as it is not at war with the country. fionnuala, thank you. next chris lawrence is live at the pentagon. i understand the defense sect threw a bit of a wet blankets on the plans today. if you believe the defense secretary, he says the chances of closing guantanamo bay prison are, quote, very, very low. the reason he says is baufz consequence. he says there s not enough support in congress right now. what happened to the president s promise to close
agreement, he told the washington post it s time to hold the line, but which he means we should default, just go for it. republican allen west of florida says president obama is fearmongering on the debt ceiling that it s nothing to be afraid of. republicans are not alone on this. this is a misnomer that i believe the president and the treasury secretary have been trying to pass aufz on the american people, and it s this, that if congress fails to raise the debt ceiling by $2.2 trillion, that somehow the united states will go into default and we will lose the full faith and credit of the united states. that is simply not true. you would think that a responsible leader in this country would make sure that we encourage bondholders, that we encourage people who held our debt. you don t have to worry about anything. the only thing you guys have to fear is fear itself, because