technical sense. previous government shutdowns were all dumb. but they were at least nominally for a reason. there was some dispute, a policy matter which the two parties couldn t agree upon. and a shutdown ensued until they could figure it out. in this case, i say this is a pointless shutdown that we re facing tomorrow night because although republicans in the senate are blocking the legislation that would keep the federal government from shutting down, they re not doing so for any particular reason. they re not even really bothering to say why they re doing it. they re only doing it because they can. so we will talk with congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez about that, as the house passed legislation to keep the government open. it s gone to the senate where the idea will die because of republican opposition. we ll talk about that, and the high-stakes fight to try to pass the legislation that makes up the bulk of president biden s economic agenda. if it doesn t happen, it
pointless shutdown that we are facing tomorrow night, because, although republicans in the senate are blocking the legislation that would keep the federal government from shutting down, they are not doing so for any particular reason, they re not even really bothering to say why they re doing, they re only doing it, because they can. so we will talk with congresswoman cortez about that. as the house tonight passed legislation to keep the government open. and it s now gone to the senate where that idea will die, because of republican opposition. we ll talk with her about that in the high stakes fight that s underway right now, to try to pass the legislation that makes up the bulk of president biden s economic agenda. that is either going to happen, or it is not. if it s not, it looks like it will be because of too conservative democratic senators, joe manchin and who apparently do not want to pass president biden s agenda, but they won t say what they want to pass instead. t
these stories are breaking at the last minute and developing as we re reporting them, but let s just get into it. forgive me any straying into the margins and veering out of the lanes a little bit. let me tell you what we ve been working on. first we re going to start with arizona. back in april, republicans in the state legislature in arizona announced they would start an audit with the election results in that state. they hired a contractor to do that audit, a guy who promoted qanon conspiracy stuff online, a guy who had little experience whatsoever with election audits, which is a thing. experts can do election audits. he was not one of those experts. in fact, he had no experience in the field at all. they nevertheless hired him and his company, which appeared to be just him, a company called cyber ninjas, and with that auspicious beginning just conducted a months-long circus in arizona. they started in arizona, they said it would take three weeks. it s five months later a
entirety everything that we are planning on doing tonight and started a whole new series of stories. i will tell you in advance there may be a little more early really with assisting tonight s show. because so many of these stories are breaking at the last minute, and coming up as we are reporting to them. but let s just get into. it forgive me for any string into the margins. and being out of the leaves a little bit. but let me tell you what we ve been working on. first we re gonna start with arizona. back in april republicans in the state legislature in arizona s said they would start an audit, an investigation of the presidential results in that state. they hired a contractor to do that so-called audit, a guy who promoted qanon conspiracy stuff online. a guy who had never had any experience with election audits. which are actually a real thing. real companies and experts can be certified to do real election audits. he was not one of those experts, in fact he had no experie
back in april, republicans in the state legislature in arizona announced they would start an audit with the election results in that state. they hired a contractor to do that audit, a guy who promoted qanon conspiracy stuff online, a guy who never had any experience whatsoever with election administration or election audits, which is actually a real thing. experts can do election audits. he was not one of those experts. in fact, he had no experience in the field at all. they nevertheless hired him and his company, which appears to just be him, a company called cyber ninjas, and with that auspicious beginning just conducted a months-long circus in arizona. they started in arizona, they said it would take three weeks. it s five months later, and they re finally going to release their results tomorrow. as we ve been reporting, everyone in trump world is vibrating at a very high pitch in anticipation of the audit result tomorrow. former president trump has been outdoing him