3 PM ET: Spending bill stalled, Trump tariff threats, Delphi killer sentenced & more

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🗓️ 20 December 2024

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House GOP leaders are racing to sell their latest funding bill to avoid a shutdown at midnight. President-elect Donald Trump is threatening Europe with tariffs. We have sentencing details for the Indiana man convicted of killing two teenage girls in 2017. We’re tracking a storm system that could bring significant snowfall to parts of the eastern US. Plus, two big retail chains are closing stores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:35.2	The U.S. is hours away from a government shutdown unless Congress agrees on a spending plan.
0:41.3	House GOP leaders are trying to sell their latest proposal to Republican members, according to multiple lawmakers and aides.
0:49.3	Their new strategy calls for lawmakers to take separate votes on three funding bills, but Republican sources say
0:55.2	raising the debt limit isn't part of the plan.
0:58.2	The situation is fluid, but CNN's Arlette Signs explains what's at risk if the government
1:03.4	shuts down at midnight tonight.
1:06.0	About 875,000 employees would be furloughed and thousands more who would be deemed essential would continue to work but do so without pay until a shutdown is resolved.
1:17.6	This could impact everything from national parks and museums, which would close in the event of a shutdown.
1:23.6	And then there's very real questions about how this could impact holiday travel. TSA agents and air traffic controllers are considered essential. But back in a previous shutdown, there was a period where some had called out sick causing delays across the country at one of the busiest travel times of the year. Now, some of the areas that would not be impacted include social security checks. Those
1:44.6	would continue to go out, and Medicare and Medicaid benefits would also be doled out during
1:49.9	this period as well. Buy more of our oil or face tariffs. That's President-elect Donald Trump's
1:57.4	message to the European Union. He continues to use the threat of tariffs as a
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