Avoiding a Shutdown (by Declaring an Emergency)

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🗓️ 15 February 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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We take a look at the president’s last-minute plan to fund his border wall — and at how we got here. Guest: Mark Landler, who covers the White House for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:00.0	Oh, it's not plugged in.
0:06.5	How about this one? Can you be here me?
0:08.0	Peter?
0:09.0	Oh, okay. Hello.
0:10.2	Hello. Hello.
0:11.3	So, Peter,
0:14.7	we are going to start with just like having you...
0:18.1	Can I... Sorry. Can I interrupt for one second?
0:20.4	I'm sorry. This is Bill calling me from upstairs.
0:22.0	Of course.
0:22.8	Sorry, one second.
0:25.5	Hello.
0:27.0	No, what just happened?
0:28.0	He is. We got to say the emergency HFO.
0:32.7	Yeah, yeah. I'll be right there. Hang on a second.
0:34.8	Okay, bye.
0:36.4	Yeah, Peter, do you need to dash?
0:37.6	Hey, guys, yeah. McConnell just said he's signing the state of emergency.
0:40.8	The president signed the state of emergency in order to
0:44.1	use money to build the wall without Congress.
0:46.2	So, I got to run real quickly.
0:48.8	Okay, just one really quickly. What does that mean?
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