From New York, this is Democracy Now.

We have a lot of things that we're going to eliminate and permanently eliminate.

You know, one of the things that we have is some advantage, you could say, but because of the

shutdown, which I think they made a big mistake, we're able to take out billions and billions of dollars of waste, fraud, and abuse.

As the government shutdown enters its second week, the Trump administration's threatening

not to pay furloughed federal workers as shortages of air traffic controllers are leading to

flight delays across the country.

We'll speak to Democratic Congress member Roe Kahnem about the shutdown and his push to secure the full release

of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

We'll also talk to Congress member elect Adelaide Ghalva of Arizona.

Two weeks ago, she won a special election.

But House Speaker Mike Johnson has refused to swear her in. She says it's because of the

Epstein files. A lot of talk about me being the 218 signer for the discharge petition for the

Epstein files, which I will do as soon as I'm sworn in. The timing is very suspect.

Then we look at the growing media empire of billionaire Trump. As soon as I'm sworn in, the timing is very suspect.

Then we look at the growing media empire of billionaire Trump ally Larry Ellison and his son

David, who heads the newly formed Paramount Skydance.

David Ellison has just installed Barry Weiss as the new head of CBS News and what's been

described as a right-wing takeover of the network,

then stripped for parts, American journalism on the brink.

A new PBS documentary looks at how hedge funds are plundering newspapers.

Newspapers are not just any other business.

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