Out front next, no sign of Trump on the first day of a government shutdown.

The president nowhere to be seen.

His team threatening mass firings, not furloughs, firings.

Economists are warning this could be the start of a recession.

And his stocking split over Epstein, a top member of Trump's administration, suggesting

federal prosecutors struck a deal with the sex offender after Epstein, a top member of Trump's administration, suggesting federal prosecutors struck

a deal with the sex offender after Epstein handed over compromising videos of his powerful friends.

So do those videos really exist? And how does Trump feel about Howard Lutnik throwing this out

there? And paranoia in the Pentagon, American generals asked to sign non-disclosure agreements and

take lie detector tests. What is going on? Let's go out front. And good evening, I'm Aaron Burnett.

And out front tonight, we begin with the breaking news. No sign of Trump. We have not seen Trump today.

We have not heard from Trump today. We have not heard

from Trump today. We haven't heard his voice. Our Jeff Zellini pointing out, but on the first

day of a government shutdown, as the Trump administration says layoffs are imminent, there is

no sign of the president of the United States. And it is no secret to anyone, anywhere in the

world, but Trump loves to be seen. Here he is on various days over the past two weeks.

He loves to seize a moment.

But today we have not seen him anywhere as of 7 o'clock p.m. Eastern.

As a government shutdown enters its 19th hour with no end in sight, and Trump's team is threatening

imminent layoffs.

We are going to have to lay some people off if the shutdown continues.

We believe that layoffs are imminent.

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