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right to it because we have a very special guest. As you know, we are into a week of the shutdown.

And it is, I believe it's six days, maybe seven days.

A minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, serves in New York's eighth congressional district and helms the House Democratic Caucus.

He is here with us this morning.

Good morning, leader, Jeffries.

Good morning, Don.

Great to be with you.

Look, we are honored to have you on this morning.

Thank you so much. What do we, is this day seven? It's day seven. Day seven of Donald Trump's

shutdown, day 262 of the chaos that the Trump administration has been visiting on the American

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