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You know, I went out to L.A. on Wednesday night.

Airport was packed on a Wednesday night.

No holidays.

I mean, it was jam-packed.

Flight to L.A. sold out.

So Americans are doing what they always do. They're traveling,

spending money. I mean, I know some are cutting back, but boy, I got to tell you. And everywhere I went this weekend in L.A., Southern California, tons of people, spending money.

American consumers drive this economy and the worldwide economy.

And they need the government to be open to maximize American potential.

And that is the subject of this evening,

talking points from now.

So finally after 41 days, and this was all contrived,

I'll explain it in a moment.

The government is now, looks like it's gonna be reopened.

They're a little more procedural things,

but they got 60 senators to okay,

um, opening up the government and, uh, 10, um, eight Democrats, eight Democratic senators.

And if you want their names, they're all you do is Google and then pop up there.

And they said, okay. Um, but, you know, most Democrats want to keep

the government closed because they closed it. The Democratic Party closed it. What the Republican

proposition was, well, look, just extend the government spending into January because

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