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Yes, we are live in the Grand Hotel of Capeman, New Jersey for our Christmas spectacular.

What a beautiful crowd.

This is a beautiful, beautiful crowd.

Thank you for joining us, and I hope you're on your way down to Kay May.

We're going to have a fun time today.

We may have a deal and reached on a spending agreement.

I'm hearing rumors of that.

We'll talk to Chairman Michael Watley about that a little bit later in the show.

And we'll keep you apprised of everything.

Plus, the craziest-looking member of Congress I've ever seen.

And turns out she's been there for years.

She looks like the combination of Gollum and also, I don't know, like RuPaul, if RuPaul and Ghal had a child and that child transitioned to a view cast member, I think would basically be how I would describe this member of Congress. I'm trying to make it work.

But anyway, we are in the middle of what could be a government shutdown.

I'm okay with that.

As long as the bar at the grand doesn't shut down, those are our priorities.

That's right.

And we are also now, what I'm told from my buddy Kat Kamik, who, did she get back to us?

Still up in the air.

Up in the air. It's going to depend on when

this vote occurs all right so we are hoping to get some members of congress on the show but i will

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