Shut Up Or Shut Down
What A Day
What A Day
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🗓️ 29 September 2023
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Republicans held their first hearing Thursday in their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The six-hour hearing before the House Oversight Committee tried to make the case that the president benefitted from his son's business dealings – even though the Republicans' own witnesses said they didn't have any evidence to prove it.
Meanwhile, the U.S. government notified federal workers that a shutdown is on the horizon if Congress doesn't reach a deal by 12:01 a.m. ET Sunday. The disruption could impact millions of government employees and military families, and affect many critical services.
And in headlines: Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial in New York is set to start on Monday, California will raise the minimum wage for fast food workers, and Netflix has rolled the credits on its DVD-by-mail service.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Friday, September 29th, I'm Trayville Anderson. |
| 0:04.6 | And I'm Priyanka Arabandi, and this is what a day where we are looking forward to making |
| 0:09.2 | a field trip to the skyscraper formerly known as Trump Tower. |
| 0:13.6 | Yes, they're going to have to rename it Tish James Tower once Donald's fraud trial is over, |
| 0:19.0 | and I'm looking forward to the new sign. |
| 0:21.2 | Yeah, I'll visit it once to see the sign. Maybe, but I can't say I'll be ever going back. |
| 0:30.9 | On today's show, California will raise the minimum wage for fast food workers. |
| 0:35.2 | Plus, we bid a fond farewell to Netflix's DVD by Mail Service. |
| 0:40.1 | But first, as we careene towards a government shutdown, the GOP-led House Oversight Committee |
| 0:46.2 | apparently has some bigger concerns. Yesterday, the committee held its first hearing |
| 0:50.4 | in its impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden and his family's business dealings. |
| 0:56.2 | The hearing was filled with a panel of Republican-picked witnesses who get this, |
| 1:00.8 | say that there isn't actually any evidence of a crime committed by the president. |
| 1:05.4 | Oh, so they're playing in our faces legitimately, is what you're telling me? |
| 1:11.2 | Wow, okay. So, before we get to that, can you remind us why we're even here again? |
| 1:17.7 | Yes, absolutely. It appears that Republicans are bored with governing. I don't really know. |
| 1:23.0 | As a reminder, they accused Biden of corruption. They alleged that he was involved with or |
| 1:27.8 | profited from his family's foreign business dealings by family. They mean Hunter Biden, his son, |
| 1:32.8 | and his brother, and that he was influenced by these dealings when making policy decisions. |
| 1:38.2 | The president's son, Hunter, and his work overseas have become the real focal point for Republicans |
| 1:42.9 | here. But again, there is no direct evidence to support any of his claims, not one. |
| 1:48.5 | As I said earlier, the three witnesses who Republicans actually picked to testify |
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