The last word is up next with Alleyville.

She in for Lawrence.

Hey, Allie.

A fantastic show.

I was at a dinner last night where somebody said,

give us a few minutes on, you know, the state of the world. I was like, I can't do that in a few minutes, but you did a great show. You did a great, great job of doing it in an hour. Sure you can. Well, you have a whole hour to do it, and hours this weekend, too.

Well, that's true.

That's the good part.

That's the blessing.

We have a lot of time on TV to do it.

You have yourself a great weekend, my friend. Thanks, Ellie. Get some good rest, because these are busy weeks. No doubt. Well, it's day three of the government shutdown, and the stalemate shows no sign of breaking. Mike Johnson says the House will not return to session at all next week.

John Thune adjourned the Senate. shows no sign of breaking. Mike Johnson says the House will not return to session at all next week.

John Thune adjourned the Senate for the weekend after failing to pass a government funding bill for the fourth time.

And Donald Trump seems to be missing in action.

Donald Trump, who has not been seen in public since Tuesday, the day you will recall of his bizarre and unnerving speech to military leaders,

might just be in what House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries calls the Presidential Witness Protection Program.

Throughout this week, Donald Trump has been missing in action.

He remains in the presidential witness protection program.

House Republicans are on vacation all across the country and the world,

and Senate Republicans continue to vote on the same partisan Republican spending bill that's dead on

arrival because it guts the health care of the American people.

Now, it's not just Democrats blaming Republicans, Donald Trump and Republicans.

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