This is CNN breaking news.

America is just one hour away from the government shutdown.

The first time it's happened in nearly seven years.

Good evening, everyone.

I'm Laura Codagh, on Caitlin Collins on Capitol Hill.

We're going to be covering all the angles of the shutdown for the next two hours.

And even though the clock is winding down, do not be fooled in thinking that there's We're going to be covering all the angles of the shutdown for the next two hours.

And even though the clock is winding down, do not be fooled in thinking that there's going to be some sort of last-minute intervention.

Because, spoiler alert, there will not be.

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers will soon be at risk of being furloughed or sent home without pay.

And there might be even more pain because tonight President Trump is vowing mass layoffs and cuts. We can do things during the

shutdown that are irreversible, that are bad for them and irreversible by them, like cutting vast

numbers of people out, cutting things

that they like, cutting programs that they like.

The Democrats want to shut it down.

So when you shut it down, you have to do layoffs.

So we'd be laying off a lot of people that are going to be very affected.

And they're Democrats, they're going to be Democrats.

So the questions now are how long will this shutdown last and who will Americans blame

for it?

The last one happened was when President Trump was in office in his first term, dragged on

for 35 days, a record, and the Congressional Budget Office says that that one cost the

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