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April 11, 2011.

On Comedy Central's World News Headquarters in New York, this is The Daily Show with John Stewart.

We begin tonight with News out of Washington.

The federal government, open forbidden it.

I repeat, the federal government open forbidden it

Now that may not seem like much but on Friday night very much in question

With 179 hours to go before a possible government shutdown less than 70 hours and counting just Just 48 hours. In about 36 hours.

31 hours. We are about 27 hours away. 26 hours away from Friday. Just 18 hours. 13 hours.

11 minutes and 21 seconds. Less than five hours. Three hours. Two hours from right now, your government is going to shut down. And there is nothing that can stop it now.

Now. is going to shut down and there is nothing that can stop it now it's a

a fait-complea a train with brakes no brakes speeding down the track the train is filled

with baking soda it's going to crash into that vinegar truck.

May the Lord have mercy on our...

A GOP source tells NBC News a deal has been struck to avoid a shutdown.

I can't believe it. I can't believe it.

I can't believe it.

Our government saved by

mundane pragmatic agreement.

Which should happen all the

time, but doesn't.

So the whole countdown clock thing was in vain,

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