The shutdown gets very, very real
Today, Explained
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🗓️ 11 January 2019
⏱️ 23 minutes
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| 0:31.0 | Good afternoon, young yet member! |
| 0:38.0 | I'm honored to be with all of you here today. |
| 0:43.0 | I applaud you and everyone who is rallying around the country standing up and demanding that you be treated fairly. |
| 0:56.0 | We have a message! |
| 1:02.0 | We're fed up! |
| 1:07.0 | We're fed up! |
| 1:10.0 | We're fed up! |
| 1:13.0 | We're fed up! |
| 1:15.0 | Lizo, you report on Congress for Vox and today is day 21 of the government shutdown. |
| 1:22.0 | But it's a special day too, why? |
| 1:24.0 | It's the first day that federal workers aren't going to get a paycheck. |
| 1:29.0 | It's also the day that makes this shutdown the longest shutdown in US history. |
| 1:34.0 | Ever? |
| 1:35.0 | Yes, it ties today by tomorrow. |
| 1:37.0 | It'll be the longest. |
| 1:38.0 | Unless they figured out by the end of the day. |
| 1:40.0 | Yeah, they still got some time. |
| 1:42.0 | Okay, so we talked to you on our first episode of the New Year about the shutdown. |
| 1:46.0 | But back then it wasn't really clear how long this would last. |
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