Welcome to the three martini lunch.

Grab a stool next to Greg Corumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review.

Three martini's coming up.

So glad to have you with us for the Wednesday three martini lunch.

Grab a stool.

We got a lot to get to today on a number of fronts.

But Jim, March is a very

festive time. Last week, we marked St. Patrick's Day. Today, we mark Greek Independence Day. I know

everyone's celebrating 205 years of modern Greek independence, but as I like to point out,

the job is not done yet. In the words of our good friend, John Gabriel, from the golden horn to

the Marmaris

c constantinople will be free hasn't happened yet but but one day anyway happy greek independence

day gregg in your honor i will break a plate i do that a lot of days just just because the

spirit of greek independence is, and I'm also clumsy.

But, you know, it's like 50.

Anyway, let's get to our first martini today.

And Jim, the TSA, and really most of DHS shutdown continues right now.

Day 40, in fact, of the shutdown.

And there are talks behind the scenes to get this done.

But even what I would consider bending way too far backwards by the Republicans,

those efforts are getting rebuffed by the Democrats.

Here's Fox News, Capitol Hill reporter Bill Malusian, saying,

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