As we all know, it's just past 9 p.m. here in Washington, the Senate just adjourned for the night, and that means that three hours from now the government will shut down. I just mentioned this to Chris, the Democratic leader in the House. Hakeem Drafries is here with us tonight to talk about it. So is Senator Cory Booker. We're going to talk with them part about how we got here, also about what the impact of the shutdown is, which I'll tell you about a little bit as well, but also, how does this end?

Where do we go from here?

Just to give you a sense of what is about to happen, which is a very important part of this, millions of seniors on Medicare who receive health care via telehealth will no longer be able to do that starting at midnight tonight.

The FDA is warning that a shutdown will mean it won't be able to do that starting at midnight tonight. The FDA is warning that a

shutdown will mean it won't be able to monitor the use of new ingredients in animal foods. And what that

means is that this, this would not, we would not be able to ensure that meat, milk, and eggs of livestock

are safe for the public to eat. The FDA would not be able to. And at the FAA, about a quarter of

the staff will be furloughed,

while the rest of the staff, including our nation's 13,000 air traffic controllers, will be forced

to work without pay. But while Democrats in Congress have been actively trying to avert this

shutdown, while Democrats have been sounding the alarm about just how much a needless government shutdown could hurt the American people.

President Trump's focus seemed to be, well, a little bit elsewhere today.

Today he held a bizarre, highly politicized meeting of America's top military leaders, who were all ordered from around the world to basically come here to Washington,

gather in one room to hear Trump say stuff like this.

I'm thrilled to be here this morning to address the senior leadership of what is once again known

around the world as the Department of War, like what I call the Gulf of America,

the Gulf of America, because to me it was always the Gulf of America. And you know, we want

war because we want to have no wars, but you have to be there and, you know, sometimes you

have to do it. I have settled so many wars. I love Space Wars because that was my creation. You know, when you create something, I love it. And the people we put in there were good. I got that right. Actually, I love my signature. I really do. Everyone loves my signature. We won every swing state. We won the popular vote. I'm a very aesthetic person, and I don't like some of the ships you're doing aesthetically.

You would think that if he thought about calling all of the military leaders around the world to Quantico, Virginia,

he could have at least written a comprehensive speech.

It's not what he did.

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