Nothing. You sit back and say, it is going to be terrible. And that's right. A shutdown will be terrible.

But our job is to put the onus on the Republican president, the Republican House, the Republican Senate, the people who control the government.

They are responsible. They've acted in an undemocratic, unprecedented, unilateral way. They've

given us an offer, take it or leave it. That ain't the way democracy works.

Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont last night on MSNBC telling Chris Hayes, he'll leave it. He's going to

vote no for a Republican-led funding bill to avoid a government shutdown. He's in good company, but the question is, where does the rest of the party stand with 60 votes needed to advance onto this bill?

Meanwhile, a major victory for thousands of federal workers who were fired by Elon Musk's doge team after two federal judges ruled the administration has to rehire them.

The question is, how long will they

be able to keep their jobs now? Also ahead, Russian President Vladimir Putin responds to the U.S.

Ukraine ceasefire proposal, saying he may need to talk to President Trump about it. The question

is, would that conversation doom any chance at a deal? It's way too early for this.

Thank you. doom any chance at a deal. It's way too early for this. Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that was amazed by the lunar eclipse

last night, though those of us here in D.C. were trying to look for the blood moon, and we

didn't exactly see anything. Kind of a bummer on this Friday, March 14th, where we will start with the

news. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is switching gears, saying he'll now vote to advance

the Republican-backed funding bill in an effort to avoid a government shutdown later tonight.

The announcement comes just one day after Schumer declared Democrats were unified against

that bill.

But during a private lunch yesterday, the minority leader told fellow lawmakers he'll move

the stopgap measure forward and suggested there are now enough votes to break that

60 vote filibuster threshold.

We'll see if that's true. Senate Republicans,

...