Well, tonight, the government shutdown pain gets even worse.

As AOC tells Republicans pick up the phone.

But the president's new move suggests he doesn't want them to answer it.

Plus, he claims he's ended, what, eight wars?

Now folks are asking, is you like to start one?

And the racist messages from a young Republican group chat that Vice President Van says,

oh, big deal.

All of its night on Laura Coates Live.

All right, here's a very scary thought for all of your calendars out there.

Could the government shut down outlast your Halloween candy and your turkey dinner?

Do you think by Thanksgiving the government could still be shut down?

I mean, I would certainly hope not. I would certainly hope not.

My hope is that we're able to resolve this as quickly as possible. They need to pick up a phone.

They're saying that they're doing all this work. They are twiddling their thumbs and talking to each other. They, they, it is actually an unconscionable abdication and refusal to work.

Congresswoman AOC and Senator Bernie Sanders signaling at a CNN town hall tonight that an end of the shutdown is far, far away.

But they certainly hope it's not. Comforted? I know you're not. Because it's day 16 of this dealmate.

And they're confident the GOP has a losing hand. They're confident that the American people will side with the Democrats and punish Republicans for the impending cuts to health care.

And they are impending.

But while that phone keeps ringing,

President Trump is trying to assert his power through,

well, let's just call it Doge 2.0.

He is slashing and burning the federal government.

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