Hello listeners. Today is Thursday, January 25th, 2018. I'm your host

Charlie Mathesion and you are listening to year two of the Trump administration, a government shutdown and reopening,

blockbuster Russia revelations and developments, more wild tweets from the president, and then

next week we have the State of the Union. Before we get started, a

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So let's kick it off.

Here to join us today are two of my favorite politico's.

Andrew Restutia of the White House Reporting Team.

Hi Andrew. Hey, thanks for having me. Thanks for coming. of the White House reporting team.

Hi Andrew.

Hey, thanks for having me.

Thanks for coming again.

I thought maybe you might not show up again.

I know.

And the grilling you got the first time.

And also here is news editor Emily Stevenson, the pride of Wilmington, North Carolina?

Greenville, my bad, I'm sorry.

In any case, thank you so much for being here today.

So our first data point this week is 14. That's the number of days Congress has to

negotiate a new government funding deal before the government shuts down

again. Democrats voted Monday, as you know, to end a three day shutdown after Senate

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