WEBVTT 00:00.433 --> 00:01.134 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Thompson: FOR MORE ON THE 00:01.134 --> 00:02.669 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SHUTDOWN, "WASHINGTON POST" 00:02.669 --> 00:04.804 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% REPORTER DAMIAN PALETTA JOINS US 00:04.804 --> 00:06.973 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NOW FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. 00:06.973 --> 00:08.341 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SO, DAMIEN, YOU'VE BEEN KEEPING 00:08.341 --> 00:09.876 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YOUR EYE ON ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS 00:09.876 --> 00:11.044 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN WASHINGTON TODAY. 00:11.044 --> 00:12.178 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CAN YOU JUST TELL US WHAT ALL 00:12.178 --> 00:13.179 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HAS HAPPENED AND WHERE DO WE 00:13.179 --> 00:14.481 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% STAND NOW? 00:14.481 --> 00:15.548 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> SURE, I MEAN, I THINK THINGS 00:15.548 --> 00:17.050 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HAVE GONE FROM BAD TO WORSE. 00:17.050 --> 00:18.551 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WE SAW PRESIDENT TRUMP HAVE 00:18.551 --> 00:20.387 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LUNCH TODAY WITH SOME HARD-LINE 00:20.387 --> 00:21.454 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CONSERVATIVES AT THE WHITE 00:21.454 --> 00:22.489 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HOUSE, PEOPLE THAT REALLY 00:22.489 --> 00:24.624 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SUPPORT HIS, YOU KNOW, PUSH TO 00:24.624 --> 00:25.658 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DEMAND MONEY FOR THE BORDER 00:25.658 --> 00:26.793 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WALL. 00:26.793 --> 00:27.894 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS WERE ON 00:27.894 --> 00:29.162 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CAPITOL HILL, BUT THEY MADE NO 00:29.162 --> 00:30.663 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% REAL PROGRESS, EITHER. 00:30.663 --> 00:31.498 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN FACT, THE SENATE HAS 00:31.498 --> 00:33.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ADJOURNED UNTIL TWO DAYS AFTER 00:33.066 --> 00:34.034 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CHRISTMAS. 00:34.034 --> 00:35.568 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% A NUMBER OF FEDERAL AGENCIES 00:35.568 --> 00:36.469 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WILL BE CLOSED. 00:36.469 --> 00:37.904 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WE'VE ALREADY SEEN, YOU KNOW, 00:37.904 --> 00:39.239 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DOZENS OF NATIONAL PARKS CLOSE 00:39.239 --> 00:40.240 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TODAY. 00:40.240 --> 00:42.542 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND 380,000 FEDERAL WORKERS, NOT 00:42.542 --> 00:43.810 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO MENTION ALL THE CONTRACTORS 00:43.810 --> 00:45.545 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND OTHERS, WILL BE SENT HOME 00:45.545 --> 00:47.947 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WITHOUT PAY BEGINNING WEDNESDAY. 00:47.947 --> 00:48.681 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Thompson: YOU MENTIONED THAT 00:48.681 --> 00:49.916 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE SENATE'S ADJOURNED UNTIL THE 00:49.916 --> 00:52.252 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% 27th, BUT, I MEAN, HOW LIKELY IS 00:52.252 --> 00:53.420 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT THAT WE'LL ACTUALLY SEE THIS 00:53.420 --> 00:54.587 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GET RESOLVED THEN? 00:54.587 --> 00:55.688 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OR, I MEAN, DO YOU THINK THAT 00:55.688 --> 00:57.123 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THIS MIGHT JUST CONTINUE UNTIL 00:57.123 --> 00:58.324 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE DEMOCRATS TAKE OVER THE 00:58.324 --> 01:00.226 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HOUSE IN JANUARY? 01:00.226 --> 01:01.261 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> IT'S INCREASINGLY STARTING TO 01:01.261 --> 01:01.895 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LOOK LIKE THAT. 01:01.895 --> 01:02.762 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I MEAN, ONCE YOU GET TO THE 01:02.762 --> 01:04.297 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% 27th, YOU'RE ABOUT A WEEK 01:04.297 --> 01:06.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AWAY FROM DEMOCRATS TAKING 01:06.366 --> 01:07.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CONTROL OF THE HOUSE OF 01:07.100 --> 01:08.268 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% REPRESENTATIVES. 01:08.268 --> 01:09.335 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DEMOCRATS FEEL LIKE THEY'RE ON 01:09.335 --> 01:11.538 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% VERY SOLID GROUND HERE IN THIS 01:11.538 --> 01:13.073 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IMPASSE BECAUSE PRESIDENT TRUMP 01:13.073 --> 01:15.241 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SAID LAST WEEK THAT HE WOULD OWN 01:15.241 --> 01:15.809 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE SHUTDOWN. 01:15.809 --> 01:16.876 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HE WOULD BE PROUD TO SHUT DOWN 01:16.876 --> 01:17.777 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE GOVERNMENT. 01:17.777 --> 01:18.812 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE REPUBLICANS HAVE KIND OF 01:18.812 --> 01:20.547 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CHANGED THEIR POSITION MULTIPLE 01:20.547 --> 01:23.116 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TIMES LEADING INTO THE SHUTDOWN, 01:23.116 --> 01:25.251 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SO NANCY PELOSI IN THE HOUSE AND 01:25.251 --> 01:26.753 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CHUCK SCHUMER IN THE SENATE, YOU 01:26.753 --> 01:28.154 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% KNOW, HAVE BEEN ABLE TO UNIFY 01:28.154 --> 01:29.456 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO HOLD 01:29.456 --> 01:31.324 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FIRM AND OPPOSE ANY MONEY FOR 01:31.324 --> 01:31.958 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE WALL. 01:31.958 --> 01:32.859 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SO, THE DEMOCRATS FEEL LIKE 01:32.859 --> 01:34.160 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEY'RE IN GOOD POSITION, AND 01:34.160 --> 01:35.328 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEY CAN MAYBE WAIT THIS OUT 01:35.328 --> 01:36.563 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ANOTHER WEEK. 01:36.563 --> 01:37.263 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Thompson: DO YOU THINK THAT 01:37.263 --> 01:38.898 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ALL OF THIS POLITICAL JOCKEYING 01:38.898 --> 01:40.667 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IS KIND OF FORESHADOWING WHAT 01:40.667 --> 01:43.103 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHEN THE NEW 01:43.103 --> 01:44.471 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CONGRESS COMES INTO SESSION? 01:44.471 --> 01:45.105 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 01:45.105 --> 01:45.905 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 01:45.905 --> 01:47.173 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I THINK BOTH SIDES ARE KIND OF 01:47.173 --> 01:49.242 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FEELING EACH OTHER OUT, AND 01:49.242 --> 01:51.244 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NEITHER SIDE WANTS TO GIVE IN. 01:51.244 --> 01:52.812 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NANCY PELOSI, WHO'S GOING TO BE 01:52.812 --> 01:53.713 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE IN 01:53.713 --> 01:55.482 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% JANUARY, YOU KNOW, NEEDED TO 01:55.482 --> 01:57.217 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PROVE TO HER MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY 01:57.217 --> 01:58.284 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HER NEW MEMBERS, THE NEW 01:58.284 --> 01:59.853 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DEMOCRATS WHO WERE JUST ELECTED, 01:59.853 --> 02:00.820 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT SHE CAN STAND UP TO 02:00.820 --> 02:02.722 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PRESIDENT TRUMP AND, YOU KNOW, 02:02.722 --> 02:03.857 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% REALLY HOLD THE LINE. 02:03.857 --> 02:04.958 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SIMILARLY FOR CHUCK SCHUMER, WHO 02:04.958 --> 02:06.159 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WILL REMAIN THE SENATE MINORITY 02:06.159 --> 02:07.560 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LEADER BUT WHO HAS A LOT OF 02:07.560 --> 02:09.062 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% POWER BECAUSE DEMOCRATS CAN 02:09.062 --> 02:10.997 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BLOCK LEGISLATION IN THE SENATE. 02:10.997 --> 02:12.232 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SO, WITH THEM WORKING TOGETHER, 02:12.232 --> 02:13.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEY REALLY, FOR THE FIRST TIME, 02:13.633 --> 02:15.401 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ACT AS A BIG CHECK ON PRESIDENT 02:15.401 --> 02:16.636 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TRUMP'S AUTHORITY. 02:16.636 --> 02:17.370 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PRESIDENT TRUMP, ON THE OTHER 02:17.370 --> 02:19.239 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HAND, FEELS LIKE HE HAS TO, YOU 02:19.239 --> 02:20.874 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% KNOW, TAKE A TOUGH POSITION OR 02:20.874 --> 02:22.375 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DEMOCRATS WILL TRY TO 02:22.375 --> 02:23.409 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ESSENTIALLY TAKE AWAY ALL OF HIS 02:23.409 --> 02:23.877 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% POWER. 02:23.877 --> 02:25.011 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SO, THERE'S A REAL, YOU KNOW, 02:25.011 --> 02:26.646 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SHOWDOWN HAPPENING HERE, AND IT 02:26.646 --> 02:28.381 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% COULD DRAG ON FOR QUITE A WHILE. 02:28.381 --> 02:29.082 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Thompson: SO, FOR THE NEXT 02:29.082 --> 02:30.550 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FEW DAYS, WHEN THE GOVERNMENT IS 02:30.550 --> 02:31.618 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DEFINITELY GOING TO BE SHUT 02:31.618 --> 02:32.685 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DOWN, WHAT KINDS OF THINGS ARE 02:32.685 --> 02:33.153 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WE GOING TO SEE? 02:33.153 --> 02:34.020 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HOW IS IT GOING TO AFFECT 02:34.020 --> 02:34.621 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PEOPLE? 02:34.621 --> 02:36.256 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> WE SAW MANY, MANY NATIONAL 02:36.256 --> 02:37.690 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PARKS TODAY WERE CLOSED. 02:37.690 --> 02:38.892 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE GATEWAY ARCH IN ST. LOUIS, 02:38.892 --> 02:40.059 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHERE I'M ORIGINALLY FROM, WAS 02:40.059 --> 02:40.827 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CLOSED. 02:40.827 --> 02:42.095 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MANY OTHER PARKS CLOSED THEIR 02:42.095 --> 02:43.163 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DOORS AROUND THE COUNTRY. 02:43.163 --> 02:45.498 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% EVEN IN PUERTO RICO, THEY WERE 02:45.498 --> 02:46.332 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CLOSED. 02:46.332 --> 02:47.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT'S, OBVIOUSLY, INCONVENIENT 02:47.800 --> 02:49.235 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND HURTS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO 02:49.235 --> 02:50.803 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HAVE BUSINESSES MAYBE CONNECTED 02:50.803 --> 02:52.105 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO THOSE NATIONAL PARKS. 02:52.105 --> 02:53.506 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I THINK WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, 02:53.506 --> 02:54.340 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WE'RE GOING TO START SEEING THE 02:54.340 --> 02:56.109 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% REAL IMPACT ON A LOT OF FEDERAL 02:56.109 --> 02:57.577 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WORKERS, LIKE I MENTIONED. 02:57.577 --> 02:59.712 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% 380,000 FEDERAL WORKERS WILL BE 02:59.712 --> 03:01.047 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SENT HOME INDEFINITELY WITHOUT 03:01.047 --> 03:01.748 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PAY. 03:01.748 --> 03:03.816 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ANOTHER 400,000 WORKERS WILL 03:03.816 --> 03:05.084 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CONTINUE TO GO TO THEIR JOBS, 03:05.084 --> 03:06.719 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUT THEY WILL NOT BE PAID UNTIL 03:06.719 --> 03:07.620 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THIS IS RESOLVED. 03:07.620 --> 03:08.555 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN 03:08.555 --> 03:10.623 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MIND THIS IS JUST, YOU KNOW, A 03:10.623 --> 03:11.891 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HANDFUL. 03:11.891 --> 03:13.126 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MULTIPLE FEDERAL AGENCIES, BUT 03:13.126 --> 03:14.627 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NOT ALL FEDERAL AGENCIES WILL BE 03:14.627 --> 03:15.662 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IMPACTED. 03:15.662 --> 03:17.730 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE PENTAGON IS NOT IMPACTED, 03:17.730 --> 03:18.631 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 03:18.631 --> 03:19.732 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SECURITY IS IMPACTED. 03:19.732 --> 03:20.667 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SO, IT COULD HAVE KIND OF AN 03:20.667 --> 03:22.302 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% UNEVEN IMPACT, BUT IT WILL 03:22.302 --> 03:23.603 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, BE FELT BY 03:23.603 --> 03:24.637 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MANY PEOPLE. 03:24.637 --> 03:25.572 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Thompson: ALL RIGHT, DAMIEN 03:25.572 --> 03:26.539 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PALETTA OF THE "WASHINGTON 03:26.539 --> 03:26.973 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% POST." 03:26.973 --> 03:27.674 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING 03:27.674 --> 03:29.976 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% US. 03:28.841 --> 03:30.009 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> MY PLEASURE, THANK YOU.