About this episode
Jake Tapper asks Rep. Melanie Stansbury about whether Senate democrats will vote to reopen the government so 42 million Americans don't lose their food benefits, and she malfunctions. Other democrat voices admit the shutdown is their only leverage against Trump. CNN is flabbergasted that the GOP is smelling more like roses than democrats in new polling and the largest federal workers union calls on democrats to knock it off and reopen America.