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WW TODAY: Airport crisis and election results linked to the shutdown; Supreme Court considers Trump’s Tariffs; Debating the Senate filibuster removal; Mayor-Elect Mandani’s Socialist pursuits.
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Government Shutdown and Its Impact 0:00 From the heart of our nation's capital in Washington, DC, bringing compelling interviews, insightful analysis, taking you beyond the headlines and sound bites into conversations with our nation's leaders and0:12 newsmakers, all from a biblical worldview. Washington Watch with Tony Perkins starts now.0:18 Will the far left not be satisfied until federal workers and military families are getting their Thanksgiving dinner from a food bank? Yesterday, the transportation secretary announced that as a matter of safety,0:31 the Department of Transportation is requiring mandatory reduction in air traffic starting I should say, in air traffic starting tomorrow because of shutdown staffing issues.0:44 That was senate majority leader John Thune earlier today on the US senate floor accusing Democrats of hurting Americans as the Schumer shutdown continues. Welcome to this November sixth edition of Washington0:56 Watch. I'm your host, Tony Perkins. Thanks so much for, joining us. We're coming up on this edition in my conversations with the republican leaders on the hill today. There is some optimism that an agreement1:08 could be reached by the weekend. Missouri congressman Bob Under will discuss the real impact that the Democratic shutdown is having on everyday Americans. And yesterday, the Supreme1:19 Court heard oral arguments in a case that could significantly impact the Trump administration's use of tariffs as a foreign policy tool. Jerry Boyer, president of Boyer Research, will join me shortly to
1:31 break it all down. Well, as US government shutdown drags into its 30 seventh day, transportation secretary Sean
1:43 Duffy announced a 10 percent cut in flights at 40 major airports because of shortages of overworked and unpaid air traffic controllers. With 13000 controllers and 50000
1:55 TSA agents working without pay, there are widespread delays, long security lines, and safety risks have actually worsened. Joining me now is Washington stand reporter Casey Harper
2:07 who's been following all of today's main stories. So, Casey, what's up?
2:12 Well, Tony, it's it's pretty big impact we're seeing from the shutdown. The FAA reductions could affect up to 1800 flights and 268000 airline seats, and, of course, that's just in time for the holidays.
2:24 The FAA said even more cuts cuts could be coming as early as this week if the government doesn't reopen, so this could get worse. Here's what transportation secretary Sean Duffy had to say about it.
2:35 There'll be frustration. We are working with the airlines. They're gonna work with passengers. But in the end, our sole role is to make sure that we keep this airspace as safe as possible.
2:47 Now, Tony, Duffy did say that those cuts could be reversed quickly if Democrats agree to reopen the government.
2:55 Well, I I'm wondering my flights may be in that mixture, so we'll have to wait and see. You know, Casey, some were thinking, myself included, that this week's election results
3:07 could possibly provide senate Democrats with that off ramp that could end the shutdown, but the election results seems it seems to have had a mixed effect. Some Democrats want to take the off ramp, while
3:19 others appear emboldened by the results and wanna continue their joyride.
3:23 Yeah. That that's a good assessment, I would say, Tony. Progressive Democrats, they're celebrating Tuesday's elections naturally, but they're also considering it a green light to keep the shutdown going. They're defying
3:34 calls to compromise even from their many in their own party. Groups like MoveOn, Senator Bernie Sanders, and others, they say Democrats should refuse a deal until they get those spending guarantees, like the
3:45 1500000000000.0 dollars they've been demanding. Meanwhile, Republicans in Congress say if Democrats won't even accept this clean CR that doesn't have spin you know, partisan spending measures in it, what more can they
3:57 offer?
3:58 What more do Democrats need? They got their chairs at the left wing no kings rally. They kept their base satisfied through the fall campaigns
4:10 and election day. And as of Tuesday, they have the extremely dubious honor of instigating the longest and most severe
4:23 government shutdown in history. How much more do Americans have to endure before Democrats are satisfied?
4:31 Antonio, I'm glad your sources are saying that something could happen by the weekend. I'm hearing similar things, but senator Thune said he's keeping all options on the table even if it means making the senate work into
4:42 recess next week.
4:44 Well, thanks, Casey. Congressman Ron Estes will join me shortly to, discuss the government shutdown, any developments there. By the way, speaking of elections, how are New Yorkers reaction reacting to Zoran
4:56 Mamdani's election as the city's first Muslim and self proclaimed Democrat socialist?
5:04 Yeah, Tony. Well, New York City's Jewish fire commissioner Robert Tucker, he actually announced, he's gonna step down next month just 2 weeks before Zoran Mamdani, the mayor elect, assumes office on January first.
5:16 Now Tucker didn't explicitly say that it was because of Mamdani, but the New York Post is reporting that Tucker was concerned about Mamdani's anti Israel stances, and he's not the only 1. Mamdani's
5:27 election sparked a lot of concern among Jewish groups. For instance, the Anti Defamation League, they actually launched a Mamdani monitor, just making Mamdani harder to say, I think. But it's a tip line to track policies
5:39 and appointments that threaten Jewish safety, a really serious issue. The ADL is pointing out that in his past statements and associations could be considered antisemitic. And conservative critics,
5:51 they're warning that New Yorkers need accountability, as this far left administration is taking control of city hall in a city that has the largest population of Jews outside of Israel, Tony.
6:02 It's gonna be very interesting to watch. Very, very interesting. Let's turn to California. What's the latest there on the redistricting battle that was on the ballot on Tuesday?
6:11 Yeah. Well well, California Republicans are suing to block a new congressional map that was approved by voters voters under proposition 15. So this redistricting measure was brought by governor Gavin Newsom, and it
6:23 redraws districts for the upcoming elections, 20 26, 28, and 20 30. Democrats say, hey. We need this to counter what president Trump and Republicans in Texas are doing with their redistricting.
6:35 But the California lawsuit claims that this new map was drawn on racial lines, you know, to favor Hispanic voters, which violates the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments. Republicans also argue it's designed to
6:47 give Democrats an unfair advantage in up to 5 crucial house seats while leaving black majority Democrat districts untouched, Tony.
6:55 Again, another development we'll be watching, very, very closely. Right. Alright. Thanks so much, Casey. And and by the way, nice haircut.
7:03 Thanks, Tony.
7:04 Alright. Well, much of the attention is, focused on the senate right now when it comes to the government shutdown. The House Republicans continue to press in knowing that the November 20 first date on the continuing
7:16 resolution that they passed back in September is gonna have to be changed. What might the new expiration date be? What are conservatives saying in the house? Joining me now to discuss this is congressman
7:28 Ron Estes, who is a member of the joint economic committee, the house budget committee, and the house committee on ways and means. He represents the fourth congressional district of Kansas. Congressman Estes, welcome
7:39 back to Washington Watch. Thanks so much for joining us.
7:42 Well, thank you for having me on.
7:44 So it previously looked like the election day wins might give the Democrats an off ramp to open, reopen the government, but now some seem to be emboldened by those victories
7:56 and wanna continue.
7:58 Yeah. It really is. I mean, they've they've laid out this whole strategy, the Democrats, as they've looked at shutting down the government, and they wanted to get through their their protest rally, their so called no
8:08 kings rally. They wanna get through their election, for the fall election season. And the the issue now is they they they still can't, figure out a way to get out of the corner that they backed themselves
8:20 into. And, unfortunately, it's real Americans that are being hurt because of the policies that the Democrats have foisted on them. And, you know, the the senate has voted 15 times not to fund the
8:32 government, and it's the Democrats' decision now to not fund the government. And we, Republicans, particularly in the house, we've passed, our, resolution to, actually keep the government open
8:44 while the appropriations are done for the full year. And, instead, we're we're going through this this difficult time that, Democrats are using for political leverage, which is what they're calling it,
8:56 in order to, to inflict pain upon American people and trying to get a bigger spending, bill that they want.
9:02 Yeah. I, I I think in part, they might be might have been emboldened by the president's comments, yesterday morning when he said that the shutdown was hurting Republicans that that appeared in the
9:14 election results. I I don't necessarily agree with that, but I I I think it may have kept thought, well, let's just keep it let's keep inflicting pain on the Republicans when in fact it's the American people that they're
9:25 inflicting pain upon.
9:27 It really is. It it's American people across red states and blue states. And, you know, if you look at the where the elections were, New York, New Jersey, California, Virginia, all of those states have gone for a
9:39 Democrat, presidential candidates for the last 20 plus years. So if you if you look at, it really was, election in Democrat primaries. It would have been more news if Republicans had run either
9:51 the governor races or or if California had lost in their their additional gerrymandering effort that they put in.
9:59 The the media would just bypass it. It wouldn't be hearing about it if, if that would have occurred. What, are you hearing from Republican leadership in the house? Are the members on
10:11 standby ready to come back in if, a a deal is reached?
10:16 The the speakers ask us to be ready and be flexible in terms of, being able to react, if the senate, ever does, pass out a CR. Obviously,
10:28 as you mentioned, you know, they they've wasted 5 weeks now. I mean, the whole purpose of having a a continuing resolution to November 20 first was to allow a 7 week period where the appropriators could
10:39 finalize agreements on on what the next year spending would be. You know, this this continuing resolution, it it's it's spending at the levels that actually Democrats have voted for 13 times when president Biden was
10:51 in office. And and so what we're trying to do now is as as you mentioned, we only have 2 weeks left now till the 20 first date. So that's probably not a realistic date to get all the appropriations done.
11:03 I think a more realistic scenario of what might happen is is come up with a new date. I I believe it ought to be end of January to make sure that we get past the the Thanksgiving and past the Christmas
11:15 holiday spirit, holiday time frame, because, otherwise, we've we've gotta recover from the damages that have been done over the last 5 weeks.
11:23 I I would agree with that. I think it it needs to go into next year. Although, I'm hearing that senate appropriators, including Republicans, want to make it, like, a December 20 first deadline,
11:36 which we we know how that story plays out. We've seen it many times before.
11:40 We've seen it many times before, and it and it never works well. I mean, you end up backing up against the holidays. I mean, what if we shut the government down? What if they shut the government down again on December 20
11:51 first? You know, right before Christmas when people are trying to travel to see their loved ones and and, going for for, you know, a New Year's vacation with the family before they go back to school. I mean, that's
12:03 that's just a bad plan. We've seen it fail over and over again. I I do believe a January date's much better in terms of making sure that, there can be thoughtful and come up with better decisions on
12:15 what we should be doing with appropriations.
12:17 Yeah. Because every time they just they that's when they push bad stuff. And, and it's just because everybody wants to get home. They wanna keep, as you said, in this case, keep government open, and so they just take
12:27 this bad stuff. We just have a little over a minute left, congressman Estes. I wanna ask you this question. You kind of alluded to this, but given this new environment that we we are in, is there any discussion about a
12:38 concern that every time we come up to 1 of these funding deadlines that the the Democrats could hold the government hostage?
12:46 It it really is. That's kinda seems to be their playbook is, how to inflict as much pain as possible trying to win their political points. I mean, I think we ought to look at, some idea. Maybe if we don't have
12:57 appropriations done by October first, that we we spend at 90 percent of the previous year's level. And that way, we keep the government open. We keep it operating. We we make sure that at least the core
13:09 functionality is provided. Obviously, that wouldn't start new programs, but but it actually makes sure that we don't inflict this pain on the American people.
13:17 Well and, also, I think affecting our credit rating. I mean, this is doing damage to our economy. I'm I think that's a great idea. I hope that gets some traction because we need to prevent this from happening in the
13:28 future. And I think the motivation there would be the reduction in spending should bring some of the people to the table who like to spend money, and we can move forward. So I think that's a great idea. I hope it gets
13:38 some traction. Congressman Estes, always great to see you. Thanks so much for, spending some time with us today.
13:44 Great. Thank you.
13:45 Alright. Coming up next, we're gonna take a look at, something that took place in the Supreme Court yesterday, oral arguments regarding the president's use of tariffs. Jerry Boyer joins me
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17:49 is on the Stand Firm app. Yesterday, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments over the president's use of a 19 77 law to impose his sweeping tariffs across the
18:01 globe. Now the International Emergency Economic Powers Act provides that the president has authority to regulate a variety of economic transactions following a declaration of
18:13 national emergency, and it kind of lays out what those emergencies might be. But justices on the Supreme Court, seem skeptical, about the president's justification to
18:25 impose these tariffs kind of globally.
18:28 Is it your contention that every country needed to be tariffed because of threats to the defense and industrial base? I mean, it Spain, France. I mean, I could see it with some
18:40 countries, but explain to me why as many countries needed to be subject to the reciprocal tariff policy as are.
18:48 That was justice Amy Coney Barrett, asking that question of the solicitor general who was, defending the position of the Trump administration. So what could the impact be of a ruling
19:00 by the Supreme Court on the president's use of these tariffs? Joining me now to discuss this is economist Jerry Boyer. He is the CEO of Boyer Research. Jerry, welcome back to Washington Watch.
19:12 Thanks for joining us.
19:13 Pleasure to be with you as always.
19:15 So what's your read on where the justices appear to be headed based on yesterday's, oral arguments and the questioning?
19:23 I think they're headed back to the text of the constitution and the original intent of the founders, which is that revenues are a function of article 1 of the constitution, the legislative branch with a focus on the
19:34 house of representatives, and that presidents do not have the authority to raise taxes, including tariffs, which are just another form of tax. They are a sales tax on
19:46 imported goods. And it's interesting, I think, that the conservative justices are actually being conservative on this case. Amy, Barrett, for example, you know, making that argument. The liberal justices, I think, just
19:57 don't like anything from Trump, and I think that's gonna amount to a kind of landslide against the president on this issue, which I think is justified on constitutional grounds as much as I'm a supporter of a great
20:09 deal of the president's agenda, including his economic agenda, not so much the trade war. Constitutionally, he just does not have this authority, and I think the courts are gonna say that.
20:19 Now now, Jerry, his argument or the argument of the administration is that the, exploding trade deficits had brought us to the brink of an economic and national security catastrophe.
20:33 And so based on that, that's why he took those actions.
20:37 Yes. I don't think that's a valid argument because emergency generally applies something that has not been going on for 50 years. Emergency plain English language and in the statute is something that happens suddenly, a
20:48 crisis, a war, something along those lines. But a, you know, a trade balance issue, which really goes back even before 19 77. America has run trade deficits for
21:00 almost all of its existence. Our model is largely been a model where we buy things from overseas and then those dollars flight back you know, kinda come back in as capital investments.
21:12 So, I mean, something that is normal for probably 90 percent of the years in American history, which is us running trade deficits, can't suddenly become an emergency in 20 25. It just doesn't make any sense. It
21:23 defies the language.
21:25 Is part of that the the kind of the the consumer orientation of of of America?
21:34 I think it is, and I don't think it's a good thing. I think that America Americans don't save much. So, in Japan, for example, they have very high deficits, but they also have high, savings
21:45 rates. So Japanese savers fund the Japanese government's debts, but American savers are not funding the, American government's debts, which means foreigners do that. So we have
21:57 an intricate system here, which kind of holds together. We get goods from overseas. We send those dollars, in exchange, and those dollars come back and fund our federal government. I don't like that
22:09 very much, but the fact is that's the way the system is set up now. And unless we become a nation of savers and unless we get control of our spending and get control of our national debt, we really can't afford a trade
22:21 war. I don't I I don't like our dependence on foreigners for funding our national debt, but we have a national debt. And the way it's funded essentially is through our trade deficits. So become a saving
22:33 society, and it and the problem solves itself without protectionism.
22:38 We just have a little over 2 minutes left. Jerry, you're an economist. 1 of the issues in the election, the exit polling in the, election on Tuesday. And I have some issue with the, the exit polling because they
22:49 only asked 5 questions as to what the number 1 issue is. They had nothing to do with the moral or the value issues, but they primarily skewed toward the economic issues. And and so that went to the top. And and
23:01 there people are feeling economic pain. Is that at all related to the the cost of items that have gone up as a result of these, these, this trade war?
23:12 Yes. Absolutely. I think that the main reason the president won the election was inflation. Now as a conservative Christian, I might wish that he won the election for other reasons more than that, but I have to
23:24 acknowledge from my friends and neighbors and everybody else, it was the rising price of everything, including food. Paris don't help with that. And it's it's it's so interesting to see how people think that, well, maybe
23:36 the tariffs might cause inflation. They might not. Maybe they cause prices to go up. I don't think they understand. Tariffs are supposed to cause prices to go up. That's the function of a tariff. If goods are coming in
23:47 from overseas and they're cheaper, the idea is by raising the price of those goods by adding a tax, that that means that local producers can raise the price of their goods. So when the president says to beef producers,
23:58 hey. Cut the price of beef. I did you a favor with the tariffs. The beef producers say, wait a minute. The tariffs were so we could raise the price of beef. So tariffs are inflationary. It's plain and simple. And I think
24:10 that I look. I think the big beautiful bill is good enough. It doesn't need the help of the protectionism. I think we now are in a competitive position. Let the president's deregulation and tax cuts work. We don't need a
24:20 thumb on the scale in in in the form of trade taxes.
24:24 So is that why I'm paying more for my coffee when I go to the grocery store?
24:27 Of course it is. Right? Because we don't have a climate in America where we can grow coffee or cocoa. So the stuff that's grown around the equator or things that come from overseas are more expensive. And we know it when
24:38 we go to the grocery store. The, so beef even is up in price. Yeah. So that's that's tariffs cause inflation. That's what's going on. If the president gets rid of that, we can sail in the midterms.
24:49 Might drive me to drink tea. I don't know. Alright, Jerry. Thanks so much for joining us. Alright, folks. Stick with us. We're back with more Washington Watch after this.Show more
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