It's Tuesday, October 14th.
I'm Jane Costin, and this is What A Day, the show celebrating the start of fall in Los Angeles.
And by fall, I mean the temperature is currently below 70.
If we get to 60 degrees, I will need a parka.
On today's show,
President Donald Trump takes a victory lap across the Middle East as Israeli and Palestinian families celebrate reunions after a massive prisoner release.
And Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is hoping to get whatever's left of Trump's peace efforts once he's done declaring harmony in the Middle East.
But let's start with the government shutdown.
We are now deep in the second week of the government shutdown.
And House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Monday that the shutdown could prove to be the nation's longest.
Granted, That's because, as House Speaker Mike Johnson also said Monday,
he will not negotiate with Democrats on extending Affordable Care Act tax credits that will expire at the end of the year.
Those tax credits could prevent folks enrolled in ACA health care programs from seeing their premiums doubled.
Without votes from Democrats or blowing up the filibuster, the government is staying closed.
It's kind of like Mike Johnson is bemoaning a fire while doing absolutely nothing to,
you know, put out the fire.
And to be honest, he doesn't seem very interested in what's going up in flames in the process.
Here's Johnson speaking to reporters on the Hill.
We know the president need for it with mass layoffs,
so we are also learning there were significant cuts to staff at the special education services.