It's Monday, February 2nd.
I'm Jane Costa, and this is What A Day.
The show that hopes the release of two black journalists over the weekend,
former CNN host Don Lemon and Minnesota reporter,
Georgia Fort, is a sign of better things to come in Black History Month.
Both were arrested for covering an anti-ice protest at a church last month.
Fort told CNN, quote, if they can criminalize a journalist here in Minnesota,
whether you're independent or not,
I think that we've seen a track record where this is just going to continue to escalate.
In the immortal words of my late grandmother.
Mm-hmm.
On today's show, here we are again.
The government is partially shut down.
This time,
Congress debates reining in immigration enforcement and a massive trove of Epstein file straps.
It's shady as hell and probably nothing will happen.
But let's start with elections.
Texas was a site of two big Democratic wins this weekend.
First, Christian Menafee won the state's 18th congressional district on Saturday,
winnowing down the Republican majority in the U.S.