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Speaker 1: Good Friday morning. Nice to have you with us on

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Speaker 5: Story number one.

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Speaker 1: President Donald Trump declares an emergency to pay TSA agents

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Speaker 2: Will you put it on the.

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Speaker 1: Yet, it does that mean that you're not in favor

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Speaker 2: As the DHS shut down drags on, some Senate Republicans

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Speaker 5: Were now on day forty one of the disgraceful Democrats

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Speaker 2: So far, nearly five hundred TSA officers have quit because

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Speaker 1: Now the president's saying he's signing this executive order to

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Speaker 1: This move comes as day forty one of this partial

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