Transcript
A (0:03)
The government shutdown goes into effect, the Trump DOJ sues LA County's Sheriff's department, and Hillary Clinton is hit with backlash over comments about white men. I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley. It's Wednesday, October 1st, and this is Evening Wire.
B (0:20)
The government shutdown has officially arrived and there's lots of questions about what it will actually impact. One is national parks. The Interior Department says they will remain partially open with open air sites available to the public. However, all the buildings that require staff will be closed. The restrooms and other basic facilities will be functional. Another major question will be how air travel is affected. Most airport employees, among them air traffic controllers, are considered essential and thus required to show up for work. But they'll have to go without pay. For now, so many expect staffing issues and thus potential flight delays or cancellations.
A (0:57)
Oklahoma is blowing the whistle on New York's DMV after catching a truck driver with a commercial license that literally read no name given the license was real and New York admits it, it was issued to a migrant with, quote, federally verified documents. Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt blasted sanctuary states for letting 80,000 pound rigs hit the road without proper verification. Representative Elise Stefanik piled on, accusing Governor Hochul of putting illegals before law abiding New Yorkers. The bizarre license is now Exhibit A in the fight over Hochul's green light law.
B (1:30)
Zoran Mamdani says he's ready to sue President Trump if he follows through on withholding federal cash from New York City after Trump threatened that the Democratic socialist candidate will end up getting zero federal dollars to fulfill his, quote, fake communist promises to New Yorkers. Mandani told CNN's Aaron Burnett this week that he's prepared to fight back against the federal government.
A (1:51)
So the number this year from the federal government was $7.4 billion to New York City. Are you okay if New York City loses that?
B (1:59)
No, we will fight for every single dollar that the city currently receives from the federal government. And I look for examples across this country that showcase the best way to respond to Donald Trump's strengths is not collaboration, his threats. Rather, it's responding with strength. And what we see in California is an attorney general of the state has estimated that for every dollar they spent on lawsuits against the federal government's threats to withhold won more than $30,000 in what would otherwise have been lost. And so we will take that same approach.