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American Petroleum Institute Representative (0:00)
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Tracy Mumford (0:32)
From the new York Times, it's the headlines. I'm Tracy Mumford. Today's Friday, November 14th. Here's what we're covering. Across the country, the federal government has started to click back into gear. But even as employees return to work and government services come back online, the broader impacts of the record breaking shutdown are just now starting to come into focus.
Rico (0:58)
Well, our Council of Economic Advisors said.
Tracy Mumford (1:00)
That it cost about 15 billion a.
Rico (1:02)
Week and it accumulates to maybe 1.
Tracy Mumford (1:07)
1 1/2% of GDP when you count the multiplier effects. Speaking to reporters yesterday, one of President Trump's top economic advisers said the shutdown left lasting marks on the US economy and that roughly 60,000 people who weren't federal employees lost their jobs because of the economic impacts. At the same time, many recipients of food stamps are still waiting for their account balances to be updated and they're feeling a new sense of vulnerability. Even during previous shutdowns, the SNAP program had never been disrupted like this before, with the White House refusing to use emergency funding to keep benefits flowing. The head of a major food bank in Boston told the Times that SNAP recipients felt a sense of, quote, being used as a political pawn when you're just trying to feed your families, and that people had been plunged into what she called continuous uncertainty. Other side effects of the shutdown are also becoming clear. Federal courts now have a pileup of cases they're working through after spending more than 40 days delaying less urgent hearings. And the country's national parks are taking stock of damage after most remained partially open, even with little to no staff to monitor them. For example, at Gettysburg, a stone wall was toppled. And at Arches national park in Utah, people illegally drove off road vehicles across the landscape. Meanwhile, Rico, I want to present to you a check and say thank you from the American people. Appreciate it, Ashley, thank you. Kristi Noem, the Secretary of Homeland Security, began handing out $10,000 checks to TSA officers who she said went above and beyond during the shutdown. She distributed the first round of checks during an event at an airport in Houston, though she didn't say exactly what criteria were used to decide who should get them or how many would be given out in total. TSA agents, along with air traffic controllers, were required to work unpaid during the shutdown. An official at a union representing the agents said the bonuses were, quote, great for some, but it's better to give everybody a little something because they all suffered. Foreign now two more updates on the Trump administration. The U.S. military has carried out another strike on a boat in the Caribbean, bringing the death toll in its campaign against alleged drug traffickers to 80 people. Since the strike started in early September, the US has hit boats in both the Caribbean and the Pacific claiming they're smuggling drugs to the U.S. though officials have provided little to no evidence of that. The Times has now learned new details about a secret Justice Department memo that signed off on the campaign. It says the killings are lawful based on claims President Trump has made that the US Is officially in a state of armed conflict with drug cartels. But those claims that the memo hangs on contradict the assessment of a broad range of experts in the use of force who say there is no legitimate armed conflict conflict and that Trump has illegally ordered the military to commit murder also.