Those who are not essential are probably outnumbering those who are essential. And this is the magic again of the fact that we've got a White House team. President Trump and the team he's assembled is ready to go on this. They understand the additional authority that the President gets during a time of shutdown. It is beyond my ability to understand why the Democrats couldn't see this coming. (03:33–03:37)
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