san francisco chronical reporter joe garafoli. and host of the npr podcast scott detro. hello to all of you. scott, let's begin with you washington. youknow, we're going to be talking about the showdown over the potential government shutdown. what happened? why do they not have a deal? wi as we talk, there's a good chance that president trump's first anniversary in office will be dealing with a government shutdown. as of right now, democrats are simply saying we are not going to vote for a funding resolution until there's some sort of permanent fix for the 700,000 or so people in the expiring daca program, deferred action for childhood arrivals program that protects people brought to the country children. that's where the bulk of the democratic caucus is, and even though republicans control the house, the senate, and the white house, the way senate rules are set up, democrats do have the ability to prevent a final vote if they all stick together, and as of rightnow, it looks like they are sticking together to force this issue. >> lonny, if the senate can't get a stop gap