Democrats Shut Down Government as Pres. Trump Makes Middle East Peace

U.S. House Speaker MIKE JOHNSON blasts Democrats on Capitol Hill for dragging out the federal government shutdown…and charges Democrats including Senate minority leader CHUCK SCHUMER “are lying to the American people so they can appease the rising Marxist forces within their party.” Also on this latest edition: PHILIP WEGMANN, White House correspondent for Real Clear Politics focuses on the upcoming release of all Israeli hostages still held by Hamas, and later wryly suggests President DONALD J. TRUMP might need to dispatch Midde East envoy STEVE WITKOFF to negotiate a settlement with Chuck Schumer who is foot-dragging on the shutdown here at home. Alabama Attorney General STEVE MARSHALL warns that FDA policies allowing abortion pills to be sent via U.S. Mail into pro-life states like his are endangering the lives of women all over America. And TONY PERKINS’ commentary echoes Marshall’s concerns, saying the federal government shutdown is being prolonged by Democrats insisting on additional funding for abortions and gender-transitioning treatments at taxpayer expense. All that ahead on Salem’s THIS WEEK ON CAPITOL HILL, sponsored by AARP, releasing at 10AM Eastern Saturday on the Salem News Channel.