The United States government has shut down after Republicans and Democrats failed to reach a deal on funding for federal agencies, prompting massive layoffs. More details with our correspondent Jorge Gestoso. teleSUR
00:00The United States government has shut down after Republicans and Democrats failed to reach a deal on funding for federal agencies, prompting massive layoffs.
00:10More details with our correspondent, Jorge Gestos.
00:15Thank you. At this hour, the senators have left Washington, D.C.
00:21There's going to be a Jewish holiday tomorrow.
00:24Be back in town on Friday. So from here to Friday, everything is still in terms of the shutdown.
00:32It has already passed 18 hours and no compromise.
00:37Nothing new to report in terms of the stalemate between Democrats and Republicans at the Senate.
00:45Definitely each side is blaming the other one.
00:50And they're using the whole thing as a political propaganda.
00:55Mostly careful is an announcement done by the vice president, J.D. Vance, who said that layoffs are imminent.
01:06It's no other way to finance what it's going to take in terms of days.
01:12So layoffs could be announced in the coming two to three days, according to what you could read in between lines of the statement of the vice president.
01:22The situation, therefore, is very complicated for the two million federal workers that are without work starting this very morning.
01:33Two million in total, a million of them, they're not receiving any paycheck.
01:40The other 750,000 could be in furlough, meaning that also they have to work even though they are not going to be paid.
01:50And it's going to be paid by the end of this crisis.
01:54So the situation is also impacting the life, everyday life in America.
02:00We see some delays at the airports.
02:03There is a reduction in many of the activities of the federal agencies.
02:08So definitely has not only a social cost, but also an economic and financial cost.
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