Planet America

Government shutdown turns into healthcare showdown (2025x63)

Air date: Oct 06, 2025

The US government shutdown turns into a showdown over healthcare. We ask Senator Heidi Heitkamp why both sides have failed to agree to a way forward and what Democrats hope to get out of it. Also, Trump advances plans to send troops into another American city, and the military destroys another ‘drug-smuggling’ boat off the coast of Venezuela.