Senior news analyst NPR's Daniel Schorr reflects on the 30th anniversary of the resignation of Richard Nixon. Nixon's resignation became effective at noon, Aug. 9, 1974.
The government shutdown is on its 15th day, and as the public increasingly begins to feel the effects, it remains unclear which party on Capitol Hill will blink first.
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Republican Congressman Mike Lawler of New York about the ongoing government shutdown and his calls for Democrats in his state to end it.