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Highlights from the eleventh episode of Saturday Night Live’s forty-fourth season:
The cold open: Tucker Carlson (Alex Moffat), Jeannine Pirro (Cecily Strong), Ann Coulter (Heidi Gardner), Wilbur Ross (Kate McKinnon) talk about the government shutdown and Roger Stone (Steve Martin) stops by to talk about his arrest.
Highlights from the tenth episode of Saturday Night Live’s forty-fourth season:
Steve Harvey (Kenan Thompson) hosts a special Deal or No Deal where President Trump (Alec Baldwin) fields offers from members of Congress, like Nancy Pelosi (Kate McKinnon), Chuck Schumer (Alex Moffat), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Melissa Villaseñor) and Maxine Waters (Leslie Jones), to end the government shutdown.
2019 State of the State Highlight: State Representative Debra Lekanoff, the first Native American woman to be elected to the House, acknowledges onlookers in the galleries
Scenes from the first day of the 2019 Legislative Session in Olympia: The State Patrol color guard exits the House Chamber after the presentation of the colors
Scenes from the first day of the 2019 Legislative Session in Olympia: Representative Mari Leavitt takes a photo with Washington State Democratic Party Chair Tina Podlodowski
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