In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Chuck Shumer's bad week with all the criticism from his own party, as we say "he put the cheese on the burger way too early". Also the shutdown of the Department of Education and the benefits of turning it over to the states, the challenges republicans are facing, details from the newly released JFK assassination files and much more.

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